Walker's Trumpian idolatry gets new yardstick

There used to be no two Republican governors more in sync than the Tea Party-embracing Scott Walker -  

2018 photo

- and Rick Snyder, the Midwestern autocratic equal across Lake Michigan who copied Walker's destruction of local governments' powers and public employees' rights.

Rick Snyder: The Scott Walker of 2014

Well, some people move on and we note today that the love affair between these two-term ex-GOP governors (Snyder was term-limited out of his governorship while Walker was bounced) is kaput: 

Why?

Snyder finds Trump's bullying and divisiveness so offensive that he is among scores of Republicans endorsing Democrat Joe Biden for President, while Walker has ramped up his shameless Trumpian idolatry (job search?) by tweeting or retweeting fawning, look-at-me-please praise for Trump or condemnation of Joe Biden 24 times in the last four days. 

From Walker's twitter feed, here's a sample:

There is no doubt that @POTUS @realDonaldTrump
helped stop the chaos in Kenosha. I am happy that he is coming on Tuesday. He can help rebuild this great city and make it even better for everyone!

To be clear: Snyder still deserves the strongest condemnation for his role in the poisoning of Flint, Michigan's drinking water and his criticism of Trump for disregarding science and facts is brutally paradoxical. 

Nonetheless, it's telling that Snyder can see the big picture dangers which Trump presents to the nation while Walker's addiction to Trump's phony record and equally-fake alpha personality remains repulsively self-interested.

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