Is this finally..... the tipping point ?
The recent murderer in Pittsburgh was clearly directly motivated by Trump's ridiculous rhetoric about 'the caravan', how they were coming with the intent to rob, murder, and rape Americans.He felt that he had to do something. He was desperate. He was "going in".
He went in and massacred 11 unarmed Jewish worshipers with his NRA approved weapon.
The city of Pittsburgh responded with overwhelming solidarity. As they mourned their dead, and made
arrangements to bury the deceased, they made it quite clear, that they did not want Trump there.
They warned the president not to come. He came anyway. The mayor, the Republican Senators,
and the Rabbis,did not meet him at the airport.
Instead, there were thousands of protesters to his arrival in the streets.
It seemed universally clear there, that Trump was not only not wanted there at this time, but that he was partly
responsible for the deaths, that his dishonest rhetoric caused.
Prior to this, for the first time since Trump was sworn in, several Republican politicians spoke out against Trump.
from Newsweek;
In response to:
is voice quavering, Arizona Senator Jeff Flake accused President Donald Trump of creating an “alarming and dangerous state of affairs” in American democracy as he announced from the floor of the Senate that he would not run again in 2018.
In the pointed criticism of Trump that followed, Flake joined three other Republican Senators who have turned against the president and who threaten the party’s unity and hold on both houses of Congress in the 2018 midterm elections.
“Without fear of the consequences and without consideration of the rules of what is politically safe or palatable, we must stop pretending that the degradation of our politics and the conduct of some in our executive branch are normal,” Flake told his fellow Republican Senators, urging them to speak out against Trump’s behavior.
“There are times when we must risk our careers in favor of our principles. Now is such a time,” Flake said, citing his regrets “because of the coarseness of our leadership.” In Senate votes, Flake has supported Trump’s position 90 percent of the time.
On Monday President Trump called the widow of a soldier killed in action in Niger a liar for saying she felt mistreated during a phone call he made to her expressing his condolences. The same day he repeated his attacks on the NFL, insisting its players cannot kneel as part of a protest movement. And in recent weeks he has threatened to shut down NBC News, claiming it reports "fake news."
Before Flake’s speech, Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee, a senior Republican who chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, told reporters Trump's legacy would be the “debasement of America.”
In an interview with CNN, Corker singled out Trump’s constant “non-truth-telling, the name-calling” as some of the things driving his assessment. “I think he's proven himself unable to rise to the occasion,” Corker said, speaking of how he has tried to intervene to improve Trump’s behavior.
is voice quavering, Arizona Senator Jeff Flake accused President Donald Trump of creating an “alarming and dangerous state of affairs” in American democracy as he announced from the floor of the Senate that he would not run again in 2018.
In the pointed criticism of Trump that followed, Flake joined three other Republican Senators who have turned against the president and who threaten the party’s unity and hold on both houses of Congress in the 2018 midterm elections.
“Without fear of the consequences and without consideration of the rules of what is politically safe or palatable, we must stop pretending that the degradation of our politics and the conduct of some in our executive branch are normal,” Flake told his fellow Republican Senators, urging them to speak out against Trump’s behavior.
“There are times when we must risk our careers in favor of our principles. Now is such a time,” Flake said, citing his regrets “because of the coarseness of our leadership.” In Senate votes, Flake has supported Trump’s position 90 percent of the time.
On Monday President Trump called the widow of a soldier killed in action in Niger a liar for saying she felt mistreated during a phone call he made to her expressing his condolences. The same day he repeated his attacks on the NFL, insisting its players cannot kneel as part of a protest movement. And in recent weeks he has threatened to shut down NBC News, claiming it reports "fake news."
Before Flake’s speech, Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee, a senior Republican who chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, told reporters Trump's legacy would be the “debasement of America.”
In an interview with CNN, Corker singled out Trump’s constant “non-truth-telling, the name-calling” as some of the things driving his assessment. “I think he's proven himself unable to rise to the occasion,” Corker said, speaking of how he has tried to intervene to improve Trump’s behavior.
In addition to the speaker of the House, Paul Ryan, Trey Gowdy has also spoken out against Trump.
The thing that all 4 have in common, is that they are not seeking re-election.
The Trump administration has set a record for the most cabinet and presidential appointees quitting, and/or
being fired.
With the newest horrendous event, will this be the tipping point ? Will more Republicans speak out against Trump's aberrant & divisive behavior and policies, and possibly also willingly leave office ?
While it appears that members within the White House have interfered with Trump's worst inclinations,
as documented in Bob Woodward's most recent book and the NYT op ed article, Trump tries yet another unconstitutional executive order.
Will the defeat of the Republican party's recent stranglehold on Congress actually be from within, or will the voters take control next week ?
Comments (5)
That's not a good way to start your comment when it's plain that you Ph.D level education wouldn't get you a GCSE above a grade D over here.
I would suggest you work on your basic grammar before you criticise anyone else's academic ability.