Checks and Balances Won’t Save Us from Trump
The already-forgotten-butnot- yet-gone Kevin McCarthy shared some thoughts on threats to our democracy with Bob Costa on “Face the Nation.” McCarthy is unworried about Trump’s authoritarian ambitions. “Yeah, but remember, you have a checkand- balance system.”
McCarthy isn’t the only one to place exaggerated confidence in institutions to save us from Trump’s lawlessness. Even the supposedly…