In his farewell speech on the U.S. Senate floor Thursday, Republican Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania offered his thoughts on the political climate, suggestions for the Senate, and his outlook for the nation’s future.
While he didn’t mention former President Donald Trump by name, Toomey urged Republicans to quash the MAGA movement.
“For my Republican colleagues let me say, our party can’t be about, or beholden to, any one man. Our party is much bigger than that,” Toomey said. “We are the political representation of this huge, center-right coalition across America. On a good day, that’s more than half of Americans. And I hope we resist the temptation to adopt the protectionist, nativist, isolationist, redistributive policies that some are suggesting we embrace. I think those are inconsistent with the core values of a majority of the people in this coalition. More important, I think those ideas lead to bad outcomes for our country.”…