This afternoon, Representative Kevin Kiley of California announced he was leaving the Republican Party to become an Independent. When California redistricted the state to counter Texas’s redistricting, Kiley’s district became much more competitive. Kiley says that going forward, he will “have to consider” every bill “on its own merits.” source

Imagine the burden that would place on lawmakers — having to consider every bill on its merits rather than taking direct orders from an infallible, vindictive leader. How would they have time to fundraise?

A perfectly normal president, doing extraordinary things