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If you haven't yet heard what Jeff Flake [R-AZ] had to say on the Senate floor yesterday, I highly recommend watching this video.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/enough--it-is-time-to-stand-up-to-trump/2017/10/24/12488ee4-b908-11e7-a908-a3470754bbb9_story.html
( Video: "'I will not be complicit or silent': Flake's retirement speech, in three minutes" [3:03]
Related article with detail follows, including a followup interview video. )
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@Leucrotta Oh, believe me: I totally see this as too little, too late-- but at least it's a public statement against this shit from a long standing member of the responsible party.
That gives me hope for a change of tide. That statement will almost assuredly ring true with the majority of the Republican base. This marks the beginning of an important turning point in our political discourse.
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@mawr @Leucrotta I'd just like to say that I'd feel a lot better if we could get to a middle of the turning point instead of having to get a new beginning of a turning point ever week after some new revelation gets bounced around by the same talking heads for 15 minutes until the next one shows up.
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@mawr he’s a Republican. The time to be not complicit and silent was decades ago. He has NOTHING to say to us.