Donald Trump exhorted his followers to “fight like hell” before they swarmed the Capitol on January 6. What did Trump mean? A quote from his speech that day: “I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard.”
It appears the rioters chose to hear “fight like hell” over “peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard.”
Although we are just more than a month into the 117th Congress, Richard Shelby is the fourth GOP senator to say he won’t run for reelection — joining Sens. Pat Toomey (Pennsylvania), Richard Burr (North Carolina) and Rob Portman (Ohio) on the sidelines. (By contrast, no Democratic senators have announced their retirement at this point.)
With the exception of Shelby who is 86 years old. Toomey is 59 years old. Burr is 65 years old. Portman is 65 years old. Those three are relatively young senators. The average age of senators is 63.
So with the exception of Shelby what is the motivation for their decision not to run for re-election?
If all four of these men vote “not guilty” in the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump they have decided to move on to other interests than serving in the senate.
Which take precedent? Political party or defending the constitution?
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