"I do not want to be a winner by cheating."

[Septua]

AZ's Speaker of the House is a Republican I can respect.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/06/21/rusty-bowers-jan-6/

“I said, ‘Look, you are asking me to do something that is counter to my oath,’ ” Bowers testified. He told the men he would not break his oath and would uphold the Constitution.

“I may, in the eyes of men, not hold correct opinions or act according to their vision or convictions, but I do not take this current situation in a light manner, a fearful manner or a vengeful manner,” he said. “I do not want to be a winner by cheating. I will not play with laws I swore allegiance to. With any contrived desire toward deflection of my deep, foundational desire to follow God’s will as I believe he led my conscience to embrace. How else will I ever approach him in the wilderness of life knowing that I ask this guidance only to show myself a coward in defending the course … he led me to take.”

[fierywoman]

1. Also a great put-down of bogus R-"Christians".

[Skittles]

2. please

he calls himself a christian yet is part of a party that is racist, misogynist, homophobic, xenophobic, etc

[Hekate]

3. I listened to him all the way thru & he seemed straight as an arrow. I respect him too.

[canetoad]

4. I woke up a little after 3.30 am

And hooked up to the network stream thru VLC player, so the terrier and I watched most of it live from the comfort of our futon. I think the Az. speaker could be a hard person to like but gotta give him his due for doing the right and honest thing.

The committee picked a couple of tough and resilient women in Ruby and Shaye; at times I thought there was a waver in one of the voices, then they gathered themselves and carried on. Persisted. I don't cry easily but the thought of good, decent people being ruined and intimidated by a lie from that cheating, lying, grifting bastard tfg almost had me.

Hope you are well....

[Hekate]

7. Ruby and Shaye (and grandma) were heroic in the face of terrorism. Trump tried to squash them ...

…like a bug, and for what? Because they aren’t human to him (well, nobody is) and the cruelty is the point.

I hope they recover. Shaye is pretty shattered.

I’m doing well. An old friend was here for several days because her little house is undergoing major changes, and I hope she’ll be back because she cheered me up no end. Next week my 17 year old grandson will be over for a few days, and that will also be a treat.

[Sneederbunk]

5. In 2016 TFG cheated and won. In 2020 he cheated and lost.

[stopdiggin]

6. could have just said, "I have morals, and a backbone."

would have covered it for me.

[flying_wahini]

8. When he said that I imagined that Trump was saying "I would and Did"