Republican and Russian ‘antics’ got us to this point

In Linda Chavez’s piece “Trump is awful, but I see no shortcut to letting the voters decide in 2020” (Friday), she tries to have it both ways.

She agrees that Trump has caused a mutiny among his own troops, who are terrified at his behavior and feel like dealing with him is like walking through a minefield.

Yet, she does not feel that he has committed an impeachable offense and waiting two years for another election is appropriate.

The difference between Trump and Captains Queeg and Bligh is that they were respective captains of their one ship. Trump is captain of an entire nation and has unlimited authority over our military including our nuclear weapons (i.e. Trump could destroy the world).

She claims that Trump is the legitimate president — a man who lost the popular vote and narrowly won the election with alleged help from a foreign power. And she supports his policies (i.e. a robust economy) — not giving credit to Obama, who brought us back from a GOP recession.

Is she also approving of separating immigrant children from parents, trade wars with allies, and praise of white supremacists?

And she is “aghast” at the Democrats’ antics regarding Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. What about McConnell’s “antics” in not calling a vote on Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland?

Woodward’s book “scares” her, but like the rest of the GOP, she is willing to keep Trump in office in order to maintain the Republican agenda and hope that he won’t kill our democracy or start a nuclear war before he can be replaced in 2020.

The priorities are hypocritical at best and terrifying at worst.

Carol Kraines, Deerfield