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struggle4progress

(118,236 posts)
Sun Mar 11, 2018, 07:58 AM Mar 2018

Patriotism isnt optional

Mar 10, 2018

... Representatives must be patriots, true to their oath upon entering Congress: “I, —-, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic ...”

Politics are supposed to stop at the water’s edge ...

... Compare that to the stance House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif., is taking toward the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election ...

He says that after almost a year, it’s time to wrap things up. Democrats on the committee ... have a long list of people they would like to subpoena, including some who already refused absent any legal grounds to answer questions.

But the committee’s Republicans refuse to issue those subpoenas, although .. Mueller’s investigation continues to uncover .. Russian activities that strike at the heart of our nation's electoral process ...

http://www.decaturdaily.com/opinion/columnists/washington-merry-go-round-patriotism-isn-t-optional/article_a3acbaa7-694a-565d-98d3-4ba679e77dd8.html

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