In the wake of classified documents having been discovered at President Biden's home in Delaware, Republicans are demanding visitor logs.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer made this demand in writing to White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain stating, "Without a list of individuals who have visited his residence, the American people will never know who had access to these highly sensitive documents."
However, Comer has no such concerns when it comes to visitor logs to Mar-a-Lago. In an interview with CNN, Comer stated, "I don't feel like we need to spend a whole lot of time because the Democrats have done that for the past six years."
In other words, Republicans don't think it's their job to scrutinize Trump's transgressions. There are two reasons why Republicans are taking this position both of which are self-serving.
First, there are partisan reasons. Republicans could care less if Trump wallpapers Mar-a-Lago with classified documents. This is about "owning the libs" and standards are for sissies. Republicans will have demonstrated they only care about the proper storage of classified documents when it comes to Democrats while Trump is above the law.
Second, calling for Mar-a-Lago visitor logs would give Republicans unwanted attention. How many Republican Congressmen have visited Trump at Mar-a-Lago to curry favor? A dozen? More than 100? Maybe even 200? Perhaps even Comer? In which case, how many of these Republican Congressmen had access to classified documents in Trump's possession?
This has been a bad six days for President Biden. But if Republicans insist on investigating and impeaching Biden over this while turning a blind eye to Trump's transgressions concerning classified documents then more harm could come to Republicans than to Biden come 2024.
It is one of many reasons why the Republican Party has long been known as the Stupid Party.
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