Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
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Be a force of good and kindness and decency in a world that really needs more of it. The problem is that meanness, cruelty can also be viral as well. And we now have in the White House somebody who does not embody the best of our virtues, doesn't embody the kind of ideals that we want to see in this world. And I tell you, the echoes of presidents of past, George Washington, I cannot tell a lie.
Be a force of good and kindness and decency in a world that really needs more of it. The problem is that meanness, cruelty can also be viral as well. And we now have in the White House somebody who does not embody the best of our virtues, doesn't embody the kind of ideals that we want to see in this world. And I tell you, the echoes of presidents of past, George Washington, I cannot tell a lie.
Well, we have a president now that cannot tell the truth. In the midst of the most divisive period imaginable in our country's history, the Civil War, you had a president stand up and said, with malice towards none and charity towards all. When yet now we have a president that is all about malice and doesn't know charity, that spirit at all.
Well, we have a president now that cannot tell the truth. In the midst of the most divisive period imaginable in our country's history, the Civil War, you had a president stand up and said, with malice towards none and charity towards all. When yet now we have a president that is all about malice and doesn't know charity, that spirit at all.
Well, we have a president now that cannot tell the truth. In the midst of the most divisive period imaginable in our country's history, the Civil War, you had a president stand up and said, with malice towards none and charity towards all. When yet now we have a president that is all about malice and doesn't know charity, that spirit at all.
You had presidents that said, you know, Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall. And now you have a president saying, Hey, Mr. Putin, have that Ukraine. I'll support you. We're having negotiations for quote unquote peace. We'll start the negotiation and giving away 20% of your land that was taken by this authoritarian leader. I could go on and on and on.
You had presidents that said, you know, Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall. And now you have a president saying, Hey, Mr. Putin, have that Ukraine. I'll support you. We're having negotiations for quote unquote peace. We'll start the negotiation and giving away 20% of your land that was taken by this authoritarian leader. I could go on and on and on.
You had presidents that said, you know, Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall. And now you have a president saying, Hey, Mr. Putin, have that Ukraine. I'll support you. We're having negotiations for quote unquote peace. We'll start the negotiation and giving away 20% of your land that was taken by this authoritarian leader. I could go on and on and on.
A president named Kennedy said, ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country. Well, Trump clearly, the way he's treating law firms, the way he's treating corporations, it's not ask not what you can do for your country. It's ask not what you can do for your country, ask what you can do for Donald Trump. What tribute can you pay?
A president named Kennedy said, ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country. Well, Trump clearly, the way he's treating law firms, the way he's treating corporations, it's not ask not what you can do for your country. It's ask not what you can do for your country, ask what you can do for Donald Trump. What tribute can you pay?
A president named Kennedy said, ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country. Well, Trump clearly, the way he's treating law firms, the way he's treating corporations, it's not ask not what you can do for your country. It's ask not what you can do for your country, ask what you can do for Donald Trump. What tribute can you pay?
How will you supplicate yourself before me? What will you offer me so I will take my personal vendetta that I'm directing towards you away? This is a very dangerous time with a president that is, in so many ways, not just assaulting Social Security and Medicare and veterans and senior citizens, He is actually assaulting the very dignity and values and virtues of our nation.
How will you supplicate yourself before me? What will you offer me so I will take my personal vendetta that I'm directing towards you away? This is a very dangerous time with a president that is, in so many ways, not just assaulting Social Security and Medicare and veterans and senior citizens, He is actually assaulting the very dignity and values and virtues of our nation.
How will you supplicate yourself before me? What will you offer me so I will take my personal vendetta that I'm directing towards you away? This is a very dangerous time with a president that is, in so many ways, not just assaulting Social Security and Medicare and veterans and senior citizens, He is actually assaulting the very dignity and values and virtues of our nation.
We are a good people, but this president is acting in betrayal of that. Now, this goes also to the reality that I'm hoping more Americans will realize. It is a fundamental truth that this idea of due process written in our constitution doesn't say American citizens. It says due process is for all people.
We are a good people, but this president is acting in betrayal of that. Now, this goes also to the reality that I'm hoping more Americans will realize. It is a fundamental truth that this idea of due process written in our constitution doesn't say American citizens. It says due process is for all people.
We are a good people, but this president is acting in betrayal of that. Now, this goes also to the reality that I'm hoping more Americans will realize. It is a fundamental truth that this idea of due process written in our constitution doesn't say American citizens. It says due process is for all people.
Now I've heard Anton Scalia, a conservative justice, speak to this point about the importance of due process. And so when you disappear somebody off of a street, And the next time you see them is in one of the most awful prisons. And that person's due process was completely violated. And even our government admits they made a mistake.
Now I've heard Anton Scalia, a conservative justice, speak to this point about the importance of due process. And so when you disappear somebody off of a street, And the next time you see them is in one of the most awful prisons. And that person's due process was completely violated. And even our government admits they made a mistake.
Now I've heard Anton Scalia, a conservative justice, speak to this point about the importance of due process. And so when you disappear somebody off of a street, And the next time you see them is in one of the most awful prisons. And that person's due process was completely violated. And even our government admits they made a mistake.