The following article by Alexandra Rosemann was posted on the AlterNet website February 14, 2017:
Rand Paul needs to be heard to be believed.
Michael Flynn’s abrupt resignation from the National Security Council has reignited a controversy that has followed Donald Trump since he was elected president, with scores of Democrats calling for a special investigation into the administration’s possible ties to the Kremlin. But with a few notable exceptions, those calls have largely fallen on deaf ears with a Republican Party that has proven time and again it is willing to accomodate scandal and disgrace so long as it doesn’t impede its exercise of power. Senator Rand Paul even suggested the matter didn’t merit further inquiry, because it would require that Republicans investigate a fellow Republican.
Here are 10 of the more galling responses to the Flynn scandal so far. Continue reading “The 10 Most Galling Republican Responses To The Flynn Scandal”