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Republicans Could Stop The Chaos
Imagine the political and cultural power that could be obtained by a small handful of sane Republican senators who sincerely understand everything is going wrong with our democracy under Donald Trump’s stewardship of the presidency with a radical MAGA Congressional rubber stamp.
Imagine several Republicans leaving the GOP to caucus with Democrats to start checking and balancing Donald Trump’s tyranny in the ancient Greek sense.
Mitch McConnell knows Trump has no respect for our government’s norms and responsibilities.
John Thune and Lindsey Graham recognize the epic opportunity for American national security, as well as the US’s geopolitical reputation for defending liberty and freedom, in helping Ukraine kick Russia out of its territory. They can ignore Trump’s constant absurd gushing over Vladimir Putin’s strength, but they understand that Russia is not America’s friend whose interests the US should promote over NATO and the European Union.
Rand Paul knows Trump’s authoritarian impulses are trampling over his every libertarian ideal and principle against executive overreach. The Trump Administration’s insane over-spending on new concentration camps and a bloated ICE fattened bigger than many countries’ national militaries is a disaster for the budget as well as the obvious civil rights violations.
