The GOP has led the attack on Democracy in so many ways, it is surprising that their voting base has not noticed. Perhaps they are too ignorant to notice or maybe in their deepest, darkest thoughts, they knowingly go along with it.
A few of the many examples of GOP actions against Democracy exist such as legislating unnecessary voting rights restrictions, eliminating discussion of gun control legislation, preventing the staffing of the Supreme Court and other judge appointments, legislating against the civil rights act, violating citizen protections of the constitution, preventing certain minorities from getting health insurance and the obstruction of the normal functioning of the federal government. The GOP fight with the government has been a fight against the rights of ordinary American citizens and against Democracy.
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| Hillary Clinton |
Some may think that Hillary Clinton is not an ordinary citizen, and in many ways she is not, but she is also protected by those same rights found in our constitution as any other American. Today, after a long and controversial investigation regarding her handling of a private server and classified emails, the FBI has found that there was no "intent" to commit a crime. In such cases, the FBI considers not only the act that occurred, but also the element of "intent. Without both of these clearly identified, there is no possibility of charges being brought against her.
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| Paul Ryan |
In a statement he presented after the announcement by the FBI Director James Comey, Paul Ryan advocated for prosecution of citizens without just cause. Ryan stated that not prosecuting Clinton would set a "terrible precedent." In reality, what Ryan calls for would set the terrible precedent. Imagine a government official calling for the prosecution of a person based on Republican suspicion. This eliminates the rule of law which Comey describes and instead institutes a lynch mob mentality based on suspicion.
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| Donald Drumpf |
Someone else in the Republican party has previously mentioned a similar thing when it comes to capturing and killing the family of ISIS terrorists. That person is the presumptive Presidential nominee and leader of the Republican party, Donald Trump. Needless to say, Republican leaders everywhere agree with Paul Ryan, and although many secretly also agree with Donald Trump, are not so stupid as to show their true colors to the American people as Donald Trump seems to be. I don't have to tell you how Donald Trump reacted to Comey's statement, but it was just as self-serving as Ryan's, albeit with more third grade words and aggression.
No one in the Republican leadership has called out Paul Ryan for encouraging a lynch mob mentality because his attitude towards Hillary Clinton is shared by them. This should give us concern since it shows that the current Republican leadership is willing to turn against our constitution and bend law to their own view of it. This likely means that they will be willing to support a President Trump's view of Democracy and may set us up for the re-incarnation of an American Hitler President.
It's time for the Republican citizenry to begin to see their leaders for who they really are. They are no longer the Republicans of the past. They are no longer reasonable. They are no longer trustworthy. Only the base of the Republican party can bring Republicanism back to reality since the leadership and Donald Trump has failed you.
