This is the test of
American democracy.
If this White House continues to discredit the FBI, sowing misinformation via their propaganda
media arm, insinuating without real evidence that FBI officials were planning subversive activity against the president, we very well may
be witnessing a coup—the hostile
takeover of the American government by anti-democratic forces and their idiot
stooges.
This is what happens in
authoritarian regimes—the demonization of the “other”, the undermining of
checks on power, the banning of words, the consolidation of that power. The circumstances are said to be so
dire we must put aside the law.
The circumstances are
dire, and that’s why we must cling to the law.
The foundation of our
government, those precious values in our Constitution, is under assault.
We, the people, must
cling to the law if our leaders will not.
This is the chaos
Vladimir Putin wanted when he interfered in our election. He wants to make a mockery of us, and
he’s had definite success. But his
target is not just the office of the president—it’s our whole system of
government and society. He wants
the world to see that we as Americans do not value our greatest strength—that
we are a nation of laws, and not of men.
If we want to preserve
the republic, we, the people, must prove him wrong.
We, the people, must
demand our leaders are held accountable to the law.
Congress, representative
of the people, must impeach President Trump if he fires Robert Mueller. The people must demand it.
This is not sexy
stuff. But democracy is destroyed
by gradual disintegration from within.
A series of events make up that gradual decline. The election of Donald Trump was one
such event. The removal of Robert
Mueller would be another.
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I’m not a big protest
person, but I will participate if Trump crosses this line. Consider finding an event near you.
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