Rush gets the Yates firing wrong

I normally agree with most of what Rush Limbaugh says, but on his Tuesday radio show, he appeared to chide President Donald Trump for not getting rid of all of Obama's political appointees. The particular incident that fostered this discussion was acting Attorney General Sally Yates' failure to abide by President Trump's executive order regarding refugees. Yates transmitted a memo stating that the attorney general's office would not defend Trump's order in court -- this despite being advised by internal staff attorneys that the order was legal. Acting with dispatch, the Trump administration relieved Yates of her duties -- fired her, to the immediate and vocal consternation of the left. Senator Charles Schumer referred to this action as a "Monday night massacre," harkening back to Nixon's request for the resignation of his own attorney general and his deputy. Mr. Limbaugh appeared to state that this storm could have been prevented, had...(Read Full Post)

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