Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
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Well, look, I think the takeaway for the American people is that this crowd is reckless with the nation's security. They don't care if they endanger our service members carrying out missions. They don't care if they endanger the success of the mission. They're gonna lie. They're gonna obfuscate. They're gonna act recklessly. This probably wasn't the first time. It probably won't be the last time.
Well, look, I think the takeaway for the American people is that this crowd is reckless with the nation's security. They don't care if they endanger our service members carrying out missions. They don't care if they endanger the success of the mission. They're gonna lie. They're gonna obfuscate. They're gonna act recklessly. This probably wasn't the first time. It probably won't be the last time.
Well, look, I think the takeaway for the American people is that this crowd is reckless with the nation's security. They don't care if they endanger our service members carrying out missions. They don't care if they endanger the success of the mission. They're gonna lie. They're gonna obfuscate. They're gonna act recklessly. This probably wasn't the first time. It probably won't be the last time.
These are the consequences when you appoint people on the basis of who said nice things about you or who appeared good on Fox News. This is the criteria the president uses for top level appointments. And the result is we are less safe as a nation. The catalog of irresponsible actions is long.
These are the consequences when you appoint people on the basis of who said nice things about you or who appeared good on Fox News. This is the criteria the president uses for top level appointments. And the result is we are less safe as a nation. The catalog of irresponsible actions is long.
These are the consequences when you appoint people on the basis of who said nice things about you or who appeared good on Fox News. This is the criteria the president uses for top level appointments. And the result is we are less safe as a nation. The catalog of irresponsible actions is long.
Just looking at one of the participants in the signal chat and other events this week, Wyckoff, this envoy to the Kremlin, this envoy to the Middle East, was quoted saying that he thought Putin was a man of his word, talking about Putin praying for Donald Trump.
Just looking at one of the participants in the signal chat and other events this week, Wyckoff, this envoy to the Kremlin, this envoy to the Middle East, was quoted saying that he thought Putin was a man of his word, talking about Putin praying for Donald Trump.
Just looking at one of the participants in the signal chat and other events this week, Wyckoff, this envoy to the Kremlin, this envoy to the Middle East, was quoted saying that he thought Putin was a man of his word, talking about Putin praying for Donald Trump.
I mean, this is someone who has been so easily manipulated by the Kremlin and now potentially has compromised information of a deeply sensitive national security matter to the Kremlin, if not others. So sadly, it's the American people and our security that are gonna be hurt by all this.
I mean, this is someone who has been so easily manipulated by the Kremlin and now potentially has compromised information of a deeply sensitive national security matter to the Kremlin, if not others. So sadly, it's the American people and our security that are gonna be hurt by all this.
I mean, this is someone who has been so easily manipulated by the Kremlin and now potentially has compromised information of a deeply sensitive national security matter to the Kremlin, if not others. So sadly, it's the American people and our security that are gonna be hurt by all this.
It was a great event, and we did not even do that much promotion. We had thousands of people come out. It just speaks to the energy that there is in opposition to this attack on the rule of law and our Constitution. And it was an opportunity for not just Democrats, but folks across the spectrum in Georgia to speak out together against what this administration is doing to our country.
It was a great event, and we did not even do that much promotion. We had thousands of people come out. It just speaks to the energy that there is in opposition to this attack on the rule of law and our Constitution. And it was an opportunity for not just Democrats, but folks across the spectrum in Georgia to speak out together against what this administration is doing to our country.
It was a great event, and we did not even do that much promotion. We had thousands of people come out. It just speaks to the energy that there is in opposition to this attack on the rule of law and our Constitution. And it was an opportunity for not just Democrats, but folks across the spectrum in Georgia to speak out together against what this administration is doing to our country.
That's actually one of the reasons I think it's so important to go right at him. First of all, we have this spiral toward strongman rule and authoritarianism in the United States. In his first
That's actually one of the reasons I think it's so important to go right at him. First of all, we have this spiral toward strongman rule and authoritarianism in the United States. In his first
That's actually one of the reasons I think it's so important to go right at him. First of all, we have this spiral toward strongman rule and authoritarianism in the United States. In his first
few months he's purged the government of independent watchdogs filled the most powerful offices with personal loyalists he's commanded them to go after his opponents we're seeing the use of fear and intimidation against the political opposition unlike anything i think in our republic's history and he's so consumed by
few months he's purged the government of independent watchdogs filled the most powerful offices with personal loyalists he's commanded them to go after his opponents we're seeing the use of fear and intimidation against the political opposition unlike anything i think in our republic's history and he's so consumed by