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Two influential Republican senators on Sunday admonished President Trump for squabbling with his top intelligence officials with one calling it troubling to all of us.
Theres an awful lot, theres so much tradition, and history and complexity to some of these foreign policy issues, you have to rely on people who have been working these issues for decades, Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin said on Fox News Sunday.
Its just imperative that you actually listen to, for example, the CIA chief, the director of national intelligence, Johnson, the chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, continued. These people have the real knowledge and you have to listen to them.
Sen. Richard Shelby, the chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, agreed that the president must respect the experience of his intelligence chiefs.
These are professional people. The presidents briefed every day on it. Hes not an intelligence officer. None of us are. But they the people on the front lines, the people who analyze who gather and disseminate intelligence information to our higher-ups we should respect them, Shelby said on CNNs State of the Union.
https://nypost.com/2019/02/03/top-gop-senators-slam-trump-over-fight-with-intelligence-officials/
Takket
(21,625 posts)Why dont you guys ask McConnell for a non-Binding resolution condemning drumpfs words. The Dems will support it and you know the House will.
Put your votes where your mouths are.
Poiuyt
(18,130 posts)He's been a loyal toady for trump. I never thought he'd question his fuhrer.
Fuzzpope
(602 posts)Seriously, we should make no attempts to shame, mock, or discourage these people from breaking rank.
Every time one of them does, irrelevance to who they are or their (horrid) positions on policy, they should be roundly praised and thanked for stepping forth.
Nursing a potential fracture between Trump and the Republicans is a very, very fragile process.
Maybe an entire future timeline exists where one Republican in his/her overwhelming frustrations with Trump find themselves here one day.
Reading a bunch of unhelpful dreck compels them to toe the line, it's just a bridge too far to stand with us.
Or, they come here and see that we recognize and respect a person for breaking rank against 200% certain retribution, possibly even a primary challenge.
They see that we respect those with the fortitude to break loose from the MAGAt cult.
And decides to take the step forward opposing Trump that is at long last the catalyst needed for a chain reaction in the Republican congress which leads to real action that ends this nightmare.
Of course this would probably never happen, but it *could * happen.
Which outcome do you want to contribute towards?
BadgerMom
(2,771 posts)Hes not just Trumps toady. Hes Putins buddy, too.
And, hey, New York Post, tell me. How did Johnson become a top senator?
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,505 posts)cult these days?
walkingman
(7,660 posts)50 Shades Of Blue
(10,043 posts)duforsure
(11,885 posts)In huge numbers because of trump and them doing nothing to stop him, and they just thought the Mid Terms was bad. 2020 will be their worse nightmare when they lose the Senate and the Presidency from their positions and policies, and from trump.