Grudging Credit To GOP Senators Refusing To Endorse Trump

Let’s begrudgingly give credit where credit is due and that is to two Republican Senators who have refused to endorse Trump’s candidacy in any way.  Those two are Jeff Flake from Arizona and Ben Sasse from Nebraska, not the two most likely names that you would think of. As opposed to Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell who condemn or disagree with Trump’s racist rhetoric but still support him as the Republican nominee or other members of the Republican establishment who have just remained silent lately (hello Bush brothers), these two have never and apparently will never support Trump. Flake will not be up for re-election until 2018 but at least seems to realize that the growing power of Latino voters in his home state makes it important not to totally alienate them in order to win that race.  Sasse, who is more of a maverick, has probably been the most outspoken GOP Senator against Trump for the last few months, pretty much refusing to countenance endorsing Trump long before he won the nomination.

All those Trump apologists and endorsers in the Republican party, whether they believe they can control him or they don’t have the courage to stand up to him, had better hope Trump loses this election. If not, the disaster that will be the Trump Presidency will be their responsibility and history will not treat them kindly. Rather history will point to Flake and Sasse as beacons of sanity and courage, whatever their motivations.