I find it ironic you would take this position given that the entire DNC mantra once Bernie dropped out of the primary was "you have to support us to stop Trump." The argument was literally to put their morals aside (for those who hated Hillary) in order to combine to defeat the enemy. So if you want to talk about using any means to secure power, look no further than your own party.
I'm disappointed, Fenring, that you utterly missed the point.
Government officials are given power to use in
governing, not in advancing their particular political party or their families bank accounts.
Party officials are given power to
win elections for their party. In what way would trying to encourage people to vote for your party, even if it meant not voting for their first choice, be a misuse of the power they were given?
In terms of using power in office to influence the future of you, your followers, and your party, isn't that literally what both parties do as a matter of course? I don't see why it should be suddenly seen as abhorrent when it's Trump doing it.
It's abhorrent when either side, or anyone, does it. What is even a greater abhorrence is when people start to believe that
it is the way it should be. That it is "business as usual," or, even worse, "of course, we
want them to do it" for whatever reason.
When elected officials use their power to govern to enrich themselves and/or their parties/followers, then good governance becomes secondary. As does fairness, democracy, justice and the rule of law. When that goes out the window, so does the part of our country that makes it great. You might as well move to Russia then.
