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NanceGreggs

(27,813 posts)
Wed May 10, 2017, 12:40 AM May 2017

To All Elected Republicans ...

Last year, you nominated, supported, and ultimately elected Donald Trump.

Throughout his campaign, Trump’s statements and behaviour made it abundantly clear that he was unfit for the office of the presidency.

Had there been any doubt in your mind about his qualifications at that at the time, certainly you have come to know that now-pResident Trump is a liar, is ignorant of how the government operates, is using his office to enrich himself and his family, and whose incoherent “tweets” and public statements are demonstrative of mental instability.

Donald Trump’s closest advisors are under investigation for possible collusion with our enemy, Russia, in order to undermine our election process – an investigation that possibly could point to the involvement of Trump himself. And Trump’s response to these extremely serious allegations has been to call them a “hoax” based on “fake news”. He has done everything in his power to derail said investigations, and has fired those who have shown any determination to get to the facts of the matter.

Trump’s firing of James Comey – the man who was heading-up that investigation – is, for all intents and purposes, a de facto admission of guilt. Any president wrongly accused of colluding with our sworn enemy would be anxious to clear his name, and the names of his associates, by fully cooperating with any investigation into his and their behaviour. Instead, this pResident has done everything possible to thwart any attempts to uncover the truth, and the underlying facts that support that truth.

The idea that Trump fired Comey due to the very things that Trump praised him for – i.e. the way Comey handled the HRC emails – is simply not credible. All politics aside, it defies common sense. It is an obvious attempt to waylay any investigation that would serve to prove the guilt of this pResident and his cohorts – which one could clearly interpret as an admission of guilt. And many of us see it as exactly that.

Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid – not of their party, but the aid of the democracy they have sworn to serve and protect. Now is the time for Republicans to stop defending “alternative facts”, and start acknowledging that the man they put in the Oval Office is deliberately shutting down any attempts to look into his and his colleagues’ ties to Russia, and their possible collusion with a foreign adversarial government to undermine our own government.

Now is the time for ALL citizens, regardless of party affiliation, to stand up for our country, for the rule of law that guides us, for the Constitution that defines us.

You are either on the side of what is morally and ethically right – or you are on the side of a man who is determined to abuse the power of his office in order to silence those who are raising legitimate questions about his involvement in collusion with our sworn enemy.

You are either on the side of your countrymen who want answers to that question, or you are on the side of a man who has repeatedly refused to answer that question.

You are either on the side of the citizens you have sworn to serve and protect, and whose interests you were elected to represent, or you are on the side of a man who is clearly determined to quash any facts that may point to his own guilt or that of his colleagues.

The ball is in your court – and it is a big fuckin’ ball. If you choose to defend your incompetent, proven liar of a pResident rather than stand up for your fellow citizens, that’s on you. If you persist in aiding and abetting a man who is taking every step possible to stop any investigations into his own actions and those of his colleagues, that’s on you.

The midterm elections will soon be upon us. Many of you will be out of office as a direct result of your defence of the Idiot-in-Chief, and your refusal to acknowledge his efforts to divert attention away from any facts that raise questions about his involvement in collusion with the Russians.

And don’t believe for a second that voters are unaware of your own collusion with the Russians, by virtue of your insistence that any investigation into your boy’s ties thereto should be shut down.

This isn’t over. Not by a long-shot. Your boy will be brought down – and you will be brought down with him.

Now is your last chance to stand up for your country. And all of us - Democrats and Republicans alike - will be watching whether you do or you don’t.

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To All Elected Republicans ... (Original Post) NanceGreggs May 2017 OP
My Rep is a Dem, jr Senator office got a call on the ans. Machine this pm. irisblue May 2017 #1
Kick. dalton99a May 2017 #2
By this time tomorrow, Wellstone ruled May 2017 #3
Boy it would be great if all this crap caused a great cleansing of insanely ideological Republicans. Kablooie May 2017 #4
Is Trump's firing Comey The Wizard May 2017 #5
Compared to Trump The Wizard May 2017 #6

irisblue

(32,968 posts)
1. My Rep is a Dem, jr Senator office got a call on the ans. Machine this pm.
Wed May 10, 2017, 12:42 AM
May 2017

Tomorrow, another phone call. Rob Portman sucks, for the record.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
3. By this time tomorrow,
Wed May 10, 2017, 12:50 AM
May 2017

hunch says the real story about today will be fully laid before us. Today was just a attempt of a Midget Brained Person trying to save his Ego.

The Foreign Press is calling it like it is,a Cover Up.

Kablooie

(18,626 posts)
4. Boy it would be great if all this crap caused a great cleansing of insanely ideological Republicans.
Wed May 10, 2017, 02:53 AM
May 2017

There are (or were) conservatives who I would disagree with but they could still make convincing arguments supporting their point of view.
I appreciated this because it caused me to rethink my opinions from a new perspective and broaden my view on issues.

Today these conservatives are mostly gone or in hiding.
Virtually no conservatives today can make valid arguments for their views.
Everything is half truths, distortions and outright lies.
It seems that's the only way they can make their point nowadays.

Wish I could throw a bucket of water on them and watch them dissolve down to nothing.

The Wizard

(12,541 posts)
6. Compared to Trump
Wed May 10, 2017, 09:33 AM
May 2017

Nixon was a saint, as were Caligula, Pol Pot, Al Capone, Bill O'Reilly, Himmler, Cheney, Dracula, .............

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