Louisiana Voice

“The fact that he got the crowd so riled up was just chilling. It’s a joke to him but not to us.”

–Chris Lu, a Chinese American who served in the Obama administration, on Donald Trump’s repeated use of the term “Kung Flu” in reference to the coronavirus.

“In some ways, the craziest part is that Barr does not feel the need to justify the firing of Berman, and the Republican senators don’t ask. A very low day for the Justice Department.”

–Career DOJ attorney, to Politico online news service on the abrupt firing last Friday of Geoffrey Berman, US Attorney for the Southern District of New York. [The key phrase being “and the Republican senators don’t ask.” What a colossal violation of their oath of office and shirking of heir constitutional duties.]

“…the greatest threat in my lifetime to our rule of law.”

–Former Deputy Attorney General Donald Ayer, on current Attorney General William Barr.

“President Trump’s erratic performance in office and his deteriorating standing in the polls is posing a grave threat to his party’s Senate majority, imperiling incumbents in crucial swing states…”

–New York Times analysis of the collateral damage of Donald Trump’s sagging poll numbers June 25. Well, as someone once said, you live by the sword, you die by the sword. That’s what happens when people like John Kennedy don’t hold him accountable, choosing instead to try and shamelessly ride his coattails when the economy flourished and his approval ratings were higher. Maybe next you can find a spine and a conscience.]