Portrait of the Artist as a Man
March 8, 2021

It was only 97 times.

Why I Am Resigning After Stabbing 97 People for Donald Trump

Jon Schwarz

For now, though, all we can do is take comfort in our moral posturing. At the very least, we can look our sons and daughters in the face and tell them: We did the right thing, at the very last moment, when it made no difference whatsoever.” And in the final analysis, we know our nation is bound together, as Lincoln said, by the mystic chords of stabbing.” We have done our part and are content to leave judgments to history — starting with the history in the self-serving books we’re about to write.

https://theintercept.com/2021/01/07/trump-administration-resignations/

Resigning in the face of this, when you came have explicit, direct positive effects is cowardice.


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