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Monday June 01, 2020

Vichyite

“In life's unforgiving arithmetic, we are the sum of our choices. Congressional Republicans have made theirs for more than 1,200 days. We cannot know all the measures necessary to restore the nation's domestic health and international standing, but we know the first step: Senate Republicans must be routed, as condign punishment for their Vichyite collaboration, leaving the Republican remnant to wonder: Was it sensible to sacrifice dignity, such as it ever was, and to shed principles, if convictions so easily jettisoned could be dignified as principles, for . . . what? ... May I never crave anything as much as these people crave membership in the world's most risible deliberative body.”

— One-time GOP stalwart George Will going off on House and Senate Republicans, in his Washington Post Op-Ed, “Trump must be removed. So must his congressional enablers.” It's a fun read. And startling.

Posted at 06:27 PM on Monday June 01, 2020 in category Quote of the Day