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The Democrats are giving aid and comfort to the enemy for no purpose other than giving aid and comfort to the enemy. There is no plausible explanation for the Democrats' behavior other than that they long to see U.S. troops shot, humiliated, and driven from the field of battle. They fill the airwaves with treason, but when called to vote on withdrawing troops, disavow their own public statements. These people are not only traitors, they are gutless traitors.

Ann Coulter#25

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About this quote

What does it mean?
Coulter accuses Democrats of treason for supporting troop withdrawal in conflict zones.
In plain terms
She claims Democrats want US troops defeated and call them traitors.
What can you take from it?
Critics often frame political opposition as national disloyalty.

Where it applies

  • war policy debates
  • political attacks

Putting it to work

  • critiquing political loyalty

Questions to consider

  • When is opposition treasonous?
  • How do we define loyalty?

Another view

The term treason is hyperbolic and legally unsupported.

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