{"id":27011,"date":"2019-12-16T19:45:41","date_gmt":"2019-12-17T01:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=27011"},"modified":"2019-12-16T19:45:41","modified_gmt":"2019-12-17T01:45:41","slug":"speaking-truth-to-cultists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2019\/12\/16\/speaking-truth-to-cultists\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaking Truth To Cultists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/trump-impeachment-live-updates\/2019\/12\/16\/3529da74-1ff1-11ea-bed5-880264cc91a9_story.html?utm_campaign=post_most&amp;utm_medium=Email&amp;utm_source=Newsletter&amp;wpisrc=nl_most&amp;wpmm=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">From<\/a> <em><strong>WaPo<\/strong><\/em>, which transcribed a <em><strong>CNN<\/strong><\/em> interview with failed 2016 <strong><em>GOP<\/em><\/strong> Presidential candidate Carly Fiorina:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Speaking on an episode of CNN\u2019s \u201cBoss Files,\u201d the former Hewlett-Packard executive told host Poppy Harlow that she is not certain whether Trump should be removed from office \u201cthis close to an election.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I think the conduct is impeachable,\u201d Fiorina continued. \u201cAnd what I regret is that the principles that are being debated in this impeachment trial \u2014 separation of powers, abuse of power, obstruction of Congress \u2014 those principles are not as immediate or intense as partisanship or peoples\u2019 belief that the politics that I care about impact me personally.\u201d &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Fiorina was critical of the Republican Party of 2019, saying it seems to be \u201call about pledging fealty to Donald Trump no matter what.\u201d She said her message to Republicans is that holding onto a job is \u201cnot the most important thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn this country, we don\u2019t pledge allegiance to a party or to a president,\u201d she said. \u201cIn this country, principles matter. And in particular, the principle that we have coequal branches of government and that no one is above the law and that it is Congress\u2019s duty to oversee and to investigate the executive branch is a vital principle.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I have no idea if Fiorina&#8217;s word carries any weight in today&#8217;s Republican Party, but at least it&#8217;s encouraging to see another member of the Party disrespecting Trump &#8211; even if she admits voting for him &#8211; and reminding her fellow party members concerning the importance of principles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From WaPo, which transcribed a CNN interview with failed 2016 GOP Presidential candidate Carly Fiorina: Speaking on an episode of CNN\u2019s \u201cBoss Files,\u201d the former Hewlett-Packard executive told host Poppy Harlow that she is not certain whether Trump should be removed from office \u201cthis close to an election.\u201d \u201cBut I \u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2019\/12\/16\/speaking-truth-to-cultists\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27011"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27011\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27012,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27011\/revisions\/27012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}