The interim U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York and two officials with the federal public integrity unit all quit after the Justice Department ordered the charges against Mayor Eric Adams to be dropped.
Because many of these people signed on to be civil servants, not political pawns.
And the alt-right has shown that they are willing to kill to get their way. These people didn’t sign up for that either.
There are brave souls who are standing up to fascism by digging their heels in. But there are people who never wanted the lime light, who only wanted to do their job. Their bravery is different because they are resigning, forcing the spotlight on them but in a different way.
She probably did the best right thing she could live with.
Because many of these people signed on to be civil servants, not political pawns.
And the alt-right has shown that they are willing to kill to get their way. These people didn’t sign up for that either.
There are brave souls who are standing up to fascism by digging their heels in. But there are people who never wanted the lime light, who only wanted to do their job. Their bravery is different because they are resigning, forcing the spotlight on them but in a different way.
She probably did the best right thing she could live with.