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16 Feb 21Debbie Fucoloro
376 days ago, I wrote this op-ed about the cowardice of Senate Republicans.
It's still true.
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Van Piercy
“Unfortunately, in this Senate, fear has had its way. In November, the American people will have theirs.” #AFTvotes https://t.co/QVTC4JalaP
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07 Feb 20rpgordon87
Scathing Op-Ed by Sen. Sherrod Brown: "In private, many of my colleagues agree that the president is reckless and unfit. They admit his lies. And they acknowledge what he did was wrong....They are afraid that Mr. Trump might give them a nickname."
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Carolyn Tripp
@GOPLeader "In private, many of my Republican colleagues agree the president is reckless & unfit. They admit his lies. They acknowledge what he did was wrong. They know he's done things Nixon never did. They know that more damning evidence is likely t
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06 Feb 20Peggy George
Full disclosure: I am married to @SenSherrodBrow, the author of this op-ed for the New York Times -- and I couldn't be prouder of him.
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martineaup
Full disclosure: I am married to @SenSherrodBrow, the author of this op-ed for the New York Times -- and I couldn't be prouder of him.
https://t.co/t6pONQ1arW
"In private, many of my [Republican] colleagues agree the president is reckless and unfit. They admit his lies. They acknowledge what he did was wrong. They know he's done things Nixon never did. They know that more damning evidence is likely to come out. -
Susan Bullard
Full disclosure: I am married to @SenSherrodBrow, the author of this op-ed for the New York Times -- and I couldn't be prouder of him.
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Stephen Thergesen
There are countries where people would be putting their *lives* on the line by standing up to their country’s leader. As in, they’d be jailed, or shot, or disappeared.
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Donnan Stoicovy
Full disclosure: I am married to @SenSherrodBrow, the author of this op-ed for the New York Times -- and I couldn't be prouder of him.
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Scott McClure
In Private, Republicans Admit They Acquitted Trump Out of Fear
One journalist remarked to me, “How in the world can these senators walk around here upright when they have no backbone?”
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Kathy Gill
In Private, Republicans Admit They Acquitted Trump Out of Fear https://t.co/7uZy1weqTw
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Rubén García
Full disclosure: I am married to @SenSherrodBrow, the author of this op-ed for the New York Times -- and I couldn't be prouder of him. https://t.co/t6pONQ1arW
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Senator Patty Murray, a thoughtful Democrat from Washington State, still remembers “the fear that dominated the Senate leading up to the Iraq war.”
“You could feel it then,” she told me, “and you can feel that fear now” — chiefly among Senate Republicans.
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History has indeed taught us that when it comes to the instincts that drive us, fear has no rival. As the lead House impeachment manager, Representative Adam Schiff, has noted, Robert Kennedy spoke of how “moral courage is a rarer commodity than bravery in battle.”
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There’s an old Russian proverb: The tallest blade of grass is the first cut by the scythe. In private, many of my colleagues agree that the president is reckless and unfit. They admit his lies. And they acknowledge what he did was wrong. They know this president has done things Richard Nixon never did. And they know that more damning evidence is likely to come out.
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I have asked some of them, “If the Senate votes to acquit, what will you do to keep this president from getting worse?” Their responses have been shrugs and sheepish looks.
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They stop short of explicitly saying that they are afraid. We all want to think that we always stand up for right and fight against wrong. But history does not look kindly on politicians who cannot fathom a fate worse than losing an upcoming election. They might claim fealty to their cause — those tax cuts — but often it’s a simple attachment to power that keeps them captured.
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