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To the editor:
Since Donald Trump has a assumed presidential power, I watched him (just to name a few):
1. Pardon and release 263 violent felons who insurrected the State Capital, viciously attacking everyone in their path, resulting in many crippling injuries on the innocent who tried to protect it and even claiming the lives of five police officers.
2. Terminate hard working federal employees from their livelihoods, without just cause.
3. Completely dismantle U.S.A.I.D., which has cared for the millions of sick and ailing people throughout the world but has also protected and safeguarded our country from contracting any and all global pandemics that were sprouting up in other lands and could have soon found its way here.
These are just a few of the very many harmful catastrophic decisions he has implemented and executed, that has and will gravely harm millions if not billions of innocent lives.
But my umbrage and detestation does come from this one man, but it comes from the Republican members of Congress who remain silent and when questions about their executive branch leader's behavior.
In 1775, founding father Patrick Henry said, “Give me liberty or give me death.” And back then our House of Representatives did just that. Voting to stand up against England and each and every one of them signing off on our U.S. Constitution, fully knowing that they were signing a document that could soon be declared an act of treason punishable only by death.
Today, according to Todd Garlington, it is more than obvious that our new House of Representatives stand by his quote: Once people said: “Give me liberty or give me death. Now they say: make me a slave, just pay me enough.”
Celestino P. Monclova
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reenjoe
Sadly, all the blame cannot be laid at the feet of GOP members of Congress. They are, after all, "representatives" elected to carry out the will of their constituents. My detestation is directed at that portion of the electorate who chose those representatives and that "one man" knowing full well the consequences.
It is incumbent upon loyal GOP voters to recognize their errors and correct them by bombarding members of Congress with letters, emails, texts, phone calls and even contacting the media to express their regret and strong intentions to hold the entire party to account. Failing that, this country is in very deep trouble. Trump will not stop; Musk will not stop; And GOP members will remain silent, make excuses and/or provide rationalizations for the abominations.
GOP members only asked Nixon to resign when it became clear that public opinion had turned against him. Once that happened, Nixon was "told" by GOP Senators that his days were numbered - resign or be impeached.
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