Ask anyone in a happy marriage how they do it, and they're likely to mention communication. They're also likely to say that there's nothing wrong with fighting now and then.
The husband and wife who can communicate — even to communicate anger with one another — have an advantage. But the ones that don't communicate, that hold everything inside, are bound to explode upon one another someday in a destructive and unbridled rage.
The Republican Party of 2017 is that latter couple, which wouldn't speak up about disagreements until the pots and pans began flying this week.
We have already seen, firsthand, the failure to communicate. We have brought in or visited many Republican officeholders and noticed the inability they share in common to offer even modest, constructive criticism of their new partner, President Trump.
This weighed on our minds as we saw Sen. Jeff Flake. R-Ariz., take to the Senate floor to demand a divorce Tuesday night. Earlier that day, we thought of it when Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., hurled proverbial dishes at Trump, calling him an already-failed president who will be remembered chiefly for "the debasement of our nation."
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05.18.2024