"If" Trump is truly a threat, we succumb to that jeopardy unless Republicans say otherwise (at least until the election in 2020). Democrats can argue and leverage what power they have, but they can't alter the reality that (at least until the election in 2020) Trump does what he wants unless and until Republicans put him in check.
Essentially the entire investigation apparatus is Republican. Republicans have held the executive branch since 2016, will continue to hold a majority in both houses of the legislature until January and have a majority on the Supreme Court. What the Democrats say now just doesn't matter much except for the history books. All the talk that matters coming from the Hill is from Republicans who thus far have tolerated endless insanity and now offer hot and cold mood reflections which suggest at best a whimsical sense of propriety and concern for our foundational institutions. It's beyond aggravating to be dependent on that complicit partisanship that only occasionally offers up a glimmer of isolated pockets of active opposition.
I make the mistake of sometimes watching Morning Joe. Basically the entire cast of that show is Republicans and they purport to hold firm grasp of the national conventional wisdom (though certainly from something close to the Never Trump position). But they're the party that has the control and they're the ones still finding common cause with the Never Trumpers who are doing nothing in practice.
Pelosi's confrontation in the Oval Office was perhaps one of the first real "slaps" from the Democrats, but it still largely doesn't matter. We're all just passengers on the Republican train right now and waiting to see what happens at the next stop and whether they'll continue to allow the train to careen out of control leaving casualties in its wake. Finally taking some action 6 stops from now won't exactly be the stuff of heroes.
Essentially the entire investigation apparatus is Republican. Republicans have held the executive branch since 2016, will continue to hold a majority in both houses of the legislature until January and have a majority on the Supreme Court. What the Democrats say now just doesn't matter much except for the history books. All the talk that matters coming from the Hill is from Republicans who thus far have tolerated endless insanity and now offer hot and cold mood reflections which suggest at best a whimsical sense of propriety and concern for our foundational institutions. It's beyond aggravating to be dependent on that complicit partisanship that only occasionally offers up a glimmer of isolated pockets of active opposition.
I make the mistake of sometimes watching Morning Joe. Basically the entire cast of that show is Republicans and they purport to hold firm grasp of the national conventional wisdom (though certainly from something close to the Never Trump position). But they're the party that has the control and they're the ones still finding common cause with the Never Trumpers who are doing nothing in practice.
Pelosi's confrontation in the Oval Office was perhaps one of the first real "slaps" from the Democrats, but it still largely doesn't matter. We're all just passengers on the Republican train right now and waiting to see what happens at the next stop and whether they'll continue to allow the train to careen out of control leaving casualties in its wake. Finally taking some action 6 stops from now won't exactly be the stuff of heroes.
