The KKK, Neo Nazi’s, Alt-Right and other identified hate groups are a political block among the Republican Party. The Oval Office resident, Donald J. Trump, has self-manufactured crises against immigrants’ rescinding DACA and the Temporary Protected Status, putting 1.2 million people at risk of being deported or forced to leave this country, many of whom have only known America as their home(1). Three times we united to prevent the GOP from stripping more than 30 million people of their health coverage by attempting to repeal the ACA/Obamacare and they (the Republican Party) continue to fail to recognize that health care should be a Human Right, not a privilege. The Kremlin’s Commander in Chief threw paper towels at American citizens’ as if he were shooting free throws that were desperate for food, electricity, clean water, housing etc. and many continue to be, (if there was ever a case study emphasizing why representation, participation and voting matters, look no further than Puerto Rico’s plight) it’s no coincidence that their treatment coincides with the fact that they have zero representation in the Electoral College. Could the illegitimate leader of the free world be anymore deplorable in his actions, sadly the question is rhetorical, the answer is yes; he will be the first president convicted of treason(2). With many Puerto Ricans migrating to Florida a key battle ground Red State, they will eventually have their say regarding Trump’s administration’s despicable response to Hurricane Maria(3 & 4). This is what you get when the son of a Klan’s Man’ sits in the president’s office(5), the evidence is inconclusive as it relates to Trump’s father, no charges were filed against Fred Trump, nevertheless, he was arrested with other Klan Members’ and was represented by the same lawyer as the Klan’s Men’. Ask yourself this question, why did Trump purposely target hate groups as a campaign strategy(6)? How is it that Trump has had to be pressured into disavowing the likes of David Duke, and made Steve Bannon (A man who was at the helm of Breitbart, a platform for the Alt-Right) an integral part of his cabinet and other identified White Supremacist; why has Trump never condemned the Alt-Right, especially after Richard Spencer made it a point to say, in regards to groups that Mr. Trump disavowed in response to the violence in Charlottesville, that Trump did not mention the Alternative Right “nor will he,” and he, correspondingly, never has(7). Who Fred Trump was is demonstrated by the preponderance of his son’s actions?
The Republican’s have consistently tried to gut Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, the EPA and other governmental institutions meant to protect our planet and the average citizen. They have made consistent attempts to repeal progressive legislation even putting children’s health care at risk, children(8). What type of tax plan do you imagine they have written? According to experts, their bill would increase America’s deficit by 1.5 trillion dollars. What that means is that if we have another devastating economic tragedy like the toppling of the Twin Towers, we will end up in a worse financial crisis than the one Obama brought us out of. The Republican Tax Plan does little to nothing to help the working and middle class and is basically a transfer of wealth from those segments to the wealthiest American’s and corporations. Hidden in their bill is the repeal of the individual mandate in Obamacare which will leave 13 million more American’s uninsured and premiums will skyrocket. It also allows drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska putting corporate interest ahead of our planet’s safety. As the Republican’s bill get’s further scrutinized, the more disastrous it proves to be(9). Democrats stood in unison against the GOP tax plan (save for one Republican who broke ranks, Senator Corker,l in the dead of the night at 1:51am Saturday, the GOP passed their, what Trump would call, American Tax Cut; Corker may have sided with the Democrats simply to allow a vote to be entered. I trust Republican’s as much as I would have faith that I could put my head in a untrained alligator’s mouth without it getting ripped from my shoulders), Republican’s, minus Corker, voted as a single block revealing their Oligarchic agenda, 49 to 51, (they have the majority in the Senate), subsequently, and unfortunately their legislation got passed. Albeit, the bill approved by the House of Representatives must be reconciled with the Senate version. This gives the grass roots resistance time to potentially get other republicans to shift position on an initial 500 page tax scam which was expected to be reviewed by Democrats within 4 hours, more or less, and was quickly pushed through the house, and ultimately, again, at the senate level. The last tax overhaul in 1986 was two years in the making and took 14 months of bipartisan collaboration to get put into effect. This one was in less than two months. What other horrors lay in those unread pages that Democrat’s have complained they haven’t even had time to review(10).
Action Plan
Please call your local congressional representative by using the following number 202 224 3121, just follow the automated prompts. If they are Democrat, thank them for standing in unison against the GOP’s Tax Scam. Let them know that they have your support and that you want them to do everything in their power to prevent it from reaching Trump’s desk. I left a message with Senators’ Charles Shumer and Kirsten Gillibrand on Friday December 1, 2017, and will reach out to them again on Monday.
If they are Republican, let them know that you will not forget this egregious act of pandering to their wealthy donors’. You will vote them out if they support this bill. The Republican’s attempt to force their Tax Cuts through Congress will not go unanswered at the polls. Voting is one of the most effective weapons we can use to repel and defeat their abhorrent agenda.
The Democrats re-introduced articles of Impeachment Against Trump on November 15, 2017, feel free to sign the petition at the following URL to have both Trump and Pence impeached, it is sponsored by Dan Rather: odaction.com/…. If we can get a significant amount of signatures, it will provide incentive for congress to act on Trump’s many impeachable offenses.
If it does reach the Trump’s Desk and he signs off before he can be carted off to prison, we must be vigilant at the state and local level. Again, the most effective tool is to vote in legislative representatives that will bring the America you envision into fruition. I hope you will join me in working to beat back the GOP.
Also, make sure to sign my petition. It needs to be updated, and will be, reference #2. With great appreciation and solidarity, thank you, Ruldolph Pongnon.
3. Yalda Hakim, “Puerto Rico's hard road to recovery after Hurricane Maria” BBC News, November 10, 2017: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41929287.