Monday Night Massacre

[Dill]

(01-31-2017, 10:46 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: I'm going to be the one to come in here and say it had to happen, and it would have happened if it had been Obama and a Bush appointee had done this. When Yates made her statement, she was going to be fired. She knew it, the whole world knew it. What I think was too far was the White House statement afterwards. That was uncalled for and shows the pettiness that the administration is going to engage in.

I don't know much about the ICE director situation, so I can't comment on that. But another Obama appointee in a position where he was likely to cause a ruckus.

I don't like what happened, but there are some other news items from yesterday that are going to have longer lasting effects. Though the Yates firing could cause some waves down the road. Her martyrdom is going to make her a big figure in politics.

The most disturbing aspect of this is Trumps presumption that the job of the AG is to be "loyal" and "strong" on his polices. The AG is supposed to represent we the people, not Trump. Will Yates' replacement be "loyal" to Trump instead?

By week's end there will be another unprecedented Trump scandal, maybe foreign policy this time, and the media will move on to the new problem, but for those working in the DOJ and throughout the executive, this won't be soon forgotten. They are all working for a vindictive incompetent now.

As I said last week, Trump's behavior will freeze the executive branch before long. That has never happened before.