GOP’s 17 who stood against Trump deserve support

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GOP’s 17 who stood against Trump deserve support

This op-ed is for all the Democrats who criticized the 191 Republican representatives who did not vote to impeach Donald Trump and the 43 Republican senators who did not vote guilty. It’s easy, even justified, to say they acted cowardly and disregarded the plain facts, but we have since witnessed the wrath of the Republican Party.

For the 10 representatives and 7 senators who voted to hold Trump accountable, their state party organizations have either censured them or are planning ...

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28
MAR
6

Political Issues, Uncategorized

Yep, people really said these things

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Yep, people really said these things

It doesn’t matter whether we’re talking about ministers, lawyers or politicians, people say things that are either stunningly tone deaf or stunningly brazen or just plain dumb. Here are some examples.

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“It’s important that he thinks you’re hot.”

            –Pastor Stewart-Allen Clark, in his sermon at the First General Baptist Church in Malden, Mo., about how married women “let themselves go.” [March 9, 2021]  

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“Because it puts us at a competitive disadvantage relative to Democrats. Politics is a zero-sum game.”

            –Arizona Attorney ...

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14
MAR
7

Political Issues