[Magdalen] 'I will not be complicit.' Jeff Flake's retirement speech, annotated - The Washington Post

[Marion Thompson]

But isn't it at least a good start if a deeply conservative GOP fellow 
calls him out on his behaviour, his character and suitability to be 
President, and the severe damage being done to your USA's reputation and 
standing in the eyes of the world?


On 10/25/2017 11:17 AM, Jay Weigel wrote:
> It was a terrific speech. What should not be lost sight of, however, is
> that he's voted with the Trump side 90% of the time. If he doesn't continue
> to do so, I'll rescind my comment, The speech seems to have been more about
> the president's behavior than about his programs.
>
> On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 9:53 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> So another principled legislator is jumping ship. I’m not blaming him, I’m
>> just worried about who will be left when all the folks with integrity are
>> gone.  Of course, if some of them had been willing to speak up months ago,
>> we might not be in this mess...
>>
>>> On Oct 24, 2017, at 7:52 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> powerful and moving words
>>>
>>> https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/10/
>> 24/i-will-not-be-complicit-jeff-flakes-retirement-speech-
>> annotated/?utm_term=.4ae1d360a03f&wpisrc=nl_politics-pm&wpmm=1
>>> Lynn