Remember hell freezing over?

Former George W. Bush Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has endorsed Kamala Harris for President. His tenure during the GWB era was certainly controversial, and for good reason. He was after all the guy who was in favor of maintaining the torture apparatus and warrantless surveillance of Americans during the peak "war on terror" era. His spurning Trump tells us a lot about how truly awful Trump is and how disastrous a second Trump term would be. I'm all in favor of a grand coalition approach to this election, but it's worthwhile to remind ourselves what some of these folks did when they had power.

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