Yet Another Exercise in Projection

With their uproar over the Trump investigation Republicans in general and Donald Trump in particular seemed to be creating a new standard in politics.  Running for President should immunize a candidate from investigation.  But since that standard obviously was not applied to Hillary Clinton, they offered a slightly modified standard.  Members of the opposition party running for President should be immune from investigation.

There is an obvious problem with setting up such a standard.  Implausible though it may seem right now, sooner or later the Democrats will actually choose a candidate who will run for President in 2020.  It seems a safe assumption that whoever the candidate is, the Trump Administration will want to investigate him/her.  Are Republicans sure that they want to set a standard barring them from investigating their political opponents?

And we now seem to have the answer.  Joe Biden is emerging (for now) as the Democratic front runner.  And, predictably enough, the Trump Administration is attempting to open an investigation.  Presumably Republicans are not (yet) brazen enough to argue that Republicans are our rightful rulers and therefore should be immune from investigation, but Democrats are illegitimate usurpers and therefore should always be investigated if they seek to usurp office.

So I wonder what excuse they will find.