Jeff Flake isn't just comparing Trump to Stalin. He's comparing Republicans to Stalin's enablers.
Source: Washington Post
Jeff Flake isn’t just comparing Trump to Stalin. He’s comparing Republicans to Stalin’s enablers.
By Amber Phillips January 15 at 9:24 AM
A sitting U.S. senator plans to give a speech this week comparing the president of his own party to Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin. That in itself is remarkable.
“It is a testament to the condition of our democracy that our own president uses words infamously spoken by Joseph Stalin to describe his enemies,” Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) plans to say in a speech about President Trump classifying the news media as “the enemy of the people.”
But Flake's warnings about Trump are even more significant than comparing the president to a Soviet dictator. When Flake criticizes the president, he is criticizing his entire party for standing by such a leader.
“This alone should be a source of great shame for us in this body, especially for those of us in the president’s party. For they are shameful, repulsive statements,” Flake plans to say in the speech. The Washington Post's Ed O'Keefe obtained the remarks, which Flake plans to give as the president hands out “fake news” awards this week.
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When he starts advocating for impeachment, then maybe I'll believe him. Right now, he's pandering for 2020, to repubs who are disgusted by Trump personally, but are okay with his policies. The party has rotted to the core & needs to be exposed & eradicated.
