This is the first presidential scandal involving a foreign government interfering with our election process and possible collusion by the man who won the election.
But for all its hyperbole and incendiary color, talk of treason is primarily a rhetorical shorthand that conjures deep-seated feelings of loyalty, national identity, and trust.
If in 2020 the winner of the popular vote for president loses in the Electoral College, the rage of the decent American majority will surge as it has never surged before.
