For way too long, the Republican Party has been hiding in plain sight.

President Donald Trump is a Republican in name, as are the lawmakers who run the House and the Senate.

But to many Republicans around the country and, indeed, in Washington, they bear little resemblance to the party they signed up for.

The lack of common decency, the casual cruelty, and the persistent government intrusion into our everyday lives are anathema to most traditional party members.

But the people who are supposed to counterbalance Trump on Capitol Hill are too worried about losing their jobs or falling from the president’s favor to stand up to him. The groveling fealty the GOP lawmakers pay to Trump and his henchmen has become a national embarrassment and one they will have to answer for one day.

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