The only people who say that type of thing about Republicans shady activities are Republican voters. There shady willingness to do whatever for self promotion and lining their own is part of the reason some independent voters don't deal with them. If both sides are just going to completely ignore candidates being shady and the only difference between them is the letter next to their name what is the motivation for someone to vote for the Democrats?When Republicans do shady shyt, "it's ok", "who doesnt do it?" "Its called being smart. Big deal!"
When a dem does it, "what a bum!".
If the Democrats are running an entertaining conman versus the republican entertaining conman why should I choose theirs? Why should I trust that he's going to do anything he says he will and not just take a boatload of money to keep Trump policies in a more liberal package?
I think Trump is warping people's ideas about what a winning candidate looks like.