As I watched this and heard from these one time MAGA stalwarts about what they went thru after fleeing the cult, I couldn't help but be inspired by their bravery and willingness to stand up for what they believe is right. None of these 3, as well as Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger are anywhere close to what I believe from a policy standpoint. They all either chose to work for the Trump Admin in various capacities, or as in the case of Liz and Adam voted for Trump because they believed in his policies. IIRC, Liz C had close to a 93% pro-Trump voting record, which of course wasn't enough to save her from the Trump loyalists who believe that everything else is subordinate to fealty to the King of Con...
It takes courage to buck Trump and his MAGA syncophants. Look at the various death threats launched against public officials and various members of the judiciary who dare to issue an opinion or render a decision that Trump perceives as an example of the deep state out to get him. For example,in both CO and Maine the legal challenges did not arise within the court or Sec of State's office (resp), but rather with ordinary citizens within the various states that who brought challenges in line with provision's within the States' constitutions. Both cases involved Republican voters, not just Democrats. And in both cases the people charged with judging facts and providing an opinion were doing the tasks presribed to them by law...It was not a task they personally advocated to be thrust upon them...
So threatening these people based on their opinion is both silly and terrifying. Neither the CO SC or the Maine Sec of State are the final arbiter, as long as SCOTUS agrees to undertake review. It's safe to say someone who would threaten any of these people has lost the right to participate in the electoral process, and lacks a basic understanding of how the US Constitutional framework works in the first place.. Many of them are easily manipulated by Trump's willingness to inflame passions to his own advantage.
Trump is just the ultimate con man,and even though it's embarrassing (to me) when I hear him talk some people are mesmerized. Seriously who says things like "your favorite President" or constatntly refers to himself in the 3rd person? Still at one point all three of these (self assured) women believed in him. So the decsision to break ties took courage, and the willingness to lose friends and even family members over what they recognized as a very real threat to democracy...The epitome of the very real stories of adherence to the principles of duty and selflessness that JFK recounted in PIC...
It takes courage to buck Trump and his MAGA syncophants. Look at the various death threats launched against public officials and various members of the judiciary who dare to issue an opinion or render a decision that Trump perceives as an example of the deep state out to get him. For example,in both CO and Maine the legal challenges did not arise within the court or Sec of State's office (resp), but rather with ordinary citizens within the various states that who brought challenges in line with provision's within the States' constitutions. Both cases involved Republican voters, not just Democrats. And in both cases the people charged with judging facts and providing an opinion were doing the tasks presribed to them by law...It was not a task they personally advocated to be thrust upon them...
So threatening these people based on their opinion is both silly and terrifying. Neither the CO SC or the Maine Sec of State are the final arbiter, as long as SCOTUS agrees to undertake review. It's safe to say someone who would threaten any of these people has lost the right to participate in the electoral process, and lacks a basic understanding of how the US Constitutional framework works in the first place.. Many of them are easily manipulated by Trump's willingness to inflame passions to his own advantage.
Trump is just the ultimate con man,and even though it's embarrassing (to me) when I hear him talk some people are mesmerized. Seriously who says things like "your favorite President" or constatntly refers to himself in the 3rd person? Still at one point all three of these (self assured) women believed in him. So the decsision to break ties took courage, and the willingness to lose friends and even family members over what they recognized as a very real threat to democracy...The epitome of the very real stories of adherence to the principles of duty and selflessness that JFK recounted in PIC...
