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jimnyc
10-09-2017, 09:46 AM
Apparently anytime they don't like someone else in Washington D.C.? I fully understand not supporting something that the person you detest does support. But none of that should matter, what matters is what the country wants, what the constituents of that senator want. They're an extended arm of the people, but far too often the people are ignored. The blame for this is being misdirected and falls squarely on anyone not doing their jobs and what they were elected to do. Granted, this comes from the media, but thus far this has clearly played out several times, senators voting on emotion and anger, and ignoring their responsibilities.

I hope those in their districts and states pay enough attention, and kiss those goodbye that are unable to do their jobs.

Trump is an asshole on these personal issues, most folks get that by now. but any back and forth shouldn't affect voting.

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Scarborough: I ‘Love’ Bob Corker — Damage Trump Did to His Presidency Attacking Him ‘Unspeakable’

Monday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” host Joe Scarborough declared President Donald Trump made a mistake in attacking Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) publicly, which played out on Twitter a day earlier.

Scarborough expressed his approval on Twitter of Corker’s response to Trump’s tweets attacking him by acknowledging his “love” for the junior Tennessee U.S. Senator on Sunday.

Then early on Monday’s broadcast of “Morning Joe,” Scarborough criticized Trump and warned that his attacks on Corker meant a lost vote on tax reform and potentially a vote for Trump’s impeachment.

“This is the thing he doesn’t understand,” he said. “And I mean this – the president, he is just so out of it, he does not understand that if you attack Bob Corker, a guy who started a business on his own, became unbelievably successful in his 30s, has always been a success, a mayor, you know, a two-term senator – you attack this guy, he’s not scared of the president. And he’s got nothing to lose. The damage that Donald Trump did additionally to his presidency yesterday is unspeakable. He also — guess what, he has lost a vote on tax reform. He has lost a vote on just about anything.”

“If impeachment does come up, I wouldn’t be surprised if Bob Corker and John McCain and Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski and Jeff Flake and all of these Republicans that he’s going after, if he’s, again, not sealing his own fate and, hopefully, there’s one or two Republicans out there that I haven’t mentioned who said, ‘You know what, this is just too dangerous for our country,” Scarborough continued. “I really don’t think this man is stable and I do not think he’s fit. And I think we need to start talking about other alternatives.’ All that unleashed by Donald Trump.”

http://www.breitbart.com/video/2017/10/09/scarborough-love-bob-corker-damage-trump-presidency-attacking-unspeakable/

High_Plains_Drifter
10-10-2017, 05:27 AM
The "swamp."

Two words... term limits.