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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsElizabeth Warren Calls On Senate To Exercise Fundamental Moral Leadership And Reject Jeff Sessions
There can be no compromise with racism; no negotiation with hate.
WASHINGTON ― Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) called on President-elect Donald Trump to rescind the nomination of Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) to serve as the countrys next attorney general over allegations he made racist remarks.
But should Trump proceed with Sessions nomination, Warren said the Senate must exercise fundamental moral leadership and block Sessions from getting the job.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/elizabeth-warren-jeff-sessions_us_582f5bbbe4b099512f82b4bc
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,682 posts)Go get 'em, Elizabeth!
still_one
(92,372 posts)pbmus
(12,422 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,829 posts)If they ever had any of that in the first place, it's pretty clear that they don't any more.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)The situation has changed very fundamentally with Trump's election, but it is far too soon to insist they all offer no moral leadership.
Think friends and alliances. Verbally spitting in the faces of potential swing voters and calling them all racists--long before the actual election--did not exactly work well for us.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,829 posts)and there was no real political downside to their opposition. They could look virtuous by refusing to endorse him; then when he lost they could say, "see, I told you so." But then he won, and the landscape has changed. We'll see if that "moral" stance survives their concern for their political careers. I'm not holding my breath.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)join in opposition later.
ramapo
(4,589 posts)Don't hold your breath for Democrats to give Sessions a hard time