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They Cannot Be Embarrassed [1]

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Date: 2025-03-05

So far, the Democratic resistance to President Donald Trump has mainly consisted of trying to embarrass the GOP into doing the right thing. That ship sailed a long time ago. The Grand Old Party wholeheartedly back a man effectively adjudicated as a rapist, a thief, and a philanderer. If that was not enough to get Republicans to lift the blinders on moral clarity, what makes Democrats think that people’s pain will work? Believing the loss of jobs—destroying careers and livelihoods, eliminating the funding for cancer research, or bringing us closer to that one-hundred seconds to midnight will affect them; think again.

Watching the President’s Cabinet enter the room last night was like watching a Post Office bulletin board rogue’s gallery of criminality. Men and women accused of alcoholism, sexual assault, and ignoring the molestation of children marched in ahead of Mr. Trump. In American history, we have had presidents carry us through world wars, depression, virulent diseases, and enslavement. Yet Donald Trump intimated last night that he may have been a better president than all of them, including George Washington. In a shout-out to the racist, bigots, and small-minded members of society who support him, he called out Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion as a bad thing. Ironically, he has staffed his cabinet with underachieving ne’er-do-wells, proving that the only real diversity he wants is white men lacking skills.

What Donald Trump proved last night was that Republicans would rather be entertained than governed, lied to rather than accept the truth, and slide giddily the country into fascism over democracy. Mr. Trump read off a litany of programs that he said were waste, but the American people have yet to see these receipts. On March 14, the federal credit card bill is due, and the Republicans are laying the groundwork to shut down the government. So, the offices and federal parks that are not yet closed will be. Earlier, I talked about the shamelessness of the GOP, and I was reminded of that last night when Donald Trump spoke about “unelected bureaucrats” after repeatedly lionizing Elon Musk—who no one elected.

Kudos to Representative Al Green (D-TX), who refused to sit quietly and be lied to without recrimination from his literal right. Of course, Mr. Trump took pleasure in having Rep. Green escorted from the chamber and minutes later talked about free speech. There is something sad about the cheering and seal-like claps of Republicans in the Congressional chamber who live their lives by bumper sticker cruelty as opposed to doing the actual work with policy. Giving Mr. Trump credit, he knows how to orchestrate and produce a television show. As he said at the near conclusion of last week’s Oval Office meeting with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, “This is going to be great television.”

Unfortunately for Mr. Trump, the star of his extravaganzas is himself, which guarantees it will devolve into embarrassing insults, demonstrations of ignorance, and overall laugh-inducing lies bringing about scorn from around the world. As you read this, you have probably already heard fact-checkers, pundits, and even some sycophants start revealing the truth about most of his statements. So, in the coming days, conservative media will triumph over Trump’s speech, but I implore us all to look behind the curtain. So, with the cowardly Vance and the heartless Speaker Johnson behind him, remember that the Wizard only has the power we give him.

Your Vote is Still Your Voice

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