Let’s admit the truth of Trump’s ‘mental and moral bankruptcy’

At long last, have we seen enough?

At long last, can we face the undeniable fact that Donald Trump is unfit for the presidency?

After his unhinged tirade on Aug. 15, in which he claimed that there were “very fine people” among the white supremacists and neo-Nazis in Charlottesville and equated the racists with those opposing racism, can we admit the truth of his mental and moral bankruptcy?

In the wake of Richard Nixon’s Saturday Night Massacre in 1973, Jonathan Schell wrote in The New Yorker that “Any future under the present leadership is unthinkable. The point of no return has been passed, and the country has no choice but to take the first, dread steps toward putting its house in order.”

That point has arrived again. Republicans must respond to Trump’s ignorance, bigotry and lack of decency, and begin the process that will remove him from office.

And any Trump supporter who continues to deny this reality serves as an enabler in Trump’s continued assault on liberty, justice, equality, American exceptionalism, American greatness, and American values.

At long last, can we step out of the shadows of hate into the sunlight of healing?

This story was originally published August 18, 2017 at 11:01 AM with the headline "Let’s admit the truth of Trump’s ‘mental and moral bankruptcy’."