Congressional Republicans have proven themselves unworthy to govern

Public service is a privilege that comes with the responsibility to govern effectively within the boundaries established by our Constitution and laws. Congressional Republicans have proven themselves unworthy of the majorities they won in 2024. The coming midterm elections will give voters a chance to hold them accountable for their failures. 

Our constitutional form of government was designed with built-in checks and balances to prevent the rise of a tyrannical leader. But congressional Republicans have abandoned that important role. Rather than act as an independent branch of government, they have acted as if their primary duty is to carry out President Trump’s dictatorial demands and protect him from any real oversight or accountability. 

That includes the unanimous vote by Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee to advance the nomination of Trump’s former criminal defense lawyer, Todd Blanche, to be U.S. attorney general — even after Blanche engineered the most corrupt deals imaginable. He was involved in the deal to create a slush fund to reward Trump’s allies and to give Trump and his family and their businesses legal immunity from on tax issues going forward.

Every Republican on the committee backed Blanche, even though he has presided over the administration’s illegal stonewalling on the Epstein files. They backed Blanche even though he has overseen the destruction of the Justice Department’s credibility with the federal courts through lying and prosecutorial misconduct........

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