Historian Julian Zelizer: If There Is No Public Outrage Over Trump’s Bad Behavior, It Sets ‘a Very Dangerous Precedent’

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ZELIZER: “Precedent matters in American politics and elected officials, presidents, and members of Congress. Think about what’s happened in the past when someone has abused power, engaged in wrong behavior. If, in the end, a former president can be involved in trying to overturn an election he lost and the effects are only beneficial, in fact, that person thrives as a result of legal action and political action. There will be future politicians who say, ‘Why shouldn’t I engage in similar kinds of bad behavior? Because not only might I get away with it, but I can do it in the open and I can do just fine.’ So that’s a very, I think, dangerous precedent for future politicians to see.”