Andrew Sullivan: “There are merely no precedents in historical past for this sort of attack at the core rules of the American republic. None. And there’s no precedent for a president, having been uncovered as a fantasist, to hold on, insisting that his fever dream stays fact, attacking the very legitimacy of our democracy, day to day. The concept he may just run once more — or once more develop into president — may just handiest be entertained by way of those that need to finish the American experiment.”
“Peruse the 12-page letter Trump put out in keeping with the hearings. It’s the paintings of somebody without a grip on fact, absurd lie after lie after lie, slightly literate, the type of factor you’d suppose used to be written by way of a lunatic in case you gained it within the mail. Some other president would have conceded on election night time. Others with an actual case (not like Trump’s) — Nixon in 1960, Gore in 2000 — knew what their responsibility used to be. They cared extra in regards to the republic than themselves — an idea merely out of doors Trump’s cognition. In 4 years, he by no means acted as a president. He handiest ever acted as Trump.”
“Within the sour finish, he used to be only a guy with a mob. Now not a Republican. Now not a political candidate. Now not a president. Now not a member of any political celebration however his personal cult. A senseless, raging, bullying thug. The hearings have methodically and evenly printed this, masterfully led by way of a Republican, Liz Cheney, via testimony provided by way of Republican after Republican witness.”
