I was never going to go along quietly -- not with 45's openly contemptuous stance against the rule of law and liberty in the US -- but I am gratified to see Sen. Corker, Sen. McCain and now Sen. Flake. . . members of his own party, all of them -- say "not in my name."
Jeff Flake will not be complicit -- and (as he pretty regularly does) he quoted Teddy Roosevelt (Teddy was speaking during WW I, at a time shortly before one of his own sons was killed in battle), there (the pull quote is from Time magazine and the video hosted by YouTube and courtesy of the Washington Examiner):
“. . .The President is merely the most important among a large number of public servants. He should be supported or opposed exactly to the degree which is warranted by his good conduct or bad conduct, his efficiency or inefficiency in rendering loyal, able, and disinterested service to the nation as a whole. Therefore, it is absolutely necessary that there should be full liberty to tell the truth about his acts, and this means that it is exactly as necessary to blame him when he does wrong as to praise him when he does right. Any other attitude in an American citizen is both base and servile,” Flake quoted Roosevelt as saying. “To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public. . . .”
That speech should be shown to every middle school child in America. It is an object lesson -- and a warning, all in one. Good night, to all of good will. . . .
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