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NewHendoLib

(61,595 posts) Sat Mar 8, 2025, 12:43 PM Mar 2025

Interesting read in The Guardian about the silence of former presidents [View all]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/08/trump-former-presidents-criticism?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

What will it take for a former president to speak out against Trump?

The silence from former occupants of the Oval Office has been deafening as the incumbent cuts a destructive path

Long, good read

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Interesting read in The Guardian about the silence of former presidents [View all] NewHendoLib Mar 2025 OP

The ones I want to hear speaking out are the dems in congress. CrispyQ Mar 2025 #1

Same. MontanaMama Mar 2025 #8

That really rubbed me the wrong way, too. calimary Mar 2025 #23

At minimum MontanaMama Mar 2025 #25

THIS!!! calimary Mar 2025 #26

Moskowitz?!! I am surprised & disappointed! tblue37 Mar 2025 #32

Same with Himes and Kaptur! Wuddles440 Mar 2025 #34

kick Dawson Leery Mar 2025 #2

Former presidents need to work on mobilizing people who did not vote Mysterian Mar 2025 #3

Do you remember Kamala's trip back from HI NJCher Mar 2025 #4

I think I'm missing something senseandsensibility Mar 2025 #7

I should think that it would be intuitively obvious to the most casual observer. markodochartaigh Mar 2025 #24

Wow senseandsensibility Mar 2025 #36

Salmon -- red -- rose -- Rosicrucians -- The Knights Templar. Everything is connected to the Knights Templar. betsuni Mar 2025 #42

???? KPN Mar 2025 #9

Never heard of it, don't know what "conclusion" you are drawing, don't know what significance 12/19 has Hekate Mar 2025 #16

December 19, 2024, a date which will live in infamy. Why, we don't know. betsuni Mar 2025 #19

It was a dark and stormy flight... Hekate Mar 2025 #21

let me put it this way NJCher Mar 2025 #37

Another GD inscrutable post ThreeNoSeep Mar 2025 #29

well, hey, you're NJCher Mar 2025 #39

I honestly can't blame them. Grokenstein Mar 2025 #5

Correct. It's time to lay the blame at the American people. nt Blasphemer Mar 2025 #38

Perfect. betsuni Mar 2025 #41

Reality Nasruddin Mar 2025 #6

Everyone knows that when you choose to dance with the devil you don't get to choose the tune.. BattleRow Mar 2025 #10

Ooooooooooooh, GOOD one! calimary Mar 2025 #27

I still don't get why Clinton, Obama and Joe all KPN Mar 2025 #11

It's a club they all belong to. William769 Mar 2025 #12

War Criminal Dim Son should speak up! Martin Eden Mar 2025 #13

It's not up to Obama to save us. He's tried. 617Blue Mar 2025 #14

Joe tried to tell us all that Democracy was on the line. And millions were unmoved. You can't fix stupid. Evolve Dammit Mar 2025 #15

Considering he didn't keep his fucking mouth shut, I don't see why others would. boston bean Mar 2025 #17

Save it for the mid-terms. It'll have greater impact then. Auggie Mar 2025 #18

Our Dem presidents & Dem candidates for president got repeatedly kicked in the teeth by Dems... Hekate Mar 2025 #20

Because they can. And they live in this country. NewHendoLib Mar 2025 #30

Silence equals submission. We need a new crop of Democrats, willing to fight for social and economic justice. 99MainSt Mar 2025 #22

My favorite quote from the article: synni Mar 2025 #28

In the game, like they were last November? How did that work out ZRB Mar 2025 #31

I've been wondering why they've been so quiet. Ocelot II Mar 2025 #33

There's been a long tradition... WestMichRad Mar 2025 #35

Hillary is speaking out Skittles Mar 2025 #40

"It's a big club, and you ain't in it!" flvegan Mar 2025 #43

They spoke out before the election and people didn't listen JI7 Mar 2025 #44