Additionally, he expressed regret for the compromise of moral authority and complicity the alarming and dangerous state of affairs.
Furthermore, the Arizona Senator told his fellow lawmakers that they must not adjust to the present of coarseness of the national debate. They must not accept the casual undermining of America’s democratic norms and ideals as the new normal.
Flake emphasized, “None of these appalling features of our current politics should ever be regarded as normal. We must never allow ourselves to lapse into thinking that this is just the way things are now… we must stop pretending that the degradation of our politics and the conduct of some in our executive branch are normal. They are not normal.”
Silence and inaction is wrong
The Arizona senator reminded his colleagues that they can better serve the country and fulfill their obligations under the Constitution by adhering to the Article 1 “old normal.” It is the duty if the equal branches of the government to balance and counteract each other when necessary.
