Those who have shut their eyes, turned their backs and held their noses for the past two years will not go easily into battle with Mr. Trump. No matter the damage he has done to party or country, they have shown no discernible backbone. While Mr. Leonhardt’s heart is in the right place, I fear that his head may unfortunately be in the clouds. And as Mr. Leonhardt urgently warns, Republicans had better figure out soon what they are going to do about it. By then, it will be too late to pretend that he is anything other than manifestly unfit to lead .”

Source: New York Times January 12, 2019 18:00 UTC