Opinion: Trump may have degraded U.S. politics for a generation to come
By Paul Waldman Paul Waldman Opinion writer covering politics Email Bio Follow Opinion writer April 29 at 12:08 PM Not long ago, I asked whether any of the Democratic presidential candidates have the potential to be truly transformational in the Oval Office, to be the kind of president who changes the terms of American politics for decades after they’ve departed.
Try to remember when the president telling a single lie was considered worthy of headlines and condemning editorials. It wasn’t that long ago. And now? Democrats shout about Trump’s pathological dishonesty, the media dutifully documents the rushing river of lies, and Republicans insist that it doesn’t matter. They won’t try to claim that Trump is anything but a liar; instead, they’ll wave away the question of honesty as something no one cares about anymore.
In his speech, Graham notes that one of the articles of impeachment for Richard Nixon concerned Nixon’s refusal to comply with congressional subpoenas, his argument being that Clinton should meet Nixon’s fate. The answer is that they are arguing for no principle at all. There is no line that Trump could cross that would make them say, “Now he has gone too far.
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