Plausible Deniability Now Out The Window: Will Jeff Flake’s Trump Speech Mark A Turning Point?
Well, this was a banner day for Donald Trump.
As you know, "just when you think it couldn't possibly get any worse" has become the unofficial slogan for this administration although the official tagline is still four capital letters with a hashtag for a prefix.
After spending the entire morning mowing down any hope of passing tax reform in 140-character bursts from his automatic Twitter assault rifle, Donald Trump had to sit by and watch as Jeff Flake delivered what may, in retrospect, be seen
Hallelujah! Hallelujah! THANK YOU, JEFF FLAKE. And Thank you to Bob Corker as well.
Nailed it, perfectly. THANK YOU! Anyone else going to do the right thing and save America?
Flake’s message totally resonates with me, of course. However, we should look behind the curtain on this case and others like it. I did so a long while ago and this is no surprise to me; I expected it the moment the antagonism between Trump and Flake surfaced.
What we may have here is an example of the administration’s modus operandi in the face of adversaries when there is seemingly potent intelligence (or information that can be framed to appear potent) about that adversary. Flake has more than a year remaining – watch his voting, which is the coin of the realm.
Arizona is very lucky it has the two best Republicans as their senators today, and so unlucky that it will be losing them both.
Nice speech, but it saddens me to see the orange mistake driving good people away like a 3rd grader crapping in the cafeteria to get attention: what will replace good people? I eagerly await Flake’s votes over the remaining months. He’s a good man.
To answer the question: I fervently hope so.
Oh darn exactly
“Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?”
Wouldn’t it be fabulous if this turns out to be the Cheeto-In-Chief’s Joseph Welch moment?