We need trusted leaders, not bookies and bettors

Politicians, by nature, are calculators, oddsmakers, bettors, bookies.

They bet on winning and losing all the time.

Montana Sen. Steve Daines bet on President Trump. But following the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, Daines changed his wager.

That day, a pro-Trump mob attacked the Capitol, erected a gallows, killed a U.S. Capitol policeman, and searched like terrorists for lawmakers, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Vice President Mike Pence.

They threatened to stop Congress from doing its constitutional duty to certify the presidential election.

Meanwhile, hidden from the Capito...