You know, part of the equal application of the law is that everybody has to be held to the same standard, and frankly, I’ll just show my biases here, when it comes to national security information—I can’t think of a higher duty for the president, a higher example of leadership to sit, for everybody below him in the executive branch who deals with classified information, than to handle it carefully. Which Trump has flouted. He did for four years in office, he’s done it since then, and I think there’s something to be said to show to people that you’re held to the highest standards because everybody else is, including the president, and when you fail to uphold those standards, you pay the penalty.
The fact that Bolton—an Iraq War architect, radical nationalist and neocon, and former Trump staffer—is calling out Republican 2024 candidates for their meekness speaks volumes. Most of the candidates have been wary of criticizing Trump, even after he was charged with 37 criminal counts for willful retention of national security documents, for fear of alienating his followers. They’re either promising to pardon him or toeing the line by expressing some concern about the allegations while not forcefully condemning him. Only Chris Christie and Asa Hutchinson have been unapologetically critical of the former president.
Bolton also addressed a recently leaked audio recording revealing that Trump bragged about keeping a classified Pentagon document detailing a potential attack on Iran. “As this unfolds,” Bolton said, “I think the public will get a more profound sense of the danger potentially caused to American national security by Trump’s obsession with having these things because, as he says in that excerpt, it’s just ‘cool’ to have it.”
Bridot on June 28th, 2023 at 17:40 UTC »
NEW RULE! If you vote against a bill your state will benefit from, your state does not get to reap the benefits of said bill. (Mostly kidding)
But what I would love is if a politician votes against the interest of the people of that state, a special election should be held to overturn that officials vote and they have to jump off a bridge. (Mostly kidding)
-if-you-only-knew- on June 28th, 2023 at 17:08 UTC »
This is because they know things like this will pass even if they vote no. So they vote no so they can campaign on their record of always voting against Democrats. And since their voters typically do not pay any attention, they can celebrate its passing and act like they helped pass it. For them it's a win/win, the despicable shits.
thenewrepublic on June 28th, 2023 at 17:05 UTC »
Biden’s infrastructure law is distributing upwards of $42 billion across the U.S. The White House on Monday released estimates of what that means for each state—and Republicans who voted against the bill were quick to claim the victory.