""Make America Great Again" base has had no trouble looking the other way when it comes to Donald Trump's trampling of norms and ethical standards: the coarseness; the indictments; the retribution against his enemies; the self-enrichment while in office; the unprecedented claims of executive power."
"His administration's handling of information regarding the horrific crimes of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is different."
The "Make America Great Again" base repeatedly tolerated Donald Trump's trampling of norms and ethical standards. That tolerance included coarse behavior, multiple indictments, retributive actions against perceived enemies, personal self-enrichment while in office, and unprecedented claims of executive power. Those specific manifestations of ethical and normative breaches were largely overlooked by the base. The administration's handling of information related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's horrific crimes departs from that pattern. The approach to Epstein-related information is characterized as different from the broader pattern of indulgence toward other Trump actions.
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