Poor Jeff. He is catching it from both sides after his tweet.
From trump supporters claiming he is a traitor or was never a republican.
From the other side he is being asked why he didn't speak up earlier when he was still a Senator.
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I see this kind of reactions a lot on Twitter, also in regard to Lincoln Project types.
While I understand them, now may not be time for this.
Biden and down ballot Democrats need every vote they can get, including votes from disaffected or disgusted Republicans.
What they did before is what it is. Even what they do now is not always very tasty, like how many of them defend Barrett and ridicule the threat to ACA.
But, as the good book says, there is a time to be silent and a time to speak.
Let's speak about the weakness of Flake as senator, the hypocrisy of many "moderate" Republicans who seemed unaware of the underlying racism in GOP policies (well before Trump), etc...
But let's do it after Biden is elected and the Senate is flipped (if these happen, of course).
For now, let them vote, let them be "compagnons de route".
The Republicans are super-pragmatic and super-opportunistic. The Democrats and their Twitter fans should at least learn that from them. For the next 19 days, that is.
