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"Tell them-tax cuts they are holding out for will not be honored in the event of nuclear Armageddon"
Frank Rich: Bob Corker and the Disgrace of Republican SilenceBy
Frank Rich
Stating that his “most important public service” could occur in the 15 months between announcing his retirement and the end of his term, Bob Corker has unleashed some of the most direct attacks ever to come from a senator about his own party’s president. Virtually no Republican senators have spoken out in Trump’s defense — will they eventually have to pick sides?
It’s a watershed moment that even when the Republican chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee invokes World War III, it is not enough to get the Vichy Republicans in Washington to speak up. The senators who remain silent while privately nodding in agreement with Corker don’t seem to understand the urgency of the situation. Someone should tell them that the tax cuts they are holding out for will not be honored in the event of nuclear Armageddon.
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http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/10/frank-rich-corker-and-the-disgrace-of-republican-silence.html