Justice must be done. Justice must roll down like waters. Justice and upholding the constitution and the rule of law are not partisan; defending them is not retaliation.
I ask you to ensure that you do NOT give Trump or any of his fellow conspirators a pass or a nod; do not reach across the aisle for convenience; please, do not sweep high crimes and misdemeanours under the carpet. I ask both the Lame Duck Congress and the new Congress to reaffirm their allegiance to the constitution, to the rule of law, and to the rules governed international order.
Please show your adherence to your oath and hold others to that standard-- in every vote, discussion, public statement, every deliberative forum, every conversation with your colleagues. The Constitution will become a dead letter if Congress lets so many flagrant, criminal, and offensive misdemeanours slide. What will it mean for the new members of the Blue Tsunami to swear their solemn oaths if current members have betrayed theirs?
Perhaps it will be appropriate to conduct investigations and bring proofs before Articles of Impeachment are brought to the House in order to demonstrate that the charges are public, visible, and egregious.
Perhaps you will need to design a streamlined process to impeach more than one presidential appointee by bringing charges only in relation to one or two of their most heinous acts, even while publishing all the rest.
Perhaps you will be able to demonstrate that you can walk and chew gum by setting up processes and procedures so that you can work on the cost of living and building guardrails, on corruption and our eroded rights simultaneously.
BUT: The corruption of the Trump era needs to be exposed, impeached, the guilty removed, and referred to justice for prosecution. This will be JUSTICE. Justice is not retaliation. JUSTICE is required. I hope you are energetically addressing these issues now and that you will continue to.
First sent on November 11 by Mary
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