I was thinking the same thing (and that's scary)

I'm not a pundit, but apparently I can think like one.

If Trump does it, it's not a crime - or so Republicans think

"We are very, very close to the Putin Republicans arguing that they’re glad he worked with the Kremlin to beat “Crooked Hillary.” In fact, some MAGA-heads have already made this very case. It is, after all, the natural culmination of the hysteria of so many Trumpists. If you believe, as former White House aide Michael Anton argued, that the Democrats are the moral equivalent of the al-Qaeda terrorists who hijacked Flight 93, then anything is permissible to save the country. Even collusion with its enemies."

A New Talking Point from the Pro-Trump Fringe
A new line of punditry is bubbling up among the president’s followers online: It was a positive thing that the Russians hacked the 2016 election.


And here's what I said, in Very Strong Words:

"One wonders where this could end - what if the special counsel makes some irrefutable, stunning revelations about how much Trump was really in league with the Russians, and the Republicans still defend him with their unethical actions? What will diehard Trumpian voters/supporters think about him then? Will they think that what he did was justified and necessary, no matter how illegal and treasonous, because it prevented Hillary from becoming President and stopped another four years of a Democratic Presidency?

I would not be shocked if that's exactly what they end up thinking."

Uncanny, isn't it?