Tom Nichols: “Long before now… Americans should have reached the conclusion, with or without a trial, that Trump is a menace to the United States and poisonous to our society… The GOP base, controlled by Trump’s cult of personality, will likely never admit its mistake: Trump’s record of ‘lawlessness and depravity’ means nothing to Republicans. But other Republicans now, more than ever, face a moment of truth. They must decide if they are partisans or patriots. They can no longer claim to be both.”
“The rest of us, as a nation but also as individuals, can no longer indulge the pretense that Trump is just another Republican candidate, that supporting Donald Trump is just another political choice, and that agreeing with Trump’s attacks on our democracy is just a difference of opinion.”
