CNN's Rampell: 'The Frog Has Been Boiled,' Voters Have Accepted That Trump Will 'Violate the Constitution'

Not surprisingly, Sunday's edition of Reliable Sources focused on the so-called "Constitutional crisis." Host Brian Stelter opened the segment by declaring that "democracy in the United States is being tested." Stelter asked CNN Political Commentator and Washington Post columnist Catherine Rampell to sum up the past week in a headline.  She chose "the frog has been boiled" as her headline, elaborating that she was referring to "this old adage that if you put a frog in a pot of water and you slowly raise the temperature, the frog won't jump out...because they don't get that they're about to be boiled." Rampell argued that the public has gotten used to the idea that "Trump is just going to break norms, break laws, violate the Constitution, (and) violate pretty clear statutes."  Rampell complained that rather than see Trump's behavior as "a threat to democracy" or "a Constitutional crisis," many voters dismiss it as "Trump being Trump" and "drama playing out." Rampell's fellow CNN Political Commentator, Jess McIntosh, agreed that America is in a Constitutional crisis and accused Republicans of helping President Trump "undermine our own democracy."