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Dan Rather Perfectly Explains Why We Shouldn't Compare Republicans to Rats, And The Shade Is Real

Dan Rather Perfectly Explains Why We Shouldn't Compare Republicans to Rats, And The Shade Is Real

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Legendary journalist Dan Rather may no longer be an anchor for CBS News, but his political observations have often gone viral in the era of President Donald Trump.

With multiple pro-Trump Republicans distancing themselves from the President to prepare for a loss of the White House in 2020, Rather offered his two cents to those comparing Republicans to rats fleeing a sinking ship.


In a Saturday tweet, Rather said the comparison wasn't fair...to rats.

Rather pointed out that, unlike rats on a ship, Republican lawmakers spent four years defending Trump's harmful rhetoric and unprecedented corruption, often adopting his rhetoric to curry favor with their Republican voters.

Democratic nominee Joe Biden's consistent lead over Trump in swing state and national polls has led some Republicans to distance themselves from the President they so wholeheartedly defended.

Republican Senator Ben Sasse (R-NE) excoriated Trump in a tele-town hall for spending like a "drunken sailor" and "kissing dictators' butts."

Texas Republican Senator John Cornyn claims that he broke with Trump numerous times on issues like the border wall and the deficit, but that his opposition was in private.

At a recent debate, Arizona Republican Senator Martha McSally said it "pisses [her] off" to hear Trump speak ill of the late Arizona Senator John McCain (R-AZ).

But in the most consequential moments of Trump's presidency, these Senators sided with Trump, especially during his impeachment trial in the Senate earlier this year, and with the nomination of now-Justice Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.

For that reason, people largely agreed with Rather's take on the rat comparison.






Twitter users lined up to praise Rather's account.



The election determining whether or not Republicans will retain their Senate majority happens on November third, but early voting is already underway in a number of states.

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