A reminder that it didn't used to be like this.
āItās occurred to me on countless occasions today that if anyone spoke to my wife, or my daughter, or my mother, or any of my five sisters, the way Mr. Trump has spoken to women, I wouldnāt hire that person, wouldnāt want to be associated with that person, and I certainly donāt think Iād be comfortable hiring that person to be the leader of the free world.ā
āWeāve been asked to settle, on matters of great principle, with our candidate for President of the United States. This canāt continue.ā
āWith all due respect, you, sir, are the distraction. Your conduct, sir, is the distraction. Itās the distraction from the very principles that will help us win in November.ā
āItās for precisely that reason, Mr. Trump, that I respectfully ask you, with all due respect, to step aside. Step down. Allow someone else to carry the banner of these principles.ā
-Mike Lee the coward, October 2016