Answer: Yes! Serving in the minority is no fun, and serving in the minority with colleagues beholden to MAGA is even less fun. The smarter, saner members want out. Unfortunately, that means the remaining Republican caucus is likely to be worse than ever.
A reader asks: Shouldn’t Democrats campaign on the likelihood that Trump would be willing to give in to a call from Russian President Vladimir Putin that the transfer of Alaska from Russia to the United States was very unfair and that if the United States won’t give it back, Putin will do whatever he wants to get it back, per Trump’s instructions?
Answer: Democrats should push for Alaska (and other states that Democrats could flip) not because they fear Trump might sell the state to Putin but because they know he will sell the United States down the drain to placate his idol. As former congresswoman Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) said, “When you think about Donald Trump, for example, pledging retribution, what Vladimir Putin did to [Alexei] Navalny is what retribution looks like in a country where the leader is not subject to the rule of law. … You’ve now got a Putin wing of the Republican Party.”
A reader asks: Why are people missing Trump’s motives on Ukraine? Trump hates Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for not creating fake evidence against Joe Biden in 2020. Trump was impeached the first time for his actions against Ukraine, including withholding aid. Trump holds grudges, and now he is getting vengeance regardless of how many lives are sacrificed.
Answer: Perhaps, but Trump has been clear about his motives. He admires Putin and wants to emulate him. Strongmen who relish violence, disdain democracy and exhibit misogyny and ethno-nationalist bigotry flock to other strongmen with the same profile.
A reader asks: This has been an insane eight years of one person controlling the narrative for our country with a mostly cruel agenda. Does any other politician or otherwise come to mind? Stalin, Hitler, et al., for sure, but any other American?
Answer: Even with Watergate, even with domestic spying and even with the Vietnam War, not even Richard M. Nixon comes close. Millions of people have empowered a uniquely evil man.
A reader asks: I have been following the broadcast and print coverage of the relationship issue between Fulton County, Ga., District Attorney Fani Willis and special prosecutor Nathan Wade. It is axiomatic that the Trump lawyers would try to somehow capitalize on the controversy, but, despite all the coverage, it sounds to me more like a human resources issue within the district attorney’s office than a legal case, or, at least, a legal case that involves Trump. Is there a legitimate connection to the Trump case here? Would you explain what that is and what the potential impact could be? Thank you.
Answer: If only Judge Scott McAfee were as sharp as you! The relationship, as I explained, is not a basis for Willis’s recusal. It — along with details concerning when it started and ended — should not have been the subject of two days of testimony. The only issue is whether she derived some financial benefit from Wade (e.g., gifts) that incentivized her to pursue prosecution. Because there was zero evidence of that, the entire hearing should have taken a couple of hours. This was an egregious invasion of her privacy, which undermined…
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