Vestal: Few R’s have Crapo’s courage

If there’s anything good arising from the fever swamp of Trump, it has been the occasional blips of political courage in the GOP, peeking from the stew of calculation, cynicism and cowardice.

Call it the Crapo Line.

Above that line are those like Idaho’s senior senator, Mike Crapo, who was out front last week among those in his party abandoning the clownish, would-be despot they have nominated. His stand earned a mention on Saturday Night Live, with Alec-Baldwin-as-Trump mispronouncing his name insultingly: “More like Crap-oh.”

Crapo joined his fellow Idaho congressman, Rep. Mike Simpson, in speaking the obvious out loud: The guy is not remotely fit to be president. Pick among a million reasons, but his cavalier boasting about sexual assault – more like jail-yard talk than locker-room talk – was the last straw for Crapo and others.

Still below the Crapo Line are Republicans like Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Raul Labrador, trying to occupy an increasingly tiny gray area between calling out Trump’s “unacceptable” behavior and saying: Accept him anyway. Paul Ryan – the leader of House leadership team on which McMorris Rodgers serves – discoed through that briar patch this week, saying that he would not campaign for Trump but not technically withdraw his endorsement, either.

Disgusting, Ryan called Trump’s comments. Accept him anyway/ Shawn Vestal , SR. More here.