The criminality of Republican leadership
Would you trust a person that had longtime ties to the Mafia and refused to let anyone see his tax returns? Mitch McConnell does. Paul Ryan does. And so does the majority of the Republican Party. They insisted that there was no reason for anybody to show their tax returns.
When they were informed that this person may have been connected to a Russian conspiracy to use a cyber attack to influence our elections, they refused to believe it. When they were shown the evidence of the crime, they did nothing. In effect, they became accomplices.
They chose to put their Party over their country. They propagated the myth that it was a "hoax". They blamed Democratic partisans and the "fake news" media. As numerous individuals were caught conspiring with the Russians, Mitch McConnell and his Republican Party did nothing. They were afraid to speak up. They were cowards.
Now, they want everyone to believe that it is only a "nothing burger". Trust us, they say. Trust the President, they say. How could anyone trust these people under these circumstances? It is not hyperbole to call them "traitors".