Republican condemnation of Trump should be deafening - By the WaPo Editorial Board

[DonViejo]

By Editorial Board

“THIS IS having nothing to do with me but having to do with the future of our country,” Donald Trump said Thursday. That statement could have been the punch line to a self-deprecating joke at that night’s Al Smith charity dinner; Mr. Trump’s ego and thin skin have been defining elements of his campaign. In fact, Mr. Trump spoke these words at a rally earlier in the day, attempting to explain his inexplicable refusal to commit to abiding by next month’s election results.

In a way, he was right. Mr. Trump is threatening to damage much more than his campaign by mocking the peaceful transition of power. “I will totally accept the results of this great and historic presidential election — if I win,” he declared, before saying that he reserves the right to challenge “questionable” results. Mr. Trump would, of course, define “questionable.”

Thus has Mr. Trump issued yet another challenge to those Republicans who aspire to play key roles in the nation’s political life after the election. The Post’s Philip Rucker and Robert Costa report: “The immediate responses from GOP officials were divergent and vague, with no clear strategy on how to handle Trump’s threat.” How about telling the truth?

Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus, among others, attempted to play down Mr. Trump’s conspiracy-mongering, insisting that the GOP nominee is simply reserving the right to a recount in a close result. Not so: As if to correct Mr. Priebus, Mr. Trump declared Friday that “the whole deal is rigged.” Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani offered a taste of the accusations that would emanate from the Trump camp, insisting without evidence that Philadelphia Democrats will “steal a lot more than 50 votes in Philadelphia. I guarantee you of that. And I’ll tell you how they will do it — they’ll bus people in who will vote dead people’s names four, five, six times.”

A number of Republican National Committee members, meanwhile, have hyped the notion that the election will be riddled with fraud, repeating, for example, unsubstantiated claims that “illegals” will vote in droves.

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[heaven05]

1. I am watching

while reading this OP, 'In My Country', about the South African reconcilliation hearings after aparthate ended. I shifted to this reminder above of how Trump would RULE our country. He is a psychopath that is trying to instill this aparthate mentality in his legion of followers for not only AA's but all 'others'. This sadness tacitly approved by the republicans in society and their leadership tells me exactly where they would like to take this society. And what is also sad to me is that all those screaming, adoring women at his rallies would be part and parcel of the treatment 'others' would receive in a trumpenfuhrer administration.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

2. Indeed it should