Opinion: Republicans descend into sheer thuggery
Rep. Joaquin Castro speaks Monday at a news conference about the resolution he sponsored to terminate President Trump's emergency declaration. By Jennifer Rubin Jennifer Rubin Opinion writer covering politics and policy, foreign and domestic Email Bio Follow Opinion writer February 27 at 9:45 AM Republicans in two dramatic ways demonstrated Tuesday the degree to which they have descended into a party of bullying, brute force and contempt for the rule of law. Rep.
I am quite certain that McConnell knows Trump’s emergency declaration has shredded the separation of powers; he is too proud of his legal acumen to deny that this is so yet too cowardly to agree with the resolution’s sponsors. The other demonstration of abject unfitness to govern on Tuesday came from Rep. Matt Gaetz , who took to Twitter in an apparent attempt to threaten Michael Cohen, Trump’s ex-lawyer who will testify Wednesday before the House Oversight Committee.
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