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{"id":37033,"date":"2017-05-31T11:16:17","date_gmt":"2017-05-31T16:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occasionalplanet.org\/?p=37033"},"modified":"2017-05-31T11:16:17","modified_gmt":"2017-05-31T16:16:17","slug":"stopping-trump-lifetime-political-opportunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occasionalplanet.org\/2017\/05\/31\/stopping-trump-lifetime-political-opportunity\/","title":{"rendered":"Stopping Trump: a once-in-a-lifetime political opportunity"},"content":{"rendered":"
The current state of proliferating Trump scandals presents a once-in-a-lifetime political opportunity for the first Republican to truly stand up for what is right.<\/p>\n
Think about it: One brave Republican congressperson, senator, governor or state legislator could build a 2020 presidential campaign on a single act of courage — standing up to the bully, being the first to publicly say no, and saving America from a despot. Remember Woodrow Wilson’s re-election slogan, “He kept us out of war?” Here’s one for a courageous — and ambitious — Republican: “He saved democracy.”<\/p>\n
Clearly, taking a stand against Trump’s corruption, incompetence and mental unfitness is the right thing to do. Doing it for the sake of America’s future would be the purest of motivations — because it needs doing. But such an act of pure patriotism is probably too much to expect.<\/p>\n
So, although I know it’s cynical to say this, an astute Republican with presidential aspirations could build a lot of political capital by being the first to seriously take on Trump. Doing so would be seen as an act of integrity and fortitude and leadership. Politicians have run — and won — on a lot less.<\/p>\n
And if it’s a legacy one is seeking, this could be a big one: You could win the Profiles in Courage award, have a page reserved for you in every high-school textbook in America, be memorialized as a great American hero.<\/p>\n