(10-24-2017 02:15 PM)westsidewolf1989 Wrote:  First Bob Corker from Tennessee and now Jeff Flake from Arizona have said they will not seek reelection next year.

Their comments on Trump have been pretty stunning. Not that I disagree with them, but not the thing you normally hear on the floor of the Senate about a president of the same party.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/sen-jeff-...d=50688854

"We must stop pretending that the degradation of our politics and the conduct of some in our executive branch are normal. They are not normal. Reckless, outrageous and undignified behavior has become excused and countenanced as telling it like it is, when it is actually just reckless, outrageous and undignified. And when such behavior emanates from the top of our government, it is something else. It is dangerous to a democracy. Such behavior does not project strength because our strength comes from our values. "

"The notion that one should stay silent, the notion that one should stay silent and as the norms and values are underlined and as the alliances and the agreements that ensure the stability of the entire world are routinely threatened by the level of thought that goes into 140 characters, the notion that we should say or do nothing in the face of such mercurial behavior is ahistoric and, I believe, profoundly misguided."

"I have children and grandchildren to answer to. And so, Mr. President, I will not be complicit or silent."

It's a pretty stunning speech.

More pithy but gave me a chuckle, Corker tweeted:

"Same untruths from an utterly untruthful president. #AlertTheDaycareStaff"

https://twitter.com/SenBobCorker/status/...3526914049