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    Rex Tillerson warns America ... Trump a threat to Democracy

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    In Rebuke of Trump, Tillerson Says Lies Are a Threat to Democracy


    https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/16/u...acy-trump.html

    https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&....0.CFzi6YtUbFE


    WASHINGTON — In a veiled rebuke of President Trump, former Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson warned on Wednesday that American democracy was threatened by a growing “crisis of ethics and integrity.”

    “If our leaders seek to conceal the truth, or we as people become accepting of alternative realities that are no longer grounded in facts, then we as American citizens are on a pathway to relinquishing our freedom,” he said in a commencement address at the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Va.

    Even small falsehoods and exaggerations are problematic, Mr. Tillerson said.

    He did not mention Mr. Trump by name, although the president is prone to both.

    “When we as people, a free people, go wobbly on the truth even on what may seem the most trivial matters, we go wobbly on America,” he said.







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    Bravo for Rex, it is great seeing a bit of truth about the worst president in our history.


    https://www.politico.com/story/2018/...y-trump-417103

    https://sps.boisestate.edu/political.../Greatness.pdf


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    sour grapes, obama was the threat to democracy, bypassing congress on everything and using his DOJ as an attack dog for anyone he disliked
    LETS GO BRANDON
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    More fake news from Exo and midcan surprises no one.

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    I agree with Rex but I disagree with the NYT and @exotix that Rex was referencing Trump. He may have been, but in reading the article (which I did) I think he was referencing everybody in DC. They are all prone to lying. Hence, I agree with him.
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    Quote Originally Posted by exotix View Post
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    In Rebuke of Trump, Tillerson Says Lies Are a Threat to Democracy


    https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/16/u...acy-trump.html

    https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&....0.CFzi6YtUbFE


    WASHINGTON — In a veiled rebuke of President Trump, former Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson warned on Wednesday that American democracy was threatened by a growing “crisis of ethics and integrity.”

    “If our leaders seek to conceal the truth, or we as people become accepting of alternative realities that are no longer grounded in facts, then we as American citizens are on a pathway to relinquishing our freedom,” he said in a commencement address at the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Va.

    Even small falsehoods and exaggerations are problematic, Mr. Tillerson said.

    He did not mention Mr. Trump by name, although the president is prone to both.

    “When we as people, a free people, go wobbly on the truth even on what may seem the most trivial matters, we go wobbly on America,” he said.







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    Quote Originally Posted by Common View Post
    sour grapes, obama was the threat to democracy, bypassing congress on everything and using his DOJ as an attack dog for anyone he disliked
    Ridiculous. It is trump who wants to use the DOJ as a Gestapo.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Crepitus View Post
    Ridiculous. It is trump who wants to use the DOJ as a Gestapo.
    Ridiculous. Obama used the IRS and the DOJ as Gestapo and KGB. When the smoke clears and the books are written and we all see how bad it was, remember that you read it here first that I said that the Obama Administration was one of the most corrupt, if not the most corrupt, in the history of this country.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DGUtley View Post
    Ridiculous. Obama used the IRS and the DOJ as Gestapo and KGB. When the smoke clears and the books are written and we all see how bad it was, remember that you read it here first that I said that the Obama Administration was one of the most corrupt, if not the most corrupt, in the history of this country.
    And still nothing has come of that.

    While tRump wails and gnashes his teeth that he can't use the justice department to punish his political enemies.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Crepitus View Post
    And still nothing has come of that. While tRump wails and gnashes his teeth that he can't use the justice department to punish his political enemies.
    1. We know that the Holder / Lynch / Comey DOJ ran interference for the IRS and HRC mess. Read the NYT's article today on the Trump Campaign investigation & the NR one I posted yesterday. Ignore the NYT's spin, and just sit down and think about the facts in the article. Maybe write them down on a piece of paper and look at them. Really look at them and think about them. Again, ignore the spin. If those facts don't concern you about to what lengths one party will go to I don't know what will.
    2. Trump hasn't tried to 'punish his political enemies' by using the DOJ.
    3. Yes, he has complained that he can't get Sessions to use the DOJ to get these people to stop investigating for non-criminal activity (or something like that, I truly forget)
    4. He does want to use the DOJ to punish criminals like leakers -- which I think you previously told me you agreed should be done.
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