I didn’t agree with John McCain very often, but his patriotism and commitment to liberal democratic principles were beyond question. He understood that white supremacists were traitors, not patriots. He saw Trump as a potential authoritarian, and couldn’t stand him. He would have spoken out against Trump’s increasingly desperate efforts to win re-election by dividing the country and trashing the Constitution in the name of “law and order.” I’m sure of it.
How many prominent members of the current GOP are willing to stand up and oppose Trump for his destruction of democratic norms? Mitch McConnell? Lindsey Graham, supposedly an acolyte of McCain’s? Marco Rubio? Please. Give them tax cuts, conservative judges, and a ticket to re-election, and they will do anything the man on golf cart asks.
Mitt Romney. That’s it. If things get worse, and they probably will, he’s the only one who will be on our side.