«70-year-old Bob Judson explained, “I didn’t put much credence in [the evidence about Mark Robinson's porn site posts]. We’ve all done things in our past that we’re sorry for. Some of the things are crazy,” before adding, “I mean if we just went on that, we wouldn’t be here for Trump, would we?”»
Therein lies the root problem with modern US Politics; indeed, politics around the world. People are willing to forgive their populist leader anything, as long as that leader promises to give them what they think they want.