Congressional Republicans made their Faustian bargain with President Donald Trump: They would look the other way on personal finances and corruption and disregard his racist, anti-democratic outbursts for help in delivering tax cuts, a Supreme Court justice and some deregulation. (We find the bargain morally and politically indefensible, but it’s what Republican House and Senate leaders decided to accept.)
When legitimate questions are raised about Trump’s unfitness and chaotic administration, they tell us, “But Gorsuch!” And, in the same vein, “But corporate tax cuts and Environment Protection Agency dismantling!” Now, however, their support for Trump may cost them majorities in the House and Senate, as well as losses in governors’ and state legislative races.