When the history of Donald Trump’s sordid presidency is written, the Republican Senate’s grotesque dereliction of duty will merit a long chapter.
Even as Trump’s own attorney general admits there’s no evidence to support the president’s wild claims of widespread voter fraud, most Senate Republicans have stood mute as Trump schemes to steal a U.S. election in broad daylight.
Let’s pause to note the honorable exceptions to the general rule of Republican cowardice. Sens. Mitt Romney, Lisa Murkowski. Susan Collins, Ben Sasse and Bill Cassidy have acknowledged Joe Biden’s victory. Most of the rest, including Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, have disingenuously supported Trump’s “right” to challenge the election results, thus lending credence to his lies without specifically endorsing them.
Rather than defend the integrity of America’s electoral system, these freedom-loving patriots have dummied up as Trump attempts to disenfranchise millions of U.S. voters. Yet they did manage to rouse their dormant sense of indignation this week in criticizing one of Biden’s choices for his administration — Neera Tanden — as “too partisan.”
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