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CONGRESSMAN FITZPATRICK’S DISHONOR [1]

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Date: 2022-08-08

Congressman Fitzpatrick and the president he failed to impeach twice, but voted for in 2020.

CONGRESSMAN FITZPATRICK’S DISHONOR

At the first hearing of the House Congressional Committee investigating the causes of the January 6, 2021 attack on our democracy, electoral system and our country, Congresswoman Liz Cheney had these insightful words to say: "Tonight I say this to my Republican colleagues who are defending the indefensible: There will come a day when Donald Trump is gone, but your dishonor will remain."

I called Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick’s office after two of these hearings to see if he had any thoughts on this most important issue facing our country today. I was told he had no comment. After the hearings, I checked his weekly newsletters. I saw more photo-ops with Boy Scouts, but no mention of the existential crisis facing our democracy.

Congressman Fitzpatrick has been mostly silent about the day our Capitol building, his workplace, was attacked by right wing radical groups (one now charged with sedition) and an angry mob egged on by the man Congressman Fitzpatrick voted for in 2020 and failed to impeach twice.

Congressman Fitzpatrick’s failure to speak out against the man who attacked and still attacks our democracy with his Big Lie that threatens the very foundation of our democracy (the peaceful transfer of presidential power) is an astounding dereliction of duty. It is also a failure to uphold his oath of office to defend our Constitution. As Congresswoman Liz Cheney expressed so well, it is a dishonor he will have to live with for the rest of his life.

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