Opinion writerDefending Donald Trump has been a challenge and a headache for Republicans ever since he became their party’s nominee for president in 2016. After every appalling tweet, every racist statement and every ludicrous policy idea, Republicans are called upon to explain why this is really no big deal and everything’s fine. But with Trump’s scandals deepening and the law closing in, justifying the president’s words and actions is getting harder and harder. Fortunately for them, Republicans have always been good at this sort of thing, unencumbered as they are by logic or principle. Meeting with Russians to try to get dirt on your opponent as “part of Russia and its government’s support for Mr. Trump”?

Source: Washington Post December 11, 2018 17:37 UTC