Lacking Legitimacy

Jeff Greenfield is a long-time political analyst. He doesn't much like Republicans or Trump, but in a long screed for Politico claiming Republicans will never accept the legitimacy of a Hillary Clinton presidency, he stumbles on some truth.

For Republicans, Hillary Clinton’s failings are only part of the argument: The broader case is that the Democratic Party itself lacks the legitimacy to govern.

Generally, the view on the right is the Democrat Party is best understood as a criminal conspiracy masquerading as a political party, a trope attributed to columnist Michael Walsh.