A Moment of Clarity for Trump’s Enablers

Yesterday’s assault on America’s seat of government is a stain on the country’s history and won’t soon be forgotten. The shocking disorder was invited and fomented by a defeated president, not in any plausible expectation that he could hang on to power, but merely to vent his wounded pride. He was enabled by Senators Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley and others — politicians seeking selfish short-term tactical advantage regardless of the cost to the country they’re sworn to serve.

For the Republican Party that Trump has seemed intent on destroying, this is at last a moment for clarity. No more equivocation. No more failing to condemn, let alone actually supporting, a leader who cares nothing for the party or his country. From here on, you stand with Trump and his nihilistic narcissism, or for the possibility of civic government. There’s no other choice.