25 45

For four years, I have shouted from the rooftop that 45 is a clear and present danger to our country (and the world).  For four years I have also become hoarse shouting that, given his particular psychological combo platter of factors, he is going to become increasingly dangerous when he perceives the walls closing in.  I first shouted that the RNC should disqualify him from their field of primary candidates for 2016, after he announced flatly that he vowed to violate the constitution if elected POTUS:  he announced that he would ban all Muslims from entering the USA.  That's a violation of our constitution.  A POTUS is sworn to uphold our constitution.  If a person is telling you they are going to violate their sworn oath if elected, you need to disqualify that person from your field of candidates.

That didn't happen.  The RNC didn't take 45's candidacy seriously and/or they didn't believe him when he told them what he would do (as the quotable quote goes:  when someone tells you who they are, believe them).  Or they are just as xenophobic and constitution-flouting as he is, thus they didn't care.  Whatever the reason, the RNC chose to leave a candidate in their field who was vowing to violate the constitution if he were elected.

He got elected.  Ever since then, I've been screaming at the top of my lungs that he is a clear and present danger.  I have zillions of posts on Facebook saying that exact thing, all of the above.

And now here we are.  The complicit Republican Senate chose to condone his lawlessness and set a terrible constitutional precedent by not convicting and removing him from office on February 5, 2020.  That was a dark day for our country.  Darker, in a way, than yesterday, if that is possible.  Because, yesterday, our democracy proceeded even after what happened.  The peoples' vote was accepted.  And also, totally overshadowed, two Georgia senate seats turned Blue and, as Van Jones so eloquently put it, since one went to an African-American who has MLK's former pulpit and one went to "a young Jewish kid", "something beautiful is trying to happen."

Something beautiful IS trying to happen.  Remember that, if the absolute ugliness we saw play out at the capitol yesterday dismays you, as it should.  Remember the something beautiful that is trying to happen.  And will happen.  And is happening.  Those who are seditious and trying to stage a coup will not win.  The something beautiful will.  If we keep "woke" and engaged and voting and fighting for it.  Look what we did, we flipped the senate.  Look what we did, the people's business went on last night, even after the horror that unfolded in that very chamber moments earlier.  Even though our elected representatives had their lives threatened and were shaken up--traumatized--they came BACK to the scene of the crime and they carried on.  Because that's what America really is.  Something beautiful is trying to happen.

Meanwhile:  25 45.  Now.  He should have been disqualified in 2016.  He should have been convicted and removed on February 5, 2020.  He absolutely MUST be Article 25'ed immediately.  There is literally no telling what he could do in the next few days if we don't get him out of there.  Now.