.MaddowBlog: As Pres. Trump retaliates against perceived foes, GOP remains silent.
with fig leaves or pretexts. On the contrary, from the White House's perspective, that would've been counter-productive: the point of the late-Friday maneuvers was to send an unmistakable signal about the president and his eagerness to retaliate against those who play by the rules.Washington Post
,"Every career official will tell you it's not just chilling but frightening. You're seeing things happen in an unprecedented way that even Nixon didn't do.... The broader message to career officials is that you can't speak up. Even if you see something illegal, something unethical, you can't speak up. That's the message the president wants to send."
There's little doubt that this assessment is true. One of the broader questions, though, is the degree to which congressional Republicans have heard that message, along with those who work in the administration.,"Senate Republicans, who just two days prior acquitted Trump of charges he abused his office, were silent Friday evening."
That remained true over the weekend, though the silence was briefly broken when Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham appeared on CBS's
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