Senator Mitch McConnell
317 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
January 12, 2018
Dear Senator McConnell,
This morning I told myself that I wasn't going to write
anything about Donald Trump's sh*thole statement because A) his racist and
bigoted sentiments are not a surprise (he's been quite vocal about this for
years) and B) heads of state and media outlets world wide (and I mean,
literally, world wide) are doing a
fantastic job of lambasting him and there's really nothing that I could or
should add to the deluge.
But then, I saw Mr. Trump's tweet this morning denying that
he actually said it. And that's when I
got angry...really angry...because he lies and lies and lies and you in the GOP
leadership just stand by doing nothing, pretending that the President of the
United States telling absurd lies is normal. When the most powerful leader in
the world just makes stuff up like he did this morning by saying he never made
the sh*thole comment, you have an obligation to STOP HIM! It's your job to protect the reputation of
the United States and by allowing this man to lie so obviously, so publicly,
and so often you are undermining our position in the world.
Dick Durbin, Lindsey Graham, Tom Cotton, David Perdue, Kevin
McCarthy, Bob Goodlatte and Mario Diaz-Balart were all in the room when he said
it. Both Dick Durbin and Lindsey Graham
are ON RECORD as saying that he said it.
But this morning we have the President himself tweeting, 'Nope, that
didn't happen', contradicting those public statements. Donald Trump is living in a fantasy world
where he thinks that he can just make up what he wishes were true and by repeating himself often and energetically enough,
can make it so. Just so you know, when
people question his fitness for office this is what they are talking
about. And the whole point of having a
Congress in the first place is to keep the President in check. That's why it's called a system of checks and
balances. You are supposed to CHECK and
BALANCE him. But instead you are
silent. Your silence is complicity and
your complicity is immoral. In an effort
to serve only the interests of your party you are doing a massive disservice
to the rest of us!
Donald Trump has a deeply flawed moral character and is losing touch with reality. This is obvious to most of the world. But it's your job is to reign him in, to see
that he does not damage the reputation or legitimacy of the United States with
our global partners. So get to it
already! I mean, if you can't even stand
up for honesty and integrity, what can you stand up for?
Sincerely Disgusted In Vermont,
Amy Beaton
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