Saying that you don't see a problem is an excellent way to excuse one's failure to speak up when it's difficult but necessary to do so.https://twitter.com/jaketapper/status/812444115065597952 …
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This reminds me of the primaries when they said: "He won't win so there's no need to condemn his bigotry & undermining of our democracy."
Or the general election when they said, "He won't win so why bother publicly opposing his proposed violations of the Constitution?"
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Or post-election when they've said, "He's not yet in office, so no need to speak out against his clear unfitness for the presidency."
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For leaders who lack the courage to stand up and speak truth when necessary, claiming not to see an obvious problem is an attractive option.
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or yesterday when he basically threatened to blow up the world. Or every time he tweets something else massively offensive.
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And those analysts who were allegedly correct in saying "Take him seriously but not literally." Seems pretty dangerous now.
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I'll fight you on most of the policies you want but I'm counting on you to make it possible for me to do that.
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TY Sir for ur Service to our Country & how u continue, if u run again will probably vote for U...lol'Times Bring ppl together
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Shouldn't you be wrapping gifts or something
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is speaking for the majority that did not vote for Trump
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plus they wanted to tacitly garner his crazies support if he fell by the wayside
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