And you wonder WHY I can’t stand ‘em(R)?

As I listened to President Trump’s lawyers defend him in the Senate last week — and Trump himself echo that defense in comments and tweets — I was reminded of something.
Trump’s ultimate argument, most purely expressed by Alan Dershowitz, one of his lawyers, was that a president can do anything, because he’s president. And that argument made me think of the infamous “Access Hollywood” tape, from 2005 (and disclosed in 2016 by The Washington Post). On that tape, Trump notoriously talked about grabbing women’s genitalia without their permission. He also said the following:
“And when you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything.”
The more I thought about it — and reread stories about Trump’s business career — the more I think that this is Trump’s life credo: If you’re famous, rich and powerful, you can get away with anything, and now his lackeys in the Senate have proven him right.
And you wonder why I can’t stand them?

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