The party refuses to hold its defeated nominee accountable for anything.
Scores of Republican officials are reportedly leaving the party over its failure to hold Donald Trump accountable. This comes as the Republican Party at both the national and state level continues to rally around their defeated nominee — even as he faces a second impeachment for inciting an insurrection.
On Monday, Reuters reported that about 60 Republicans who worked in the George W. Bush administration are bolting from the party over its continued fealty to Trump.
“If it continues to be the party of Trump, many of us are not going back,” Rosario Marin, a former U.S. treasurer under Bush, told the wire service. “Unless the Senate convicts him, and rids themselves of the Trump cancer, many of us will not be going back to vote for Republican leaders.” Continue reading.