It’s likely that I am the Chief of Staff that Richard Stern is talking about here. Either the author of the NYT piece misunderstood discussions Richard recounted or Richard intentionally tried to frame his recollection of discussions poorly. The chances of both are pretty high. The debate on the Right that @AndrewTWalker is highlighting really isn’t much of a debate, the matter was settled 250 years ago. Government that exists for the good of individuals is, by its own nature, tyrannical. Government that exists for the common good of all of God’s children—thereby enabling them to follow Him—is just. Don’t believe me? Here’s what the Founders had to say. “The aim of every political constitution is, or ought to be, first to obtain for rulers men who possess most wisdom to discern, and most virtue to pursue, the common good of the society; and in the next place, to take the most effectual precautions for keeping them virtuous whilst they continue to hold their public trust.” - Madison, Federalist 57 “Government is instituted for the common good; for the protection, safety, prosperity and happiness of the people; and not for the profit, honor, or private interest of any one man, family, or class of men: Therefore the people alone have an incontestable, unalienable, and indefeasible right to institute government; and to reform, alter, or totally change the same, when their protection, safety, prosperity and happiness require it.” - Article 7, Massachusetts Constitution “[G]overnment is founded on the necessity of our natures…. It is therefore originally and ultimately in the people…. But let the origin of government be placed where it may, the end of it is manifestly the good of the whole…. The end of government being the good of mankind points out its great duties: It is above all things to provide for the security, the quiet, and happy enjoyment of life, liberty, and property.” — James Otis, The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved (1764) “The great Creator, having designed the human race for society, has made us dependent on one another for happiness. He has so constituted us that it becomes both our duty and interest to seek the public good…Thus we see that both reason and revelation perfectly agree in pointing out the nature, end, and design of government, viz., that it is to promote the welfare and happiness of the community…rulers have no authority from God to do mischief. The end of their institution being the good of society, they can have no right to act contrary to the good of society.” — Rev. Samuel West, Election Day Sermon

@LauraLoomer @ARKloster @mattgaetz It’s not a war against Israel, it’s a war against a Neocon establishment that has consistently sought to undermine the Trump administration and subject the American people to endless and unpopular wars.