I thought the Constitutional law professors who testified before the House Judicial committee last week were going to be boring. But they were anything but boring. The four of them were passionate, articulate, and informative in their explanation of the Framers reasons for including provisions for impeachment in the Constitution. Three of the four argued that the President’s actions warrant impeachment while the forth argued that he hasn’t yet seen enough to draw that conclusion. But he hasn’t seen enough because Republicans are hiding all the evidence they can from half of the country who watch Fox News. I think they are cowards.
A coward is someone who lacks bravery. And bravery is only called for when one is under threat. A brave person summons up the mental and moral courage to do the right thing in the face of danger. We can all see clearly that we have a bully in the White House who has surrounded himself with a news outlet and enough people who support his lawlessness to publicly humiliate any Republican lawmaker who goes against him. And so, what they continue to do is skirt the issue of his bribery in Ukraine and his continuing corruption and obstruction of legitimate Congressional oversight. It’s rather pathetic to watch.
In normal times, these same lawmakers would have defended the Constitution, the rule of law, morality, ethics, and the American people. But they want so much to remain in office that they have become shameful cowards. As an American, I decided to use my freedom of speech to call them out publicly.
I reopened a Twitter account when the hearings began and followed the main Republicans like Devin Nunes and Keven McCarthy and Doug Collins and Matt Gaetz and I respond to their absurd attacks on process and even more ridiculous attempts to deflect from the president’s actual misdeeds. I’m calling them out on their cowardice. I remind them that they took an oath to protect and defend the Constitution, not a lawless President. Their inaction threatens our democracy.
In my book, these cowardly lawmakers need to be held accountable for their behavior during this important time and they should be publicly berated and then thrown out of office when they come up for re-election. That is our duty as brave and patriotic Americans.
Jim Jordan had me hitting my mute button. I blew kisses at Val Deming, Eric S. & Hank Johnson. I watched with interest & dismay as full-grown adults used loud, childish tactics to drown out truth that they could not cover. It was good to see the the hearings & good that childish behavior in front of the nation was on display. Good commentary.