I’m still not surprised by Donald Trump’s disgraceful performance in office. By the time he was elected it was clear how dishonest, corrupt, bigoted, incompetent, and just plain vile he is. What is dismaying is how many Republicans — in Congress, in his administration, and across the country — are willing to tolerate this sick behavior to get what they want. They should be treating Trump like a sad, irrelevant Humpty Dumpty egg on a throne, and work with the Democrats to address the challenges facing middle-class, working Americans. But they don’t care about any of that.
Now the Senate has passed a disgraceful tax bill, with 51 of 52 GOP senators voting yes. The bill not only validates the presidency of an unfit, malevolent should-not-be-president; it also transfers billions from the middle class to the ultra-rich, meaning Donald Trump himself, and the biggest Republican donors. This was, in many ways, the worst moment so far in an ugly year for America.
So who’s responsible? Glad you asked, because: