Carl Bernstein: 21 Republican Sens have repeatedly expressed contempt for Trump & his fitness

[Nevilledog]

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Carl Bernstein
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I'm not violating any pledge of journalistic confidentially in reporting this: 21 Republican Sens–in convos w/ colleagues, staff members, lobbyists, W. House aides–have repeatedly expressed extreme contempt for Trump & his fitness to be POTUS. (1/3)

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I'm not violating any pledge of journalistic confidentially in reporting this: 21 Republican Sens–in convos w/ colleagues, staff members, lobbyists, W. House aides–have repeatedly expressed extreme contempt for Trump & his fitness to be POTUS. (1/3)

The 21 GOP Senators who have privately expressed their disdain for Trump are: Portman, Alexander, Sasse, Blunt, Collins, Murkowski, Cornyn, Thune, Romney, Braun, Young, Tim Scott, Rick Scott, Rubio, Grassley, Burr, Toomey, McSally, Moran, Roberts, Shelby. (2/3)

With few exceptions, their craven public silence has helped enable Trump’s most grievous conduct—including undermining and discrediting the US the electoral system.

More from my appearance earlier on @CNN: (3/3)

[crickets]

1. The silence of the damned. nt

[RockRaven]

2. Rather wise to report this all at once. Between the 21 Senators and 4 source categories, there is

plausible deniability all around for his many dozen (or more) sources and in a sea of several thousands of people.

[Cha]

3. Rt3.. Hope they rot in their own

Karmic HELL!

[msongs]

4. Germany. 1946. I never supported him nt

[Hermit-The-Prog]

5. So, you have to be a coward as well as a hypocrite and autocrat to be a Republican.

[unblock]

6. Just to note, 21 Republican senators is enough to remove via impeachment

So if these 21 actually wanted to do something other that whine, they could get the house to impeach again, then combine with all democratic senators to get more than the needed 67 votes to convict and remove Donnie.

[Lock him up.]

13. They R greedy cowards. They love money more than country.

They don't care about the country. It should be pretty clear.

That is why I call them the ChRi$taliban party.

[flibbitygiblets]

23. Power. $ continues after senatehood

But power, not always so much. Just MHO.

[hibbing]

7. "privately expressed their disdain"

A real list of profiles in courage. I knew Sasse would be on this list. His luke warm, quarterly critical tweets have done a tremendous job curtailing this careening cabal of criminals.

Peace

[kas125]

8. Of course Braun and Young are on the list. They're such

hypocrites all the time, so of course. Yet, when you call or write to them, they say they were elected to further the president's agenda and that's what they intend to do. They make me sick.

[NYC Liberal]

9. If they don't speak out publicly, it's no different than support.

Who cares what they think in private when their actions are the opposite?

[Vivienne235729]

10. McSally?!?!! You've got to be kidding me. She's fixed herself permanently to Trump's ass.

[JHB]

11. List, Carl. Name these fucking cowards.

[Hekate]

12. He did. It's in the OP

And they are cowards, every last one of them

[William Seger]

14. Yeah, but... so what? They're Republicans

In public, they'd stick with Charlie Manson if he ran as a Republican.

[BainsBane]

15. So what?

They don't say it in public, which makes them treasonous cowards.

[Thomas Hurt]

16. that only makes them rank hypocrites and cowards.

[Mr.Bill]

17. And they all need to be shown when they come up again for election

they made the biggest mistake of their political career when they voted to acquit Trump on the impeachment charges. Absolutely inexcusable and unforgivable. We will never forget.

[LudwigPastorius]

18. Way to out those fuckers.

...but, Bernstein should have done this long ago.

[demosincebirth]

19. Rubio licks trump's shoes!

[PatrickforO]

20. Then they need to develop spines. The way to defeat a bully is to stand up to him,

and that ain't happening in any meaningful way from the R side of the aisle at this point. A couple of rogues, sure, but not rank and file.

[peggysue2]

21. Whispering their disdain will not save their reputations or legacies

Their silence is their complicity in enabling the most destructive Administration in American history. There are no points of honor for bending to the will of a corrupt, wanna-be despot, no profiles in courage.

Their public silence has been devastating to the country and her people. Shame on all of them!

[Buns_of_Fire]

22. Even a Moran doesn't like him. He should get a brain!

[dansolo]

24. I'm sure there are more on that list

I'm sure McConnell has nothing but contempt for Trump. Trump is a useful idiot for him who provides political cover for him and his caucus.

[uponit7771]

25. Meaningless, they'll do what their primary voters tell them to do ... period

[onetexan]

26. Here's the CNN clip of Carl Bernstein - Can the system handle a donald trump?

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Chilling. I'm glad the center held - our elections process and the legal system so far. My concern, as with many of course, is from now to Jan 20 when Biden is sworn in - what this dangerous man will continue to do to harm the country. Meanwhile morgues are overflowing with deceased covid patients. Their deaths do not weigh on him as any president of principle and integrity. He has no conscience. Sociopaths do not have a conscience.