The whiff of totalitarianism

That the White House press secretary would suggest an ESPN commentator should be fired for tweeting that tRump is a white supremacist should probably not shock anyone.  Sarah Huckabee Sanders, aka the spawn of Huck is as clueless as her predecessor and even less shamed in the performance of her job than the unlamented Sean Spicer.  The erosion of democracy this represents is shocking and harks back to the Nixon presidency and its infamous "enemies list".  Nixon's imperial presidency was an obvious threat to democracy and even republicans were willing to stand against it when evidence of obstruction of justice became overwhelming.  Today's GOP is unable and unwilling to process the damage being done to the republic by this administration.  Russia intervened in our elections to help The Donald get elected.  This is now incontrovertible.  where is the outrage among republicans.  If the shoe was on the other foot, Hillary would already be impeached and we would be wondering if there was a Senate republican who would vote to acquit.  Thanks to the hapless nature of the administration we have not stumbled too far down the road to dictatorship, but more capable men than Trump are now taking notes on how to manipulate public opinion and consolidate power.  We are closer to Putin's Russia than most people think.