Trump poses a threat to our national ideals (Houston Chronicle)

[CousinIT]

The tribunes are sounding. Nine months into the current administration, serious members of President Donald Trump's party are beginning to raise alarms about the man who occupies the White House. For the good of the nation, all of us, particularly Republicans at all levels of government, must pay heed.

On Tuesday, it was U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake, the Arizona Republican, who concluded there is no place for a traditional conservative in the Republican Party and who announced that he will not seek reelection. He joins U.S. Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee, also not seeking reelection and also warning for weeks now that Donald Trump is a danger to the Republic.

Add those words of caution to the grave observations of our fellow Texan, former President George W. Bush, and those of another Arizonan, U.S. Sen. John McCain, an old warhorse, mortally ill and fighting to the very end for the good of the nation he loves. Conservatives all, they are responding to a political and moral duty to speak up, to speak out.

Here is Flake on the floor of the Senate on Tuesday: "Reckless, outrageous and undignified behavior has become excused and countenanced as 'telling it like it is,' when it is actually just reckless, outrageous and undignified.

"And when such behavior emanates from the top of our government, it is something else: It is dangerous to a democracy. Such behavior does not project strength - because our strength comes from our values. It instead projects a corruption of the spirit, and weakness."

http://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/editorials/article/Trump-poses-a-threat-to-our-national-ideals-12303542.php

[cilla4progress]

1. Remember when essentially EVERY newspaper

Came out against trump in the campaign...?

[Gothmog]

2. Great editorial