How much is too much for Trump supporters?

Dear Editor:

To queasy Trump 2016 voters who have stuck with him despite uneasiness about his character, his assaults on democratic norms, his flim-flammery on the coronavirus, for one reason, the Supreme Court: You swallowed his bullhorn racist pronouncements, his deliberate incitements to violence by his followers, his crippling of ties with longstanding allies.

But you got Neil Gorsuch.

You relegated to the mental back pages all of the stories about payments to a porn star, allegations of rape, regular insults of women about their looks, especially women of color.

Because you got Kavanaugh. You’ve looked the other way as the billionaire, supposedly elected for his success running businesses, has rotating “acting” leaders in the highest levels of government, those replacing disgraced grifters, incompetents and former lobbyists hired to tear down the departments and agencies they lead.

And now you’ve won the race to Ruth Ginsburg’s grave. You scramble to justify another cynical Republican power play, but you’re going to get the decisive majority you’ve craved. You’ve won. Locked into place dominance that probably will outlive you.

And now, with victory, will you keep the pedal to the floor? Justice Breyer is pretty old. You might be able to get another one.

But how much is enough? Might you, finally, want to clear from your craw the yearslong, rumbling, acidic disturbances; the colliding contradictions of principles and desire that have sometimes left you spinning, out of balance? Finally, might you choose to vote to retire Trump, or at least sit this one out?

Tom Denton

Highland