Conservative commentator Charlie Sykes said the Republican will only continue to plunge only one way while it remains in thrall to Donald Trump, and that’s downwards. “It is rock-solid certain that Donald Trump will continue to make the threats, will continue to make the insults,” said Sykes, the founder of The Bulwark news network. Morning Joe cohost Joe Scarborough agreed. “If Republicans keep this line of thinking, continue their support for Donald Trump, they need not fool themselves,” he said. “A second Trump administration would destroy the Department of Justice, would destroy the FBI, would destroy the federal government’s rule of law, would destroy judicial independence.

Source: Huffington Post August 09, 2023 23:19 UTC