The Democratic senator says that his GOP colleagues think Trump's behavior was “reckless and unfit”—but they were too afraid of the president's retaliation to vote against him
These arguments, Brown writes, have been “painful to behold,” as Republican senators perform “mental gymnastics” to explain their votes in favor of a president whose behavior they do not support.
For the stay-in-office-at-all-cost representatives and senators, fear is the motivator. They are afraid that Mr. Trump might give them a nickname like “Low Energy Jeb” and “Lyin’ Ted,” or that he might tweet about their disloyalty. Or—worst of all—that he might come to their state to campaign against them in the Republican primary.
When asked what they'll do if the president's post-acquittal behavior only gets worse, Brown writes, Republicans' “responses have been shrugs and sheepish looks.” “We all want to think that we always stand up for right and fight against wrong. But history does not look kindly on politicians who cannot fathom a fate worse than losing an upcoming election,” the Ohio senator writes.
Indeed, Republicans were eager to focus on how Trump's acquittal would benefit them politically in the immediate aftermath of the Senate vote, rather than the substance of the charges they voted against. Senate Majority Leaderto answer questions over whether he approved of Trump's Ukraine behavior when speaking to reporters after the vote, saying that he only wanted to talk about the “political impact of this.
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Sen. Sherrod Brown says Republicans acquitted Trump out of fear'They are afraid that Mr. Trump might give them a nickname like ‘Low Energy Jeb’ and ‘Lyin’ Ted,’ or that he might tweet about their disloyalty,' the Ohio Democrat writes in a New York Times op-ed.
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