By Rick ROZOFF Twenty-two years ago today the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was subjected to the 55th straight day of bombardment from the then 19-member…
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Fmr GOP Senator, Defense Secretary Decries Republicans Downplaying Jan 6: ‘Trying to Perform a Frontal Lobotomy on the American People’
By Gideon TaaffeMay 14th, 2021, 9:08 pm
Former Republican Senator and Defense Secretary
William Cohen described GOP officials downplaying the January 6th insurrection as “trying to perform a frontal lobotomy on the American people.”
“I spent nearly a quarter of a century on Capitol Hill and I was able to work with Republicans, Democrats, those who were Independents, and all of them had a respect for the institution. To see what is taking place now is shameful and shameless and those members who are trying to say no big deal on January 6th, they’re trying to perform a frontal lobotomy on the American people, a side effect which is mental dullness.”
Group of former GOP officials demand reforms, threaten 3rd party
If the U.S. no longer has a center-right party, perhaps some folks ought to create one? A group of disaffected Republicans is threatening to do so.
Miles Taylor, center, departs the Republican Caucus luncheon on Capitol Hill, on March 5, 2019.Alex Brandon / AP file
May 13, 2021, 2:24 PM UTC
BySteve Benen
By most measures, the United States is the only major Western democracy without a center-right political party. As we ve discussed, by international standards, American voters have a choice between a center-left Democratic Party and a Republican Party that s further to the right than almost any competitive party in the Western world.