WaPo: Trump VP selection shows poor judgment and desperation
A Washington Post editorial lays it out:
In every presidential election, politicians campaign to become their party’s vice presidential pick, often by heaping undeserved praise on their party’s presidential nominee. It is rarely more than mildly embarrassing. But when the presidential candidate is Donald Trump, the slobbering is repulsive.
Every time they praise Mr. Trump’s leadership skills, these political opportunists should be asked about the candidate’s apparent ignorance of the Constitution and his contempt for essential principles such as freedom of speech. Every time they talk about how Mr. Trump would keep Americans safe, they should be asked about which Americans they mean — surely not minority groups who would feel under constant scrutiny and threat in Mr. Trump’s America. Every time they attack Hillary Clinton for dishonesty, they should be asked about Mr. Trump’s constant, flagrant lying about basic facts, as when he claimed that he saw thousands of American Muslims celebrating the 9/11 attacks.
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For good measure, they should also be asked how they could support a man they know is unqualified to be commander in chief. Before endorsing Mr. Trump, Mr. Christie criticized him for acting “like a child” and insisted he is not “suited to be president of the United States.” National Review reported that Mr. Pence privately loathes the presumptive GOP nominee. Mr. Gingrich called Mr. Trump’s attacks on a judge for his ethnicity “inexcusable.”
Treating Mr. Trump as a normal candidate is a grave insult to the country’s democratic tradition.
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