The craven politicians who chose to politicize the situation and score cheap political points showed that they could not rise to the occasion. They showed a weakness under pressure that is the definition of cowardice.
Ernest Hemingway wrote that courage is grace under pressure. The corollary to that, of course, is that cowardice is weakness in the face of danger.
One asserted that there were multiple deaths and that the coroner’s office was already on site with hearses. This resulted in some frantic calls from family members of corrections officers who feared the worst. Another was announcing that an assault on the prison was imminent. We were at a critical moment in negotiations and the reckless rhetoric threw gas on a fire that we were trying to extinguish.
former President Trump blasted President Biden and Vice President Harris for “not even calling” governors in affected states.
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