Trump is an act of war by Russia. It’s their first strike. A long shot that planted a bomb in the White House — Trump — in an outright ploy to destabilize our economy and destroy our democracy.
The Republicans are committing treason by refusing to investigate. The GOP is apparently in the pay of Russia, or being blackmailed by Russia, or both. World War II demonstrated that we can hold ordinary citizens accountable for following illegal orders. So the Republicans are betraying America for their own party, and if we ever get our country back, we’ll have to prosecute them for war crimes. But that’s then. This is now.
Because of the stranglehold that the Republican party has on our country, through gerrymandering, Voter ID restrictions, and disenfranchisement of voters, they’ve gained a majority in the House and Senate. So our legislative branch of government is either totally incapable of fixing this problem, or they simply refuse to fix this problem because it benefits them in the short term.
Let’s be honest here, they were obviously promised that they could enact the worst most hated legislation, promoted by the craziest right-wingers among them, for the favor of letting Trump become president. Trump probably said to them, ‘Ride the Trump Train! I’ll let you do whatever crazy-ass thing you want as long as you let me be president for a few days!’ And they said sure, all the while salivating over the prospect of killing the Affordable Care Act and the EPA. But at the same time I think they were being blackmailed by Russia, because I can’t believe that an entire political party would sell its soul for a few tax cuts for its richest donors. Call me a Pollyanna.
Maybe they planned on impeaching Trump after they got all that crap enacted. Now here we are, and they don’t have their tax cuts yet, and they haven’t killed the ACA yet, so they can’t impeach Trump.
Even worse, the Department of Homeland Security is under the Executive Branch. Illegal executive orders are being carried out by ICE and CBP that we can’t even begin to get to the bottom of — what have they been ordered to do, and why are they violating federal law in the process?
So what do we do? They do not get anything from the Democrats. There are no concessions. No bargains to be made. Anything from Trump is contaminated and can’t be trusted. This entire administration needs to be wiped from the White House. We have to resort to any means necessary to slow down Congress, because we are at war with ourselves.