He began the GOP’s weekly leadership briefing by saying lawmakers were on a path to finishing a major defense budget bill this week. “We’ve had good bipartisan cooperation and a string of —.”
And then he stopped mid-sentence and remained silent for about 20 seconds — which in the media world of Washington feels like an eternity. He just stared straight ahead. When other members of GOP leadership finally asked whether he was okay, McConnell did not immediately respond.
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Thirty-five years ago, I was giving a luncheon speech about the economy to members of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington.
In the middle of my speech...continue here.
-- Robert Reich
I wish more of our public leadership could extend civility (if not an actual human hand) like Mr. Reich did here. They used to represent more of a paradigm for it (well most did, anyway)....
We shouldn't wait for our leaders to be the way we should be anyway and lead by example ourselves. Doing a good thing always comes down to us, not someone else, anyway.
