Reading this description of Republican "logic" that a majority of Republican Senators used to justify voting against having the impeachment trial is depressing. We all know that politicians routinely practice hypocrisy, and I have no problem with politicians whose opinions change over time because their understanding of the world and its problems changes. If you were against marriage equality in 2000, but for it in 2012, I have no problem with that.
The GOP has elevated base hypocrisy to its basic organizing principle. Since their policy portfolio is unpopular and they rely on a minority of the population to give them whatever power they have, they rely on this cynical rejection of the very idea that what they say on Monday has any bearing on what they do Tuesday.
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