The President of the United States learned that Robert Mueller had died.
And he picked up his phone and typed:
“Good. I’m glad he’s dead.”
I need you to stop.
Put down whatever you’re doing and feel the full weight of those words.
Good. I’m glad he’s dead.
Said by the man who holds the most powerful office in the history of human civilization. The office of Washington. Of Lincoln. Of Roosevelt standing in the rubble of Pearl Harbor promising a nation trembling in the dark that we would rise.
That office.
Those words.
Now let me tell you who Robert Mueller was.
He did not have to go to Vietnam.
He had every reason not to. A Princeton degree. A blown-out knee. A future waiting for him in the comfort of civilian life.
He waited a full year for that knee to heal, just so he could serve.
Let that sink in.
He walked into hell when other men were running from it. He came home with a Bronze Star for heroism and a Purple Heart soaked in the blood of his sacrifice. He spent the next four decades standing in the breach, as a prosecutor, as FBI Director, as the man who held this nation together in the smoldering ash of September 12th, 2001, when we were all afraid and we needed someone steady, someone serious, someone who loved this country more than he loved himself.
He was all of those things.
He was a Republican.
He was, by every honest measure, an American hero.
And the President danced on his grave.
I think about my kids.
I think about the car rides where Jack or Charlotte asks me out of nowhere, the way kids do, when the radio’s low and you think they’re not paying attention, “Dad, what does the President do?”
And I’d tell them. Proudly. That the President is someone who carries the weight of all of us. That the job calls out the very best in a person. That it’s the highest honor this country can give.
I believed that when I said it.
I will not have that conversation today.
Not because I don’t have the words. Because I will not let my children believe for a single second that what they saw this morning is acceptable. That cruelty is strength. That power means you never have to be decent. That you can dance on a hero’s grave and call it justice.
I will not raise children who think that is normal.
I will not raise children who think that is America.
And I know I am not alone.
Because we have been here before.
Men waded through freezing water at Valley Forge for a country that hadn’t fully been born yet. They bled on the beaches of Normandy for children they would never meet. They crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge into swinging batons because they believed, despite every reason not to, that America’s promise was worth the pain.
They did not do that for us to surrender it in silence.
The rot is deep. Scrubbing this stain from the soul of our nation will not happen in a single election, a single speech, a single post on a Saturday afternoon. It will take years. It will demand more from us than comfort allows.
But we do not get to use that as an excuse to look away.
So, it falls to each of us, Democrat, Republican, Independent, who has ever looked at their child and felt the terrifying beauty of knowing you are responsible for shaping who they become.
Stand up.
Not for a party. Not for a politician. For the country you are trying to hand to children who had no say in the world we’re making for them.
Robert Mueller walked into fire, again and again, because he believed America was worth it.
The least we can do, the absolute least, is honor that sacrifice by refusing to let cruelty become normal. By refusing to let the gutter become the standard. By refusing to sit down, scroll past, and let history record that we saw this moment clearly, and did nothing.
Our children are watching.
Generations not yet born are counting on decisions we make right now, in this hour, in this darkness.
We do not get to look away.
Rise. Fight. Restore.
Push.
BAD look 4 the NFL! They should’ve stayed in their lane. This diminishes the NFL. It’s like a champion boxer stepping in the octagon & getting his butt kicked. Tho understandable, we’d never look at him the same. NFL should’ve done its homework & kept its players out of this. SMH
@ZachGelb Your first move is gauging Brad Steven’s interest.
This isn’t the Indiana job.
This is Michael Jordan flying to Boston for lunch and telling Coach Smith stories.
After that you can move on to everyone else.
If UNC moves off of Hubert Davis…
You have to call Jay Wright & Danny Hurley, but both will say no.
T. J. Otzelberger & Nate Oats are 2 realistic names.
I’d also call Mark Few. Would he finally leave Gonzaga for a bigger job to win it all?
And take a swing at Todd Golden & Dusty May, but why leave Florida & Michigan now?
@WhatleyNC@virginiafoxx I’ll never vote for another republican in the state of NC after what Berger has done during this primary. He’s going to turn the state blue.
Families deserve the freedom to choose the education that works best for their children, that’s why I put forward a bill for North Carolina to participate in President Trump’s school choice program. Gov. Stein vetoed the bill and it’s time for the #NCGA to override it. #ncpolnsjonline.com/article/2026/0…
My case for Brad Stevens to UNC
1. He has coaching in his veins
2. He has been a successful Coach and GM in the NBA
3. He can speak to recruits about the NBA landscape
4. Character
5. He is a family man and CH is a place to raise a family
6. Understand NIL/Cap/Talent
7. He wins
@NRA “This sloppy work from an out-of-state Political Action Committee (PAC) shows they are out of touch with North Carolina politics and should invest some of their millions into better research,” said Senator Measmer’s Communications Director, Laura Macklem.
An out-of-state political action committee released a social media advertisement today touting an NRA endorsement for Kevin Crutchfield; however, the NRA actually endorsed Senator Chris Measmer.🧵 @NRA
@NCValues@MyNCSenate The NC senate is ran by corrupt Phil Berger who’s trying to steal the primary he lost. Vote blue in November to get rid of these rinos.
We are proud to endorse Sen. Chris Measmer for his strong, conservative voting record and commitment to defending parental rights and conservative business values.
#ncpol#ncsenate
@SenatorMeasmer@MyNCSenate@NRA 3 time Trump voter here, after the bs Berger is pulling to steal the primary I will never vote for another NC republican again. Who wants Berger and Tillis republicans? No one. I’ll be voting blue for the first time to end this cycle of republicans.