Cory Booker
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not just to Democrats, but to the traditions of the Republican Party going back to the strong stands that Ronald Reagan took against the then Soviet Union.
You know, I have very direct conversations with some of my best allies around the war in Ukraine for the past years. And You know, in private, they'll be very strong in their criticism. Some of them will say some things. But as you said, across the board, the crisis right now is not what Trump is doing simply. It's the silence, inaction, complicity of people who know better.
You know, I have very direct conversations with some of my best allies around the war in Ukraine for the past years. And You know, in private, they'll be very strong in their criticism. Some of them will say some things. But as you said, across the board, the crisis right now is not what Trump is doing simply. It's the silence, inaction, complicity of people who know better.
You know, I have very direct conversations with some of my best allies around the war in Ukraine for the past years. And You know, in private, they'll be very strong in their criticism. Some of them will say some things. But as you said, across the board, the crisis right now is not what Trump is doing simply. It's the silence, inaction, complicity of people who know better.
And this is a moral crisis in our country. where people are afraid, understandably, many of the Republicans that have stood up and spoken truth to power, they're gone. Cheney, Jeff Flake, I could go through the courageous Republicans, many of whom I have very different myriad disagreements with.
And this is a moral crisis in our country. where people are afraid, understandably, many of the Republicans that have stood up and spoken truth to power, they're gone. Cheney, Jeff Flake, I could go through the courageous Republicans, many of whom I have very different myriad disagreements with.
And this is a moral crisis in our country. where people are afraid, understandably, many of the Republicans that have stood up and spoken truth to power, they're gone. Cheney, Jeff Flake, I could go through the courageous Republicans, many of whom I have very different myriad disagreements with.
But when it came to a moral moment in this country where you had to choose patriotism over party, they chose patriotism and have suffered for it. So it does take a profile in courage right now to condemn this president in a full-throated way with the threat that he is posing in this case to the rules-based world order. But unfortunately, we're not seeing that kind of strength of conviction.
But when it came to a moral moment in this country where you had to choose patriotism over party, they chose patriotism and have suffered for it. So it does take a profile in courage right now to condemn this president in a full-throated way with the threat that he is posing in this case to the rules-based world order. But unfortunately, we're not seeing that kind of strength of conviction.
But when it came to a moral moment in this country where you had to choose patriotism over party, they chose patriotism and have suffered for it. So it does take a profile in courage right now to condemn this president in a full-throated way with the threat that he is posing in this case to the rules-based world order. But unfortunately, we're not seeing that kind of strength of conviction.
First of all, strength comes from moral clarity. Donald Trump has no moral guiding force. It is simple, resolute. This is what we stand for as a people. You know, Donald Trump is violating, as I said, from the strength of the Ronald Reagan, the evil empire, tear down this wall, Mr. Gorbachev. He's violating the moral clarity of a Kennedy.
First of all, strength comes from moral clarity. Donald Trump has no moral guiding force. It is simple, resolute. This is what we stand for as a people. You know, Donald Trump is violating, as I said, from the strength of the Ronald Reagan, the evil empire, tear down this wall, Mr. Gorbachev. He's violating the moral clarity of a Kennedy.
First of all, strength comes from moral clarity. Donald Trump has no moral guiding force. It is simple, resolute. This is what we stand for as a people. You know, Donald Trump is violating, as I said, from the strength of the Ronald Reagan, the evil empire, tear down this wall, Mr. Gorbachev. He's violating the moral clarity of a Kennedy.
Ask not what your country can do for you, but ask what you can do for your country. Donald Trump is ask what you can do for Donald Trump. He seems to respect people that are amoral, like he respects when asked, you know, who his favorite world leaders are. He constantly refers to strongman dictators, people who have eroded democratic norms and principles.
Ask not what your country can do for you, but ask what you can do for your country. Donald Trump is ask what you can do for Donald Trump. He seems to respect people that are amoral, like he respects when asked, you know, who his favorite world leaders are. He constantly refers to strongman dictators, people who have eroded democratic norms and principles.
Ask not what your country can do for you, but ask what you can do for your country. Donald Trump is ask what you can do for Donald Trump. He seems to respect people that are amoral, like he respects when asked, you know, who his favorite world leaders are. He constantly refers to strongman dictators, people who have eroded democratic norms and principles.
So I think strength comes from having a moral core. And standing up, regardless of where the political winds might go, is having that kind of conviction. And Donald Trump does not have that. In addition to that, the way that world leaders play him The way that world leaders manipulate him is, to me, so obvious.
So I think strength comes from having a moral core. And standing up, regardless of where the political winds might go, is having that kind of conviction. And Donald Trump does not have that. In addition to that, the way that world leaders play him The way that world leaders manipulate him is, to me, so obvious.
So I think strength comes from having a moral core. And standing up, regardless of where the political winds might go, is having that kind of conviction. And Donald Trump does not have that. In addition to that, the way that world leaders play him The way that world leaders manipulate him is, to me, so obvious.
People know the playbook of how to flatter him, how to give him sort of a false sense of confidence and ease, and then clean his cloth. The great dealmaker seems to not know how to really make a deal that's in the best interest of this country. And watching him continually get played on the world stage is very frustrating.