WA Post: When a divided nation got moral guidance -- from Chuck Rosenberg.
No wonder so many of us like him. He's a man with a good heart.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-divided-nation-gets-moral-guidance--but-not-from-trump/2017/09/30/25e7e55c-a54f-11e7-b14f-f41773cd5a14_story.html?utm_term=.ec1993dc57b4
Sept. 2017
The week also saw Chuck Rosenberg step down from his post as acting head of the Drug Enforcement Administration after becoming convinced of Mr. Trump's lack of respect for the rule of law.
Mr. Rosenberg, who had headed the DEA in a temporary capacity since 2015, criticized Mr. Trump this summer after the president encouraged police officers not to be "too nice" to suspects taken into custody. While the White House later said Mr. Trump had been joking, his remarks still displayed a disturbing disregard for the legal protections on which a constitutional democracy depends — especially amid conversations over mistreatment of African Americans by police. Mr. Rosenberg responded with a letter to DEA staff emphasizing the importance of integrity, respect and compassion in the conduct of law enforcement.
His letter was important not as a rebuke to the president but as a model of leadership and courage in reaffirming democratic values. As Mr. Rosenberg explained to his staff, "We have an obligation to speak out when something is wrong."
"We fix stuff," Mr. Rosenberg wrote to his agency following the president's remarks on police brutality. "At least, we try." He was writing about law enforcement, but the same should be true for government writ large.
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NOPE, I sure wasn't!! He is so sharp and self-deprecating, knowledgeable and soulful...no, not surprised at all...
GOOD MAN 
It's quoted for the president in the constitution, and high level gov't officials all take an oath similar to that one.
Hell, I did that one when I enlisted...all military personnel take that oath.
The dig is obviously that the president is in violation of that oath.
Having said all that, I guess I should say that I bet you knew all that anyway. No offense meant. 