Dear members of the Cabinet,
You can be heroes today. You have the power to end this trainwreck of a presidency today. All you have to do is invoke the 25th Amendment. Clearly 45 is not fit for office. Call it "health reasons" if you want. Just do it. Save the Republic. Yes, that sounds a tad dramatic, but that's where we are.
This president is not acting in the best interests of the country. That is not a partisan statement. It's just fact. He is putting our alliances at risk. Our international reputation is in tatters. He seems far more concerned about how events impact Russia than the U.S. He does not "get" separation of powers. He, frankly, does not "get" much of anything. He is toxic and he needs to go.
This untenable administration will end soon. Count on it. But how soon and will your tenure end with his? I expect a President Pence would be more inclined to keep you around.
Let's face it, some of you are not particularly well liked by the majority of the American public. Some of you seem to have been chosen specifically for your antipathy toward the agencies you run. But now we are in a constitutional crisis. You can all come out as patriotic heroes by putting the nation's needs before your own. Set the ship of state aright before this president does even more irreparable damage to our country.
All of you got into politics because you want to serve the public good. Serve it now by invoking the 25th Amendment. History, this country, and the world will thank you.
Tuesday, May 16, 2017
Sunday, May 14, 2017
Open letter to my members of Congress
Dear Senators Ted Cruz and John Cornyn and Rep. Mike McCaul,
Quick question. Do ya'll like your jobs? Want any chance of keeping them beyond 2018 and 2020? Read on.
You may think your seats are safe, given how conservative our state of Texas is. But think again. Many of us are tremendously troubled with events in Washington and your unwillingness to stand up for democracy and the rule of law that the current president is making a mockery of. Most recently and egregiously, he fired the FBI director and admitted in a televised interview he did so to impede the FBI investigation into his administration's alleged ties to and collusion with Russia to influence the 2016 election.
I have made numerous calls for months now to all of your offices demanding that #trumprussia be independently investigated; that 45 be removed from office as he is mentally and morally unfit; and insisting that you hold public town hall meetings to listen to constituents' concerns. I have asked to see some outrage from all three of you about this president's blatant hostility toward the judiciary and a free press.
So far, nada. Zip. Zilch.
Appeals to your patriotism, morality, and logic have failed so let's try a different tack - craven self-interest.
Do you want to keep your jobs? The voters of Texas *will* have congressional representatives who hold this president accountable for his high crimes and misdemeanors. You can stand up now to 45 or you can go down with him later. Those are your choices, your *only* choices at this point.
It's all about timing now. Democrats are screaming for justice. Midterms are coming and the Dems are likely to regain control of at least one house of Congress. Republicans joining with civic-minded Democrats now for a bipartison investigation of 45's alleged collusion, witness tampering, obstruction of justice, emoluments, etc. will have a better chance of surviving the inevitable voter backlash next year. It is in your own best interest to at least feign concern and get out of Democrats' way.
SS Cheeto is sinking. Be a rat. Abandon that ship and swim toward the Good Ship Accountability while Texans still have a half a mind to toss you a political life preserver.
Signed,
One Disgusted Constituent
Quick question. Do ya'll like your jobs? Want any chance of keeping them beyond 2018 and 2020? Read on.
You may think your seats are safe, given how conservative our state of Texas is. But think again. Many of us are tremendously troubled with events in Washington and your unwillingness to stand up for democracy and the rule of law that the current president is making a mockery of. Most recently and egregiously, he fired the FBI director and admitted in a televised interview he did so to impede the FBI investigation into his administration's alleged ties to and collusion with Russia to influence the 2016 election.
I have made numerous calls for months now to all of your offices demanding that #trumprussia be independently investigated; that 45 be removed from office as he is mentally and morally unfit; and insisting that you hold public town hall meetings to listen to constituents' concerns. I have asked to see some outrage from all three of you about this president's blatant hostility toward the judiciary and a free press.
So far, nada. Zip. Zilch.
Appeals to your patriotism, morality, and logic have failed so let's try a different tack - craven self-interest.
Do you want to keep your jobs? The voters of Texas *will* have congressional representatives who hold this president accountable for his high crimes and misdemeanors. You can stand up now to 45 or you can go down with him later. Those are your choices, your *only* choices at this point.
It's all about timing now. Democrats are screaming for justice. Midterms are coming and the Dems are likely to regain control of at least one house of Congress. Republicans joining with civic-minded Democrats now for a bipartison investigation of 45's alleged collusion, witness tampering, obstruction of justice, emoluments, etc. will have a better chance of surviving the inevitable voter backlash next year. It is in your own best interest to at least feign concern and get out of Democrats' way.
SS Cheeto is sinking. Be a rat. Abandon that ship and swim toward the Good Ship Accountability while Texans still have a half a mind to toss you a political life preserver.
Signed,
One Disgusted Constituent
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