September 30, 2016 Politics
Why Republicans are in Denial
Comment from Phil Boas, the director of the editorial page of the Arizona Republic , on "How a Conservative Paper Ended Up Endorsing Hillary Clinton." Charles Bethea recounts:
Boas believes that many longtime Republicans who support Trump are in denial. "I hear it in their voices, the little qualifiers: 'He's not nearly as bad as she is.' That kind of thing," he said. "I know they know that he violates even their values. But they're willing to make compromises because they so despise her." The Republic, he added, was "not willing to make that compromise." Clinton "treats the office with respect," he said. "And Trump has no respect for the office that he seeks. And if the leaders of our country don't respect our important institutions, no one is going to respect them. That's why he scares us."