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The Kansas City Star Editorial Board

Editorial: In today’s GOP, Kansas Sen. Jerry Moran’s silence on Trump indictment passes for bravery

Here’s what passes for bravery in today’s GOP: silence.

Unfortunate as that is, saying nothing is inarguably better than saying things that are untrue, and that are especially dangerous in this volatile moment.

In the current context, then, Kansas Sen. Jerry Moran could almost be seen as brave for so far saying nothing at all about Donald Trump’s indictment for serious crimes, while so many of his Republican colleagues spew lies about the supposed “grave injustice” of the former president’s situation.

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