I'm in between liberal & conservative. I'm liberal on some issues and conservative on others. I was a lifelong Republican until recent years when the party started getting extreme and really hateful. I know there are a lot of Republicans who are good people and who don't share the same beliefs and values as the current GOP politicians.
Highup, it's one thing if you know someone that makes you laugh. It's another to hire someone as a campaign manager & trust them with decision making-- even after being warned about potential Russia/mob affiliations & that you should distance yourself. Also, a person going and committing one murder is not the same as a pattern of continued financial crimes. Manafort is in the mob and spent significant time in Russia. His own daughter said that he was responsible for some murders (not that he carried them out himself, but that he instigated it) in either Russia or the Ukraine. There's a difference between someone with no prior criminal history doing something shocking & someone who has a long history of suspicious connections and criminal activity.
As for Pence, he's dirty as hell. Trump wanted Chris Christie as his vp but Manafort picked Pence. Back when Pence was governor, he had his own private e-mail server for government business and it got hacked by the Russians. I've been told that the corruption goes down far enough that Orrin Hatch would be the first one in the line of succession that is not a traitor. But, I will take a wait-and-see approach to see just how far down it goes when Mueller drops more indictments.
And I feel like a 12-year-old laughing at the fact that the guy in charge of National Enquirer is named Pecker. He and Weisselberg (head of Trump org) took some kind of deals for immunity in exchange for testimony. Against who remains to be seen, but I'm guessing it will net Trump & his kids.
MSNBC needs to think about their headlines more carefully though
