Critics take risk for good reason
Opinion by Richard Galant, CNN
Updated 9:20 AM ET, Sun January 17, 2021
... former Rep. Charlie Dent wrote .. "'Profiles in Courage' is a thin book for a reason" ...
Lt. Gen. Ken Keen, a former military deputy commander of US Southern Command, served 38 years in the US Army. "We ask our military and our young men and women in uniform to put their lives on the line every day in defense of our country," he wrote. "If political leaders are not ready to do the same and put their careers at risk by taking a stand against those whose actions may have provoked or encouraged the attack on our Capitol, resulting in the death of five Americans, they should resign. They are in the wrong role and do not deserve the honor and privilege to be our leaders" ...
... Rep. Cheri Bustos, a Democrat from Illinois, felt the danger ...
"What happened on January 6 was NOT a political act. It was a crime. Violent. Vicious. Premeditated. Lethal. Everyone who incited it and everyone who committed it are perpetrators. And calls for 'unity' cannot be simultaneous excuses for this violence. To achieve unity, we must also deliver accountability and justice. I am not a prosecutor and cannot try Donald Trump in a court of law. Impeachment is the only means I have available to stop him from inciting further acts of mayhem, bloodshed and insurrection" ...
... young Bill Clinton campaign staffer, Paul Begala was there the last time America fired a president: George H. W. Bush. The outgoing president was clearly feeling the pain of his loss in 1992, Begala recalled, but he was "dignity personified ... This is where Bush's amazing grace came in. He was a wounded politician, but more than that he was a patriot." Clinton told Begala he still recalls the gracious welcome he received at the White House from George and Barbara Bush.
https://www.nj.com/opinion/2021/01/trump-evicted-from-nyc-sheneman.html
