The Columbus Dispatch

How can Sen. Portman continue supporting Trump?

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Sen. Rob Portman did not initially support Donald Trump in 2016. Neverthele­ss, he has endorsed President Trump for 2020 despite the president’s frequent and verifiable lies, refutation of all national-security reports from our intelligen­ce community, repeated attacks on the media and willingnes­s to launch a government shutdown and to consider declaring a national emergency over “wall” funding.

And also despite Trump’s likely multiple violations of the emoluments clause; demonizati­on of immigrants, attacks on asylum rights, separation of families and failure to reunite children with parents despite a court order; public support of Vladimir Putin on the world stage and dismissal of the intelligen­ce community’s findings regarding Russian election meddling; disregard

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