The following are excerpts from the text of Sen. Jeff Flake’s remarks from the floor of the U.S. Senate on Oct. 24, 2017, as prepared for delivery.
The notion that one should stay silent as the norms and values that keep America strong are undermined and . . . the notion that one should say and do nothing [is] profoundly misguided.
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We must never regard as “normal” the regular and casual undermining of our democratic norms and ideals. We must never meekly accept the daily sundering of our country . . . the threats against principles, freedoms, and institutions; the flagrant disregard for truth or decency . . ..
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Acting on conscience and principle is the manner in which we express our moral selves, and as such, loyalty to conscience and principle should supersede loyalty to any man or party.
And “loyalty to conscience and principle should supersede loyalty to” any special interest agenda or manifesto[1] or propaganda statements[2].
Read Flake’s bombshell Senate speech October 24, 2017.
References
[1] CAI manifesto: CAI’s plan for HOA-Land in America.
[2] See in general, CAI: the HOA form of government is independent of the US Constitution.
