Congressional Cowards is a weekly collection highlighting the worst Donald Trump defenders on Capitol Hill, who refuse to criticize him—irrespective of how disgraceful or lawless his actions.
President Donald Trump has been inching the US towards changing into an authoritarian state since he put his hand on the Bible and took the oath of workplace for a second time again in January.
However the inching become a full-on slide this week, as Trump took tangible steps towards weaponizing the Division of Justice to jail his perceived enemies and silence these with views that differ from his personal.
There have been fewer feedback than ordinary this week, as Congress is in recess and thus lawmakers usually are not on Capitol Hill, and protected from reporters asking them to touch upon Trump’s impeachable actions.
However the Republican lawmakers who did remark this week cheered Trump’s actions.
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“James Comey betrayed our nation. He meddled in the 2016 election, concealed the baseless Trump-Russia probe, abused FISA with the Steele dossier, leaked classified memos to spark the Mueller witch hunt, and lied to Congress. The DOJ should indict him. Justice must be served,” Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-NY) wrote in a publish on X.
Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL) went a step additional, saying on Fox Enterprise, “In my opinion he should be charged with treason.”
“Prison,” Van Orden wrote in a publish on X.
Van Orden later stated he was enthusiastic about the potential of DOJ officers resigning in protest over a doable Comey indictment, saying that it might be “Outstanding.”
“In SEAL training we call this ‘self selection,'” Van Orden wrote.
In the meantime, different Republicans continued to applaud Trump for making an attempt to drive ABC to tug comic Jimmy Kimmel from the airwaves.
“It’s cheap for the FCC commissioner to say what he mainly stated, which is when he stated, ‘You are able to do this the simple approach or the onerous approach, both again off, Disney … otherwise you’re going to cope with the truth that you’re going to have licenses,'” Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) informed right-wing hack Glenn Beck.
Additionally they refused to say Trump ought to rule out a 3rd time period—which the Structure explicitly prohibits.
Senate Majority Chief John Thune (R-SD) refused to sentence Graham for cheering on a blatantly unconstitutional motion.
“Well, I didn’t see—I know Lindsey said that before—and I think he generally expects a, you know, a pretty lighthearted response when he says it,” Thune stated.
Much less scary however embarrassing nonetheless had been the Republicans who defended Trump’s moronic speech to the United Nations on Tuesday, with others becoming a member of Trump’s assaults towards the group over the failure of an escalator that Trump and first girl Melania Trump tried to experience.
Thune known as Trump’s embarrassing speech that diminished the US on the world stage “Straight talk from the president.”
“He puts out the unvarnished truth,” Thune stated of Trump’s idiotic remarks.
“President Trump commanded respect at the UN, while Biden’s wandering turned America into a global punchline,” Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) wrote in a publish on X, which is absolutely the reverse of actuality. “It’s great to have leadership that doesn’t apologize for American strength once again!”
In the meantime, Steube known as for an “investigation” into the escalator scenario on the U.N., saying that it “couldn’t be a coincidence” that the escalator stopped proper when Trump was on it.
By no means underestimate Republicans’ skill to debase themselves in subservience to Pricey Chief.
