Nancy Pelosi has finally said something about what Dems will do
when and if they take control of the House. The laundry list should begin to
get awfully long by now. The Ethics concerns should have begun to pile up from
Day One of the Trump Presidency. At present, there is no mechanism of checks
and balances on the insider trading, the cronyism, the government waste, fraud
and abuse, the corruption and flagrant spending of taxpayer money for personal
expenses within this corrupt administration.
Steve Schmidt, former Republican strategist, is correct in
saying the Democrats should have been better at hammering home this message.
And frankly, the Dems have never been good at messaging and they aren’t getting
any better now. But the Trump Administration is so bad, so corrupt and
over-reaching, that they may win in spite of themselves.
The list should include:
·
Hearings on ALL Trump Administration officials
to restore oversight and win back the trust of the American people to let the
public know that government is supposed to work for us
·
Hearings on the power of the purse, and the
tariffs that Trump has imposed can be wiped out
·
Insuring Sanctions against Russia will remain in
place as Putin and his cronies are working suspiciously hand in hand with Trump
& his allies
·
Trump himself: The Big Kahuna needs to be reined
in bigly- meaning passing legislation that will insure that no person can run for
the highest office in the land without disclosing their tax returns and
pledging to place their assets in a blind trust established by a third party.
·
Restoring the Rule of Law; The EPA and Attorney
General offices, the DOJ and the restoration of faith in our National Security
officials
·
The Sanctity of our ELECTIONS: Holding hearings
to find out what happened in 2016; and establishing effective Cyber-Security
measures to prevent the 2020 Presidential Election from being hacked like the
last one
·
The CENSUS: Working to ensure the upcoming
census will not result in partisan gerrymandering as the Trump Administration
is working to destroy faith in our government agencies;
·
Working to pass a VOTING RIGHTS ACT; and to
fight voter suppression laws on the books in red states
·
Fighting for HEALTH CARE: As Trump & team
have worked to undermine and destroy Obamacare; the Blue Wave will have to work
very hard to establish the stronghold of health care for all and work to
protect our basic rights and establishment of protecting those with
pre-existing conditions and Obamacare policies from losing coverage
·
Fighting for the environment; as Trump & co
have worked each day to destroy hard fought rules that protect every American
and our air and water; the basic rights and fundamental things that we need for
our health and happiness.
There is always the specter of impeachment hanging over the
head of this administration, like the Sword of Damocles. But frankly, if that laundry
list is achieved, Trump will be toothless as he tries to limp towards a 2020
bid. It would be doubtful he could mount a successful bid for re-election, if
he is exposed with hearings and reined in, particularly in his financial
dealings and shady past as a businessman.
He will be defeated, if there are enough people in the opposition
with the will to fight and to expose him and his gang of “Banana Republic”
cronies, as Steve Schmidt characterized them. If they are exposed as the
crooked gang of cheats that has been laid out before us, then we will be able
to continue to defeat them at the ballot box and eventually, in the courts. The
arc of Justice is long and slow, but it will prevail. Let’s hope the Republic
can hold up to the daily onslaught in the interim...
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