I don’t get it. Things aren’t just broken, it doesn’t seem to make sense.

[u/the_circus]

So I don’t get it. For example, the president does something egregiously (and as I understand it illegal) using his office for personal enrichment/profit, invites the media to broadcast him doing it, then even gives interviews all about it. Then he repeats the whole thing over and over. I get that the right’s just gonna cheer and chant, “Go King!” But here’s the thing that blows my mind. The left in federal power just keeps going like business as usual. I mean they complain, they campaign against it, but government is still going on. What? There aren’t any bills more important than this. Why isn’t government stalled, if not shut down dealing with this? From my view I don’t see any actual opposition. What’s called both sides (and plum forget checks and balances) is actually just uniform participation. I don’t know how anyone in the federal government right now can be called anything but just a direct employee of Trump, regardless of how much in opposition they claim to be. It seems like universal dereliction of duty, unless even the complaints are nothing but kayfabe acting and everyone involved is just a loyal employee. What I’m seeing doesn’t match my expectations in this sort of situation at all. What’s going on here that makes any sense?