For all his flaws, Ricardo Rossello will stand out for one amazing accomplishment. Puerto Rico's governor has gotten Donald Trump and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to see eye-to-eye on something.
They agree that he's irredeemable.
Judging by the protests in Puerto Rico, just about everybody on the island feels the same way.
Hundreds of thousands of people shut down a major highway Monday demanding Rossello resign. Cruise ships steered clear of the island, not wanting any part of the domestic drama.
The island's largest newspaper, El Nuevo Dia, published a front-page editorial Monday that read, "Governor, it's time to listen to the people. You must resign."
Everybody seems to get the message except Rossello, who is either hopelessly deluded or stalling. A Sunday-night pledge to resign as head of the New Progressive Party and not seek re-election in 2020 may have been a diversion, but for Puerto Ricans, that half-measure served to only add gasoline to the dumpster fire.
It's impossible to see how Rossello can remain in office. If he had any dignity, he would have resigned before the first protester hit the streets.
Of course, if he had any dignity he wouldn't have led a long-running group chat that trafficked in vulgarity, homophobia, sexism and ridicule of victims of Hurricane Maria.
Almost 890 pages of chats were leaked last week. The week before, the FBI arrested two former Cabinet officials for allegedly directing $15.5 million in federal contracts to political cronies.
Puerto Ricans are mad as hell and aren't going to take it anymore, and who could blame them?
The island has been demoralized by governmental corruption, an intractable debt crisis and the lingering effects of Hurricane Maria in 2017.
According to a report last week in the online news site Noticel, the Rossello administration is rife with influence-peddling and there has been a widespread "pillage of public funds."
Rossello says he has not done anything illegal. That may be true, but he has undoubtedly lost all credibility and the ability to govern.
Legislative leaders asked a panel to consider impeachment proceedings. Removing Rossello from office would be a drawn-out process, and the situation has gotten too volatile for that.
Rossello has proved manifestly unqualified for the job. The fact he doesn't realize that proves how unqualified he truly is.