November 29, 2017 03:53 PM UTC

Cop-Out Cory Won't Condemn Trump (Again)

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• by: Colorado Pols

CNN’s Situation Room caught up with Colorado Sen. Cory Gardner today, asking him about the controversy over President Donald Trump’s promotion on Twitter of dubious anti-Muslim videos produced by a fringe British ultra-nationalist group.

Gardner’s response to CNN’s Wolf Blitzer will not be remembered as a profile in courage.

Sen. Gardner on President Trump’s tweets: I think our relationships around the globe “are stronger than any Twitter feed” https://t.co/fxKqFweysI https://t.co/TfFCt2oqWq

— The Situation Room (@CNNSitRoom) November 29, 2017

GARDNER: …Relationships with NATO allies, our relationships around the globe are stronger than any Twitter feed. Uh, I’ve said before, I disagree with this, I will continue to express that disagreements, but ah I’ve also said that perhaps one of the best ways we can address, uh, the President’s Twitter feed is to develop some kind of software where you, uh hit send once it doesn’t send, and then you give it a little time and hit send again and then it sends. So perhaps we need to find new software, uh tool available to make sure we think about some of these things before we send them.

Of course we’re not just talking about “any Twitter feed,” we are talking about the Twitter feed of the President of the United States. Trump’s rantings via Twitter most certainly do affect our relationships around the globe, as evidenced by the swift condemnation of Trump today from British Prime Minister Theresa May. The failure by Republicans to stand up to Trump as he routinely embarrasses the entire nation in the eyes of the world has directly contributed to the present climate in which Trump feels totally unrestrained.

By cracking stupid jokes instead of calling for not having a President who spews infantile hatred and falsehoods on a daily basis, Gardner proved again that he is part of the problem that saddled the globe with Donald Trump to begin with.

And as long as there are any goodies left to be gotten from Trump’s presidency, Gardner will run cover.