\u00a0\u201cTrumpsim\u201d isn\u2019t a philosophy: It\u2019s a random series of irrational, spur-of-the-moment, reactive utterances, tweets and tantrums whose only coherent theme is defiance, anger, bragging and lying to shore up his fragile ego, winning at any cost, and destruction of anything relating to Obama.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n
So, if you\u2019re fed up with these kinds of behaviors, Senators Corker and McCain, why are you voting for bills that reward them?<\/p>\n
More specifically, in the case of the CFPB bill you just voted for, Trump probably knows exactly zero about what was in it. The pesky details and the inner workings of the CFPB are likely of no interest to Trump. What he hates about CFPB is not its policies, but its provenance: It\u2019s an Obama-era programm which, by some definition in Trump’s angry, egotistical brain, must be erased. Also, Trump is desperately lusting after a legislative win. So, by voting to gut provisions of CFPB, Senators Flake, Corker and McCain, you are doing Trump\u2019s bidding. How is that courageous, Senators?<\/p>\n
If you really oppose what Trump has been doing to the presidency, democracy, and foreign policy, speaking out is nice. But your power, Senators, is not just in your voice, it\u2019s in your vote. Keep talking, but show us that you mean what you say by acting — in the interest of your country, not just your party — on your much-ballyhooed convictions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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