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A letter to Trump administration officials
Once again, Thom Hartmann says what needs to be said.
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Dear Trump Administration Official: History Is Full of Loyal Men Who Thought They’d Be Protected
You’re out there defending Donald Trump’s lawbreaking, cheering his attacks on judges, prosecutors, immigrants, journalists, and even the Constitution itself. You defend his bribe-taking, the jet from Qatar, the violence of ICE, and his hotel and crypto grifts. You say it’s necessary for him to abuse power to “get things done,” that the other side is worse, that he’s strong and that’s what the American people need.
History is littered with people who believed the same things: let’s start close to home.
Richard Nixon didn’t go to prison: his loyalists did.
. . .
History is littered with people who believed the same things: let’s start close to home.
Richard Nixon didn’t go to prison: his loyalists did.
. . .
(then Hartmann goes on to lay out what happened to those who bowed to Hitler and Mussolini)
Copy some or all of the article and send it to your Republican governors, senators, and representatives.