Ex-Biden Staffer Calls Trump’s USAID Purge ‘Probably’ Illegal, But Says Democrats Shouldn’t Resist: ‘I Learned This from Watching the West Wing’

EXCERPT:

LAROSA: “Well, look, we got to be common sense. And we have to — we keep losing the battle over the perception of common sense to the Republicans, and it starts here. This is the kind of stuff — look, we don’t have power. Is he violating the law? Probably. This is what got him impeached in the first place, right? Halting congressional aid that was appropriated. You’re a lawyer, you know better. But, look, we don’t have power. This is not the hill we want to die on, right? The country does not really like foreign aid. I learned this from watching The West Wing in the ’90s. It is not a popular subject with mainstream America, nor our federal workers. We don’t wanna be caught on our heels defending spending on DEI in Serbia, which is what is going to happen to a lot of these members if they don’t move on and start focusing on things that matter. Play the long game and stop being distracted by these shiny objects.”

(Via Mediaite)