{"id":40585,"date":"2020-07-31T11:44:20","date_gmt":"2020-07-31T18:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=40585"},"modified":"2020-07-31T11:44:20","modified_gmt":"2020-07-31T18:44:20","slug":"a-republican-to-republicans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/07\/31\/a-republican-to-republicans\/","title":{"rendered":"A Republican to Republicans"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following is an editorial by MSNBC Republican host, Joe Scarborough.  It is obviously directed to Republicans, but I can’t resist sharing it with you as well.  If I had a nickel for every time I’ve disagreed with Joe over the years, I could finance a luxurious retirement for us all, but this time, I could not agree more.<\/font><\/p>\n

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What a tremendous burden it must be for you to still be defending President Trump. You have called yourself a constitutional conservative for decades, but now you sit silently as the president pushes to move this year\u2019s election because he might lose. Even some Republican senators are speaking up. Why aren\u2019t you? <\/p>\n

Trump remembers how you ran interference for him when he claimed unlimited powers under Article II of the Constitution, so he thinks you will stay quiet. Remember your silence after Charlottesville? You eventually mustered the nerve to claim Trump never preached moral equivalence between torch-carrying Nazis and protesters. How unthoughtful it was of David Duke to expose you by praising the president\u2019s putrid performance and thanking Trump for his \u201chonesty and courage to tell the truth.\u201d<\/a> The former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard even bragged to reporters that Charlottesville represented a \u201cturning point\u201d for white nationalism. \u201cWe are going to fulfill the promises of Donald Trump,\u201d Duke proclaimed<\/a>. \u201cThat\u2019s why we voted for [him].\u201d <\/p>\n

Ouch. That one had to sting, but you kept on defending Donald… <\/p>\n

…By this time, you began mindlessly regurgitating the former reality TV host\u2019s propaganda about the \u201cRussian hoax,\u201d and hoped Americans would be stupid enough to ignore the mountains of damning evidence against Trump. Your singular focus turned to the Steele dossier\u2019s most lurid tales, and you believed then, and now, that Christopher Steele\u2019s fantastical claims could erase a multitude of Trump\u2019s sins. You repeated the lies of Attorney General William P. Barr and South Carolina Sen. Lindsey O. Graham when they falsely claimed the FBI\u2019s investigation began with Steele\u2019s dossier. And you kept repeating this idiotic defense even after it became painfully evident that Trump\u2019s team welcomed Russia\u2019s interference in American democracy and then tried to cover it up. You still refuse to criticize the Trump team\u2019s use of material stolen by Russia during the last month of the campaign, just like you and your president continue turning a blind eye to any Russian bounties. <\/p>\n

None dare call it treason, but perhaps one day they will<\/strong>.   [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Please click through and read this editorial in it’s entirety.  There is too much essential content to miss.<\/font><\/p>\n

Here’s a related video.<\/font><\/p>\n

Joe: \u2018Donald Trump Will Lead To The End Of The Party Of Abraham Lincoln\u2019<\/a> <\/p>\n