Silence From GOP Leaders Re Trump Assassination Comment Is Deafening

Yesterday’s comments by Donald Trump about assassinating Hillary Clinton present yet another challenge and opportunity for Republican leaders to prevent their party from falling into the abyss by repudiating Donald Trump once and for all. The silence from Mitch McConnell is deafening. And Paul Ryan had these truly pathetic and shameful words to say, “I’ve been a little busy today. I heard about this Second Amendment quote. It sounds like just a joke gone bad. I hope he clears it up very quickly. You should never joke about something like that.” It is now apparent that the GOP leadership is going to ride with Trump all the way to November no matter what he says or does, because they have no interest in doing what’s best for the country, but only in maintaining their own political power at all costs. The calculation has clearly been made that their only hope of keeping control of the House and the Senate is to rely on the hard-core Trump supporters to come out and vote for the Republican party up and down the ballot. Ryan is particularly disgusting and shameful as gerrymandering has pretty much guaranteed a lock on the House for Republicans until the next census and redistricting in 2020, yet he still lacks the political courage to take on Trump. The stench that Donald Trump is leaving on the Republican party will take a generation to wash way and the stain on those Republicans who refuse to repudiate him will remain with them for the rest of their lives. And we should never let them forget.