'An Epidemic of Cowardice in the GOP'

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'An Epidemic of Cowardice in the GOP’

May 30, 2019 at 8:01 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 215 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2019/05/30/an-epidemic-of-cowardice-in-the-gop/

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House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) said that Republican lawmakers had come up to him privately to “express their deep concerns and worries” about the Trump administration and offer bits of encouragement, Politico reports.

Said Schiff:  “But I’m, frankly, exhausted by the private misgivings. People need to speak out.”

He added: “I think what we knew, implicitly, was that courage is contagious. But what we didn’t realize is that cowardice is also contagious. I think there’s been an epidemic of cowardice in the GOP. This president doesn’t stand for anything that the Republican Party said it stood for.”

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1. I agree with Schiff

He should let his Republican colleagues know that he will listen to their gripes for exactly two more days; after that, he's not playing father-confessor anymore. Any Republican who approaches him after that, Schiff will announce their names publicly. Buy a spine, boys.

[StarfishSaver]

4. Reporters also keep saying that Republicans complain to them off the record

I'd love to see them stop covering for them and start outing these hypocrites.

[burrowowl]

5. Yes

they should grow a pair!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. I hope Amash is a crack in the wall.

Maybe the fact that he held a town hall in his Republican district and didn't get his head handed to him - in fact, he was applauded - could be a sign that at least some GOPers really could survive politically in their districts if they pull their heads out of Trump's ass. Maybe that's too optimistic, but you gotta have hope. We can't go on like this.

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3. Yes. It is very stressful. The world needs the US.

[rusty quoin]

6. Trump is something new. They bow down to him and praise him in weird ways.

“Cowardice is also contagious.” That’s right.