The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution today laying out the framework for the next phase of the impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump’s actions regarding holding aid to Ukraine hostage unless they would gather dirt on Trump’s political opponent and for obstruction of justice in the investigation of those actions. The resolution passed on a vote of 232-196.
Apparently the Republican members of the House of Representatives are acting like those infamous three monkeys who, as the old adage says, see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil — at least when it comes to Donald Trump — as not one Republican representative voted to support the resolution. Not one!
The symbolism of the three monkeys is that it depicts a lack of moral responsibility on the part of people who refuse to acknowledge impropriety, looking the other way or feigning ignorance. Such people turn a blind eye to something that is legally or morally wrong. In this case, these elected officials see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil and pretend that they have not witnessed wrongdoing, and, therefore, abdicate all responsibility for righting a wrong.
Clearly 100% of Republicans in the Congress of the United States of America have abdicated their responsibility to uphold the U.S. Constitution and to act in the best interests of their constituents, the citizens of America.
They truly are a basket of deplorables.
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You just gave me an epiphany, Fandango. I now see a link between these 3 and the Martin Luther King, Jr. quote, “Those who passively (or actively, by hear no-see no-speak no) accept an unjust system becomes an active participant in its evil.”
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Exactly!
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The only thing needed for evil to flourish is for good monkeys to do nothing. Oh wait, that’s exactly what they are doing – hearing nothing, see nothing, speak nothing. Halloween just got a lot scarier. Because I agree with you about the potential for a fracture of the Union. Starting when the Senate is forced to act to remove Trump, causing him to manufacture a terrorist threat, declaration of martial law & the suspension of elections.
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And that, sadly, is not so far fetched.
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There’s no need for Halloween this year! The real world has become scary enough!
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I’m completely flummoxed. They’ve been all pissy because “secretive, behind closed doors, sneaky, not fair, need an open and transparent process” blah blah blah — but then they won’t vote for a public process?? Good lord, it’s like Trump’s fixer has blackmail material on every last one of them.
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Oh, you mean Vladimir, of course.
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The greatest injustice is done by those who do nothing.
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The one Independent used to be a Republican; he left the party after reading the Mueller Report.
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