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Opinion: How an Ohio senator's stunt proves the Trump dictatorship theory
Opinion | How an Ohio senator’s stunt proves the Trump dictatorship theory
By Ruth Marcus
Associate editor
December 7, 2023 at 4:32 p.m. EST
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Sen. J.D. Vance wants Attorney General Merrick Garland to investigate my colleague Robert Kagan for allegedly inciting insurrection with his recent essay warning of the “increasingly inevitable” dangers of dictatorship under Donald Trump.
For good measure, the Ohio Republican wants Secretary of State Antony Blinken to look into whether Kagan’s wife, Undersecretary of State Victoria Nuland, should have her security clearance revoked because her “close relationship with her husband might compromise her judgment about the best interests of the United States.”
[ Robert Kagan: A Trump dictatorship is increasingly inevitable. ]
Right. The little woman, who was George W. Bush’s ambassador to NATO and has decades of foreign policy experience in both Republican and Democratic administrations, must be under her husband’s thumb.
Under ordinary circumstances — that is to say, circumstances in which Trump’s reelection were not a serious possibility — Vance’s missive would be dismissible for what it is: a preening, Trump-toadying stunt. No sane Justice Department would take any action other than tossing Vance’s letter in the trash. No sane State Department would touch Nuland’s clearance.
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Opinion by Ruth Marcus
Ruth Marcus is an associate editor and columnist for The Post. Twitter https://twitter.com/RuthMarcus
By Ruth Marcus
Associate editor
December 7, 2023 at 4:32 p.m. EST
Share
https://wapo.st/3GyWWWo
Sen. J.D. Vance wants Attorney General Merrick Garland to investigate my colleague Robert Kagan for allegedly inciting insurrection with his recent essay warning of the “increasingly inevitable” dangers of dictatorship under Donald Trump.
For good measure, the Ohio Republican wants Secretary of State Antony Blinken to look into whether Kagan’s wife, Undersecretary of State Victoria Nuland, should have her security clearance revoked because her “close relationship with her husband might compromise her judgment about the best interests of the United States.”
[ Robert Kagan: A Trump dictatorship is increasingly inevitable. ]
Right. The little woman, who was George W. Bush’s ambassador to NATO and has decades of foreign policy experience in both Republican and Democratic administrations, must be under her husband’s thumb.
Under ordinary circumstances — that is to say, circumstances in which Trump’s reelection were not a serious possibility — Vance’s missive would be dismissible for what it is: a preening, Trump-toadying stunt. No sane Justice Department would take any action other than tossing Vance’s letter in the trash. No sane State Department would touch Nuland’s clearance.
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Opinion by Ruth Marcus
Ruth Marcus is an associate editor and columnist for The Post. Twitter https://twitter.com/RuthMarcus
Here's a link to the press release from Vance's office. I'm sure someone is going to alert on this post as RW propaganda. You do you.
DECEMBER 6, 2023
SENATOR VANCE SLAMS LEFT-WING JOURNALIST FOR ENCOURAGING INSURRECTION AGAINST POTENTIAL TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
SENATOR VANCE SLAMS LEFT-WING JOURNALIST FOR ENCOURAGING INSURRECTION AGAINST POTENTIAL TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
and the letter:
https://www.vance.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/120623_RobertKaganInsurrection.pdf
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