Trump supporters hoping against hope that Hillary’s endless scandals will somehow give him the White House haven’t been paying attention. We already know she won’t be indicted (thanks, Jim Comey), and all of America understands she’s “crooked.” Certainly the Republican nominee is a flawed messenger when it comes to ethics or character, anyway. So how exactly will new revelations of corruption at the Clinton Foundation change any minds or, more importantly, any votes?
Republicans–other than those strange souls who have come out for Hillary because The Donald is so bad–are already not going to vote for her. But I have yet to encounter a single Democrat who cares about her reprehensible character enough to actually vote for Trump, much less stay home on Election Day. They greet each new scandal with a yawn. The allure of abortion, marriage redefinition, a government that rewards its friends and punishes its enemies, and bathroom politics is simply too great.
Trump said he could probably commit murder and his supporters would stick with him, and he’s probably right. But by the same token, I daresay that Hillary could perform an abortion, without anaesthesia, on an unwilling black woman in broad daylight, and her voters would tell us why this is a good thing.
In American politics, character no longer matters–in candidates or in voters.
