I
am not talking about a 1968 Japanese-American science fiction movie, but the
2021 deplorable and despicable Republican Congresswoman.
Why
shouldn’t members of Congress he held responsible for what they have said and
done before being elected?
Being
sworn in as a Congressperson does not automatically make a person more
intelligent, honest or sensible, or suddenly make them grow a conscience.
If
a person was a moron and a bigot before being elected to Congress, they are
still a moron and a bigot after being sworn in.
Past
words and deeds identify whether a person has intelligence, judgement and
character – qualities needed by members of Congress (although, sadly, too many Republican
members of Congress apparently do not possess them).
If
the Republican Party is willing to accept totally worthless pieces of excrement
like Marjorie Taylor Greene “under the umbrella” it must publicly and
officially denounce every one of her past words, posts and deeds. And Green must be required to publicly
denounce her past beliefs and apologize to the American people and the targets
of her malicious words, posts and deeds or be shunned by and removed from the
Republican Conference and the Republican Party and forced to resign.
Democrat
Al Franken was forced to resign from Congress for one childish and unacceptable
joke in his past. A Republican Congressperson
should not avoid the same penalty for multiple past ignorant, bigoted,
malicious, and unacceptable words and deeds simply because she is a member of
Trump’s core cult of ignorant racists, and holding her accountable would offend and alienate the rest of the cult.
It
must not be easy, or acceptable, to be Greene.
We have a Green Party – we do not need a Greene Party.
By
being more afraid of “offending” and alienating Trump’s core cult of ignorant
racists than offending and alienating true conservatives and traditional
Republicans the Republican Party has announced to America and the world that it
is officially the Party of ignorance and racism.
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