Republicans will try to create an 'ethics' trap for Democrats. Don't fall for it | David Litt

When it comes to double-standards, Republican bad faith is hardly ever in short supply

A press secretary who tells the truth. An independent justice department that respects the rule of law. A president who doesn't tweet conspiracy theories in the wee hours of the morning. After four dispiriting years and one near-death experience for American democracy, it would be comforting to conclude that nature is healing. Our political guardrails held. The Trump Era was nothing more than a temporary blip.

But such complacency would be a terrible mistake. What we're seeing at the dawn of the Biden presidency is not the reestablishment of norms, but the establishment of double standards.