Taking Responsibility

Barack Obama, 1/7/10: "Ultimately, the buck stops with me. As president, I have a solemn responsibility to protect our nation and our people, and when the system fails, it is my responsibility.”

Donald Trump, 3/12/20: “No, I don’t take responsibility at all.” pic.twitter.com/oOMP9qhdKH

— em (@emlas) March 13, 2020

Obama during the oil spill: "I ultimately take responsibility for solving this crisis. I’m the President and the buck stops with me." https://t.co/esYTJ7DnO3

— Cody Keenan (@codykeenan) March 13, 2020

Great explanation, thanks Willard!

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Cagle

“the poor need to share some of the responsibility”

The Hill: Democrats seized Thursday on remarks by Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) in which he appeared to suggest the poor should have a greater responsibility to contribute to government coffers.

Hatch, during a speech Wednesday on the Senate floor, seemed to say that the poor could do more to address the deficit.

….The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) pounced on Hatch, who faces a potentially difficult reelection next fall, as well as a possibly difficult primary challenge.

“Republican priorities are completely out of whack, and Orrin Hatch’s comments prove that point,” DSCC spokesman Shripal Shah said. “It’s bad enough that Republicans are doing everything they can to protect tax breaks for millionaires and special interests, but the fact that the Republican idea of shared sacrifice means going after the those who are struggling the most is completely reprehensible.”

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