It used to be that when a member of Congress delivered a fiery political speech in an election year, there were a few things you could take for granted.
For one thing, you could assume the speech related in some way to the United States and its citizens. You could also bet the people listening to the speech and clapping at all the applause lines were invested in some way in the future of America. You might disagree with them, or even think their policies would be really, really bad for the country. But there was never any doubt that American politicians understood that their job was to address America’s problems. That was the bare minimum you could expect.
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