Trump totally ate the souls of 52 Senate Republicans

By now it's no longer news that the GOP-controlled US Senate acquitted Trump on both Articles of Impeachment.

Referring back to former FBI director James Comey's May 1, 2019 NYTimes op-ed, cited in the Arizona Eagletarian on December 4, gives us the salient insight on the whys and wherefores of said acquittal.

Amoral leaders have a way of revealing the character of those around them. Sometimes what they reveal is inspiring. For example, James Mattis, the former secretary of defense, resigned over principle, a concept so alien to Mr. Trump that it took days for the president to realize what had happened, before he could start lying about the man.

But more often, proximity to an amoral leader reveals something depressing. I think that’s at least part of what we’ve seen with Bill Barr and Rod Rosenstein. Accomplished people lacking inner strength can’t resist the compromises necessary to survive Mr. Trump and that adds up to something they will never recover from. It takes character like Mr. Mattis’s to avoid the damage, because Mr. Trump eats your soul in small bites.

The only real news from the acquittal vote was that one of the Republican senators voted to convict Trump on (only) one of the Articles. Even then, that one senator's soul was not left untouched. Romney voted to acquit on the obstruction Article.

Rightfully, Republicans for the Rule of Law, a group led by Bill Kristol, put together a 30-second video to thank Romney for his stand.





Nevertheless, the bully president who a couple of years ago, when first learning that he was being investigated by Robert Mueller, famously declared, "Oh my God, this is the end of my presidency. I'm FUCKED!" Defiantly he continued taking bites out of Romney's soul after having taken HUGE bites out of the rest of the Republican senators. He tried to do the same to the Democratic House Managers and Speaker Pelosi. But they resisted. The first 1:30 of the last video is plenty to get the point.

The result, on the surface, is disgusting and despicable. But I believe it will -- contrary to Trump's wishes -- cause the majority of Americans, who disapprove of the bastard, to Rise UP!

But it won't be without plenty of noise from Fascist wannabes like Trump.