"Have You No Shred of Decency Left, Sir?"

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Well, we certainly have taken a turn in the last 48 hours with regard to the facts that have emerged about the complicity and conspiracy of Donald J. Trump and the campaign finance felonious actions pleaded guilty to by his attorney, Michael Cohen.  Mr. Trump has been flopping like a beached fish on a dock trying to obfuscate his own involvement in Cohen’s criminal activity with comparisons to accidental infractions by the Obama administration as opposed to the criminal intent behind his own actions.  His interviews with Fox News mushing the truth with his gibberish only serve to illustrate his stupidity.  There are tapes, sworn oaths and admissions that clearly implicate the President of the United States in a criminal conspiracy to influence the outcome of a national election to his own benefit!

So really, how stupid are the Congressional Republicans to still remain silent?  Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan haven’t commented……They are in a ‘no-win’ situation.  They are faced with the uncomfortable truth that was inevitable!  Republicans have surrendered their party to people who have no respect for the truth or the rule of law.  They have finally found themselves at the intersection of loyalty to a cult figure and their oath of allegiance to protect and defend the Constitution.  They are faltering and trying to figure out what they should do—hence the silence!

This is perhaps the point of no return for these ‘representatives’ of the people who sent them to Congress.  The sudden realization that the people they represent, the so called “Base” of the party, doesn’t really care whether their standard bearer is a serial liar and a criminal is fully upon them.  Their tolerance for the slow destruction of our institutions, their tolerance for the corruption of our government (from the disgrace of the Merrick Garland nomination to the destruction of the Affordable Care Act to the separation of children from their parents at our southern border), their tolerance for lying and the abrogation of the rule of law has now reached a decision point.

The fact that our President condones criminal activity, lies openly about all manner of things, has surrounded himself with thugs and criminals who have been indicted, plead guilty to criminal charges, and have been found guilty of financial crimes is now openly apparent.  And we still await Special Counsel Mueller's report on the Russian collusion!

And so the moment of truth has perhaps arrived for the Republican party, or what is left of it.  Do they continue to support the Trump cult or do they accept responsibility at this late date to be a patriot and protect and defend the Constitution?  How do they want to be notated in history?

That moment in history when Joseph Welch had the signature conversation with Senator Joseph McCarthy during the Army/McCarthy hearings; when Welch finally asked McCarthy whether he had “any shred of decency left” comes to mind.  Is it time for us to ask Republicans in Congress, “Gentlemen, do you have any shred of decency left?”  Are you ready to be patriots or will history remember you as cowardly supplicants to a fundamentally flawed President.  Your moment of ‘decency’ has arrived at last.

If you don’t choose country over Trump, we need to shed ourselves of all of you!