Here's a portion of Sen. Jeff Flake's (R-AZ) stunning speech moments ago on the Senate floor, announcing that he won't run for re-election in 2018, and scorching moron authoritarian Donald "Rump" Trump and the Republican Party. Emotional, profound, historic:
BONUS: Mark Sumner on the Republican reaction which, in a sane party, would have been for more to break their silence...
But silence is what he got. What he will get. From Senate Leader Mitch McConnell meekly shuffling along at Trump’s side to House Speaker Paul Ryan willing to answer any question but the one he’s asked, what the Republicans have demonstrated is silence. Also known as cowardice.
Sen. Flake may have quoted from Abraham Lincoln in his speech, but he might better have quoted U. S. Grant: "There are but two parties now: traitors and patriots.”
And this was just another day where that became more clear.UPDATE: Flake can't see using impeachment or the 25th Amendment to remove Rump. What was that about "enough?"
4 comments:
I have a question, Hackie:Can he or Corker (or any Repug with a set of balls) switch parties in midstream to help take President asshole down?
Diva - The two of them could switch, but won't, because they're old school conservatives who support the party's agenda mostly, just not Trump. Also, Corker would lose his chairmanship of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, his main platform for challenging Trump. Presumably Corker, Flake, McCain, Collins and Murkowski could always vote to removeTrump, if a majority in the House were ever to impeach, but since it takes 66 to convict in the Senate, they would fall far short with the present composition of the Senate (only 48 Democrats).
What is the point of assailing Rump, then voting with the herd?
Diva - I think that's what the term "empty barrel" means. When he was asked, what are you going to do about Rump, he said basically nothing "because he was elected." The problem isn't just Trumpism, it's Republicanism, and the solution, of course, is to vote as many out as possible.
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