Friday, December 20th, 2019
My Dear America:
From my recollection the Republican Party used to be a party of Anti Communist Patriots who cared about decency and the rule of law in America and around the world.
What in the world happened to that Party?
The answer to that question is DONALD TRUMP.
Instead of Donald Trump moving himself toward the strong decent values of the Republican Party, Trump managed to bully his way into the Presidency and tear down the values of decency along the way.
In the Republican Party Donald Trump is a Pariah. At least he was during the 2016 Election according to every Republican Candidate he was running against with the possible exception of Chris Christie, who found that kissing Trump's ass would leave him with a very bad taste in his mouth. Trump bad mouthed and disrespected not only all of his Republican rivals. He even bad mouthed Republican Icons like John McCain. Although Trump bone spurred his way out of serving in the Vietnam War he still had the nerve to disparage and disrespect John McCain, who spent years locked up in a Hanoi POW Prison. Trump had the incredible nerve to say he liked those servicemen who weren't captured. I have to admit that I didn't volunteer to fight in Vietnam either but I would never disrespect anyone like John McCain who did volunteer to do his duty in Vietnam and suffered the consequences.
Just this week at the same time Members of the House of Representatives were voting to impeach him, Trump was at a rally in Michigan disrespecting a recently deceased long time, well respected Michigan Democratic Member of Congress, John Dingell, and Dingell's widow, Debbie Dingell who would be among the yes votes for the Impeachment of Donald Trump. In a mocking manner Trump described Debbie Dingell thanking Trump for his apparent well wishes at the time of her husband's death. Trump described Debbie Dingell saying she knew her husband was looking down (obviously meaning from heaven). Trump in his tremendously obnoxious manner jokingly told the crowd that Maybe John Dingell was looking up (obviously referring to the prospect that John Dingell might be in hell).
This was not the first or the last time that Donald Trump would be proving himself to be one of the foulest human beings on earth. Democrats and Republicans have found themselves often to be on the receiving end of Trump's insults. It is no longer shocking. It is routine. It is business as usual with Donald Trump.
It is time for the Republican Party to follow the lead of Mark Gail, the Editor of Evangelical Christian Magazine "Christianity Today", who set Trump off today by writing a scathing editorial characterizing Trump as morally bankrupt and worthy of Impeachment.
Finally, after an Impeachment Hearing in which not one Republican stood up and voted for Impeachment, an Evangelical Christian Leader has shown the courage to recognize what has been obvious to all of us for the past 3 years. The fact is that Donald Trump is a man without any moral compass. The Emperor, not only is without clothes, he is without Empathy and Simple Human Decency. Mark Gail is right on the money in his assessment of Donald Trump. He is a man without a conscience but still has his flunkies in the Senate including the same Senators who had nothing but disgust for him in 2016 until he won the nomination, ready to prostrate what is left of their principles in the coming Impeachment trial.
Senators Lindsey Graham, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz and Rand Paul all trashed Trump when he was trashing them in the 2016 Election. Now they are ready to bow down to Donald Trump in his hour of Impeachment. How can they live with themselves.
Thank God for Mark Gail taking his courageous stand against Trump. He has recognized that Evangelicals need to get off the Trump Train and get off fast.
I only hope that he is the first crack in the Trump campaign. I sincerely hope that he will not find himself alone in his Republican assessment of Trump. Donald Trump is a dangerous egomaniac with his shaky and thin skinned hand on the nuclear trigger.
It is time for Democrats like those at last nights debate to lead the charge that will get Donald Trump out of the White House and out of our lives for good.
It is time to write your Senator, as I will mine, to pressure them to stand up to the bullys and the morons who think that Donald Trump is a Political Genius.
Wake up Republicans and Democrats and recognize before it is too late that our Democracy is falling apart.
I have always wondered how it was that Germany could be taken over by a Madman like Adolph Hitler. I don't wonder anymore about how this happens. It happens a little bit at a time. It happens when good people do nothing when Immigrants, minorities and Democrats are targeted and no one pays attention.
Do we have to be carted off to death camps ourselves to wake up to what is happening in our country.
I hope not.
In the meantime I would like to give a shout out to Adam Schiff, Jerry Nadler and Nancy Pelosi for sounding the alarm in the House this week. I only hope that Americans recognize that alarm and that we can keep our Republic in the wake of what has been and continues to be stormy weather ahead.
Sincerely Yours
Jerry Gallagher
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