The Specter of Illegitimacy
By Jonathan Chait
... Trump .. won his party’s nomination despite the .. misgivings of his party’s professional class, which viewed him as erratic, uninformed, and dangerous. He won the presidency despite losing by .. three million votes nationwide, with .. interventions by the FBI director and Russian intelligence to help criminalize and discredit his opponent ...
... Before Trump it would have been outrageous for a president to withhold his tax returns, and unthinkable for one to retain business holdings in office ...
Trump’s Republican allies have shut down Democratic bills to compel the president to disclose his tax returns, and raised no objection as his family has used his office to leverage their brand across the country and the globe ...
... Trump has held his base because he still commands the loyalty of party officials ...
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/04/the-specter-of-illegitimacy-haunts-trumps-first-100-days.html
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