Dangerous, utterly untruthful: Two retiring GOP senators sound alarm on Trump
Source: MSN/Washington Post
A pair of Republican senators sounded an alarm Tuesday about President Trumps fitness for office and warned that his actions were degrading and dangerous to the country an extraordinary breach that threatens his legislative agenda and further escalates the civil war tearing apart the Republican Party.
Delivering an emotional speech on the Senate floor announcing that he will not seek reelection next year, Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) said Trumps behavior is dangerous to our democracy and summoned fellow Republicans to denounce the presidents conduct.
It is time for our complicity and our accommodation of the unacceptable to end, Flake said. He added, Politics can make us silent when we should speak, and silence can equal complicity.
The charged remarks from Flake a totem of traditional conservatism who has repeatedly spoken out about his isolation in Trumps GOP came hours after Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) questioned the presidents stability and competence, reigniting a deeply personal feud with the president.
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This is all well and good, but Democrats could just say, "I told you so."
diva77
(7,643 posts)have been voting to throw millions off of healthcare, to gut Social Security, Medicare, just for starters...could go on and on...why doesn't the media include that aspect instead of ridiculous stenography "reporting" of their latest speeches??
appal_jack
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(21,767 posts)JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,340 posts)Jim Dandy
(358 posts).. moved to the other side of the aisle and began caucusing with the Democrats?