With Donald Trump’s decision to fire FBI Director Jim Comey – the man who stood at the helm of the growing and only truly viable Trump/Russia probe – the specter of Trump and Russia collusion moved from nagging background noise to thunderous clamor.
But don’t count on many Republicans to help our nation out of its lurch toward constitutional crisis. Too many in the GOP still have their heads in the sand about those pesky Trump/Russia questions.
They just can’t see it for all of the coincidences: Michael Flynn, the fired national security adviser who reportedly lied to Vice President Mike Pence about his post-election sanctions conversations with a Russian ambassador; Paul Manafort, Trump’s former campaign chairman who worked as a political consultant for Russian interests in Ukraine; Roger Stone, a longtime Trump ally and adviser who communicated with the hacker Guccifer 2.0; Carter Page, a Trump foreign policy adviser who had questionable interactions with Russia.
No, all the GOP can see is the illusion of control and tax breaks for their own six-figure incomes and those of their donors.
How many Republican Senate or House members came out Tuesday night and Wednesday demanding an independent prosecutor? How many are acknowledging that we are teetering on a greased tight rope?