“A huge convert.” That’s how Rep. Chris Stewart now described his ever-evolving relationship with Donald Trump in an appearance this week before the Utah Legislature.
Well, I’m glad we got that cleared up. The man Stewart once called “our Mussolini” is now the “Rodney Dangerfield” of American politics according to the good congressman, and he means that in a good way. Imagine for a moment, a couple of years ago, a Democratic congressman praising President Obama for his boorish and possibly illegal behavior. Republican heads would have been exploding. But, such is the state of the current Republican Party and, sadly, our own congressman.
Oh, and while Stewart was disgracing himself before the lawmakers, he offered this gem of hypocrisy, lending his support to Devin Nunes’ phony “memo” on the FBI, calling its supposed findings “extraordinarily troubling.” Extraordinarily troubling is how I would describe a congressman who willingly abdicates his duty to act as a check and balance on an out-of-control executive and instead shows all the instincts of a cult member.
Kevin Turner, North Salt Lake