Senate Democrats: Fight Mitch McConnell's attempt to make Trump normal, Shut It Down!
Daily Kos
May 13, 2017
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) rightly called popular vote loser Donald Trump "dangerous" in an interview on "Morning Joe" Friday.
He followed up with a statement adding that Trump's admission in the NBC interview with Lester Holt that he had fired Comey because his Russian investigation:
"is dangerously close to obstruction of justice," and that Trump's tweeted threat to Comey Friday morning "could be construed as threatening a witness in this investigation, which is another violation of federal law."
Because of this, Durbin continued, "Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein must appoint an independent special prosecutor to pursue possible criminal charges, or he must resign."
Right.
So what are Senate Democrats going to do, besides send statements, to make that happen?
Durbin is ready to fight, he shut down Senate committee hearings using one of the procedural tools the minority has.
That's an excellent start, but as Adam Jentleson, former deputy chief of staff to Sen. Harry Reid, writes, Democrats have to keep it up because
"through a steady slog of unrelenting business as usual, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and his army of obedient congressional Republicans will turn Trump's lurch toward authoritarianism into the new normal - unless Democrats stop them."
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