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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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David Smith in Washington

As Trump’s lies and scandals deepen, the GOP responds as usual – with silence

Donald Trump
The reaction of the audience at the CNN town hall gave a glimpse of Donald Trump’s ‘Make America great again’ base. Photograph: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images

One day he was found liable for sexual abuse and defamation. The next he was on prime-time television pushing election lies, defending his own coup attempt and refusing to back Ukraine.

To his millions of critics, it was another week that proved Donald Trump is unfit for office and dangerous to democracy. But to the top leaders of Trump’s Republican party, it was another week to keep heads down and say nothing.

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