This took some guts. The Chairwoman of the Federal Election Commission issued a strong rebuke to Donald Trump’s remarks that he would listen if a foreign government offered up dirt on an opponent. Ellen Weintraub said:

“It is illegal for any person to solicit, accept, or receive anything of value from a foreign national in connection with a U.S. election.”

I would not have thought that I needed to say this. pic.twitter.com/T743CsXq79 — Ellen L Weintraub (@EllenLWeintraub) June 13, 2019

Weintraub is a Democrat.