Giving Credit Where it is Due (or Not)

But her e-mails!

I think that we should be generous to Republicans who were late in getting off the Trump train and give some thought to just how hard it is for them.

Consider the mobs chanting "Hang Mike Pence," crowds harassing Lindsey Graham at the airport, and crowds harassing Mitt Romney, not just at the airport, but on an airplane where there was no escape, I think we need to understand the sort of pressure Republican office holders are under and the sort of retaliation they face for standing up for the election.

So, much as we dislike their politics, let us acknowledge the real heroism of William Barr saying that there was no election fraud; of Brad Raffensperger refusing to rig the Georgia election; of Republican state legislatures refusing to override the voters; of Mike Pence doing his duty as law requires in presiding over the vote count; of Mitch McConnell passionately arguing that election outcomes must be respected; of Tom Cotton deciding not to join the objections; of Mick Mulvaney resigning his post; of Pat Cippollone refusing to abet law-breaking; and, of course, of Mitt Romney.  We may see these men as doing the minimum the law requires, but we really should appreciate how hard it is for them to do even that.

But I still just can't regard Lindsey Graham with anything but pure contempt.