Moral standing no longer matters in Trump’s America to the extent that a person is willing to fight for the issues they care about.
Without the United States standing as a bulwark of global democracy, illiberal powers like Russia and China will take the centre stage and become the models of a new international order. Despite all its imperfections, the world still needs a strong, democratic America that projects positive images and values leading the way. America needs to find its way back to the moral scale in order to save itself and the rest of us.
Six weeks after his election, numerous news outlets have reported that large parts of his self-published biography appear to be fabricated, including claims about his ancestry, education, employment, charity work, property ownership, and crimes of which he claimed to be a victim. Yet, George Santos refuses to resign his position and was sworn in last week.
The new House Speaker, Mr Kevin McCarthy once described to CNN how he always had questions regarding Mr Santos’s background and the fact that a Santos aide was caught impersonating his chief of staff, while soliciting campaign donations. Calls by both House Democrats and some GOP congressmen for his resignation, were not enough to dissuade the House leadership from giving Santos committee assignments.
Thanks to Donald Trump, White supremacist groups like Proud Boys, Oath Keepers and Neo-Nazis that used to belong in the fringes are gradually becoming mainstream. Their leaders are hailed as American heroes and First Amendment champions by many in the political right. People like Roy Moore, accused by several women of sexual abuse, including in cases involving minors, were endorsed by Trump and went on to emerge as Republican Party candidates for election.
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