Fantastic article everyone should read from Jennifer Rubin.

[coti]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/12/18/trump-makes-history/

Also preserved in the transcript is Trump’s demand to a foreign leader to assist his political interests — “I would like you do us a favor though” — which will be reproduced in history books along with the testimony of witnesses such as former White House expert on Russia Fiona Hill, who called out Republicans’ parroting of Russian propaganda. Trivia contests will feature such memorable phrases as former national security adviser John Bolton’s remark: “I am not part of whatever drug deal [U.S. ambassador to the European Union Gordon] Sondland and [acting White House chief of staff Mick] Mulvaney are cooking up.” (History may come faster than you think, as Bolton cashes in on his book advance in what is sure to be a self-righteous recounting of the scandal and, ironically, a reminder of Bolton’s cowering behavior, emblematic of those unwilling to tell the truth in service of the Constitution.)

Just as Watergate figures then-Sen. Sam Ervin (D-N.C.) and then-Reps. Barbara Jordan (D-Tex.) and Peter Rodino (D-N.J.) were lionized as defenders of the Constitution, so too will Pelosi and House Democrats Adam B. Schiff (Calif.), Eric Swalwell (Calif.) and Jamie B. Raskin (Md.) be among those admired for their lucidity, intellect and character. There is no shortage of patriots, if you know where to look. If ever you needed an illustration for your children, here is an episode vividly demonstrating that doing the right and difficult thing, sacrificing for a cause greater than oneself, has its own rewards. (We have no doubt which side the late senator John McCain would venerate and which he would disdain.) For every clownish, contemptible, screeching and dishonest House Republican, there is a sober, admirable, restrained and honest Democrat.

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No letter, no tweet, no Fox News spin can repair the reputations of Trump enablers. The right-wing media that cheered them on will, like outlets that rooted for Jim Crow and demonized Freedom Riders, be shunned by decent, freedom-loving people who reaffirm objective reality. The Republican Party will be known not as the Party of Lincoln but the Party of Trump, a quisling party that lost its bearings and its soul to defend an unhinged narcissist. Psychologists and sociologists will study a mass cult phenomenon, seeking to explain how a con man and his greedy media accomplices duped millions of Americans.
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Perhaps some small number of Senate Republicans will decide to separate themselves from the pack of Trump worshipers. Some might demand a real trial with witnesses or even vote for impeachment. And if not, they, too, will join the other moral weaklings who failed their country when it needed them to do their jobs.

[Pachamama]

1. Recommended

[Hermit-The-Prog]

2. Moscoward Mitch and Leningrad Lindsey should take note ...

"For every clownish, contemptible, screeching and dishonest House Republican, there is a sober, admirable, restrained and honest Democrat."

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. That is one beautifully written piece! She has nailed tRump.

The lines between the good and weak have been starkly drawn and woe to those who failed to do their Constitutional duty.

Brava, Jennifer Rubin!

And thank you, my dear coti for posting this excellent piece.

[democrank]

4. Excellent

She lays blame in no uncertain terms, then offers hope.

[B Stieg]

5. Jenghazi?

Rubin was a right-wing, political hack who has tacked to the middle once this train wreck of a presidency got going.
Just sayin...

[DeeDeeNY]

8. Yes

And after Trump is gone, she will go back to her right wing hackery.

[coti]

11. It's true. I used to hate her columns.

But she nailed it here.

[Martin Eden]

6. It would be very helpful if that judgment of history ...

... becomes the consensus of public perception before November 2020.

[flor-de-jasmim]

7. I hope history also focuses on the fact--

that all NAY votes on article support the notion that presidents need not turn over any documents. This is a perfect display of voting against one's own interests, diminishing the power of the House.

[duforsure]

9. All republicans have to realize

Their crimes accepting money from putin, and accepting his involvement in our elections will come back to haunt them, and then they'll have to answer for what they've be doing conspiring with trump and putin to remain in power for self protection by blatantly corrupting our elections , and our Democracy. Its coming, and they can't stop it, and the rule of law will prevail against them. They'll also have to face the American people forever for their crimes against our country.

[Lock him up.]

10. They R soaked with Citizen-United dirty money from Russia

They're trying to cover up their corruption all the while they're hoping to keep the easy, convenient cash coming. It's not hard to understand. They are all hypocrites stomping on the Constitution they took an oath to protect and defend, and they chose to betray it because otherwise, their corrupt ways would become too obvious.