Who We Are Right Now

I know writing Republican Senators is futile. I'm not their constituent and I don't agree with them, but I feel I have to do something more! So I sent this letter to all the Republican Senators. Many wrote back to say that they only respond to constituents. But I had to try because this is who we are right now, and I hate it! [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtdGk_brGDE]

I’m writing to you because I’m so distressed by the Republican party’s willingness to enable yet another horrific policy of the Trump administration. The list of horrifying and detrimental policies is long: antagonizing leaders with nuclear weapons, insulting our allies, creating trade wars, and abusing vulnerable children by separating them from their parents with no safeguards for reuniting them. The Trump administration clearly wants these policies, but what I don’t understand is why any member of the Republican party supports them. Donald Trump’s legacy will be that of destruction, for it is easier to destroy than to build. He can say he has accomplished so much. He has: erasing protections for the environment, decimating decades of diplomacy, and repeatedly attacking our own government. Hugging a flag does not mean he loves this country.

Congress is a check of the Executive Branch’s power. You have the duty to stand up for decency, compassion, and actually protecting our country. This is your legacy. How will you be remembered in the future? As the person who allowed our country to be destroyed or as someone who stood up for those who need protection? Do not let Trump’s policy of separating families stand and do not vote into law a path for the border wall. That border wall will only lead to more human rights violations.