In Search Of Unity

 Thursday, January 14th, 2021

My Dear America:

It was another gut wrenching day for all of us again, America.  

Today Donald Trump became the first American President who was Impeached Twice.  Certainly this was not a distinction that President Donald Trump wanted but it was certainly a distinction that was highly deserved.  

The First Impeachment was for pressuring the Ukrainian President to get dirt on Joe Biden and his son.  We all found out about that dark deed because a Government Whistleblower let it be known.  Although the House of Representatives voted to Impeach Trump the first time out it was strictly a partisan vote with absolutely no Republicans signing onto the resolution.

Today's vote in the House was still mainly a Democratic Majority vote but largely due to the abhorrent invasion of the U.S.Capitol building by Trump's Supporters on January 6th, 10 Republicans this time joined the Democrats in the Impeachment vote.  One of those votes was Liz Cheney.  

The word is that Donald Trump is pretty much alone in the White House as many of his closest aides, followers and synchophants that have been supporting him up to now have been abandoning him like a carrier of the plague.  

Poor Donald.  All he has now are his Klansmen and Nazis. At least those who have not been arrested yet by the FBI and other Law Enforcement Agencies.

It was interesting in a very weird and twisted way to listen to Republican Members of Congress pleading with their Congressional colleagues today in a sudden search for "Unity."

Up to now these same people were instead pleading for everyone to turn off their minds and believe that in "the most secure election in history" that Donald Trump had actually won but inexplicably had his election victory stolen from him by a wide ranging Nation Wide Democratic Conspiracy.  Never mind that the final actually counted vote tally in several key states in which Trump claimed to have won, Biden had in the end very substantial vote total margins far eclipsing Trump's totals. 

Donald Trump's Stolen Election Victory was one more nonsense conspiracy that Donald Trump's less than brilliant supporters chose to believe and with their red MAGA hats on after Trump encouraged them to go to the Capitol they raided the Capitol building last week on January 6th threatening to "Hang Mike Pence" and Kidnap and/or Kill Members of Congress. In their wake they left broken windows and doors, Human waste on the floors and five people dead including one Capitol Police officer whose skull was crushed in by a Fire Extinguisher.  It was hard to believe that these were the same people who were angry at Black Lives Matter Protestors for supporting chants of "Defund The Police."  It was difficult to see that MAGA support for the police at the Capitol Invasion.

And after the Capitol building was cleared of the violent MAGA Supporters and the Electors Count and Certification began again Republican Senators and House Members still had the gall to continue to object to the counting of Electors and continued the "Big Lie" that Trump had the election stolen from him.  

In the end, though, the Electors were selected and certified after nearly an all night Session of Congress.

Now these same Republicans, including Donald Trump, want to put the dangerous images of last week behind us and "Unify."

When Joe Biden was calling for Unity before last week all you could hear from Republicans was "Stop The Steal."

But next week is coming and Joe Biden will still be calling for Unity.

Good for him.  I hope he gets it.

But I am not counting on the fact that he will.

Yet soon, like a killer Pandemic, Donald Trump will be gone from the White House tarnished forever by a record of being a Two Time Impeachment Loser.

It is Frightening to see what terrible things Donald Trump has done over the last four years and still see the support he has had with Republicans and Conspiracy Theorists including QANON.  Hopefully after the events connected with the ransacking of the Capitol Building that support will fade.

He will be voluntarily moving out of the White House, however, and he will be forever stained as a Loser and a Sore Loser, at that.

So as we head for what we can only hope is the end of the Donald Trump Era in Politics it may be worthwhile to challenge those Republicans who are calling for Unity to put their votes where their new calling is.

I'm All for Unity in the New and Hopefully Improved Next Four Years after the Senate hopefully drives the last Nail in the Coffin of Donald Trump's Presidency.

We need Unity.

We Need Biden And Next week we will have him.

And as bad as things have been I find myself feeling grateful that Joe Biden did win and won substantially enough to take away the nightmare scenario of Donald Trump lasting in the White House for the next four years.

Welcome Joe Biden.  We who still love Democracy more than Donald Trump can't wait to see you take over Next Week.  Just be safe and move indoors if you can for your Inauguration.

Sincerely Yours

Jerry Gallagher