BTRTN: Kevin McCarthy, Mariupol, and the Demise of Principle in American Government

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Born To Run The Numbers contrasts the character, principle, and spine of the Ukrainian soldiers in Mariupol with the hypocrisy, fearfulness, and spinelessness of Kevin McCarthy and other Republican leaders, as evidenced so clearly in the recordings released by reporters from The New York Times:

http://www.borntorunthenumbers.com/2022/04/btrtn-kevin-mccarthy-mariupol-and.html

Excerpts: "In the very same week, we see, on the one hand, ordinary Ukrainian soldiers in imminent grave risk, yet are ready to die to protect their homeland's freedom and democracy. And, on the other, the most senior leaders in the Republican Party, revealed to be frightened, easily intimidated, and unwilling to defend our freedom and our democracy lest it come at a cost to their power and ambitions..."
"Do we believe The New York Times and its reporters? Uh, yeah. The New York Times understands that if it lied or distorted the truth, its income stream would evaporate, just as surely as Fox News knows that its income stream would evaporate if it ever started to tell the truth..."
"Rather than stand up, stick to their guns, and lead based on their own understanding of the gravity of Trump’s actions, they cowered, retreated, and completely abandoned any notion of principle, any recognition that now was their moment to stand up and defend American Democracy against an act that McConnell openly acknowledged was a certain impeachable offense..."