The Corruption of the Republican Party
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The Corruption of the Republican Party
December 14, 2018 at 8:18 am EST By Taegan Goddard
George Packer: The corruption I mean has less to do with individual perfidy than institutional depravity. It isnt an occasional failure to uphold norms, but a consistent repudiation of them. It isnt about dirty money so much as the pursuit and abuse of powerpower as an end in itself, justifying almost any means. Political corruption usually trails financial scandals in its wakethe foam is scummy with self-dealingbut its far more dangerous than graft. There are legal remedies for Duncan Hunter, the defeated representative from California, who will stand trial next year for using campaign funds to pay for family luxuries. But theres no obvious remedy for what the state legislatures of Wisconsin and Michigan, following the example of North Carolina in 2016, are now doing.