Moral Cowardice

 

The last honorable Republican president left office over three score years ago. No other Republican since then has cautioned the country of the “undue influence of the military/industrial complex”. For his opposition to AK-47s Ronald Reagan would be cast aside as a RINO in Trump’s criminal dictatorship.

FDR was labeled a "traitor to his class” for reigning in the abuses of Wall Street banks and greedy industrialists and economic elites. As with today’s MAGA Republicans, FDR and his party were, and are, hated by the economic elites as well the most racist and fascistic elements in our country.

The radical Right has constantly been at odds with our Constitution, from corrupting elections, suppressing minority voters, demonizing the press, to eliminating our Constitutional taxes, regulation of commerce, and provision for the general welfare. Just look at their targets. Urban voters, news media, universities, the IRS, the NIH, the VA, and CDC, to mention only a few, have been decimated by their neo-fascist ideology.

The indoctrination is reaching public schools. Oklahoma is mandating the defense of Trump’s Big Lie that the 2020 election was rigged against him. Hitler Youth indoctrination is now manifested as Trump Youth indoctrination.

Public health, public education, and even the Smithsonian museums are being coerced into an ideological prison of conformity to authoritarian radical right ideology. There is no moral grounding in Trumpistan. It’s always about power and punishment for those they fear and hate. It is fascism wrapped in an American flag and paraded by vulgar red hats covering duped and hateful minds.

Every Republican has surrendered to Trump what remnants they had of free will and a conscience. As with Nazi Germany, “Fealty to the Fuhrer” is their path to power and only requirement to remain in Congress, to be appointed to the bench, and to manage federal agencies. Few dare to consider any other option, let alone question or challenge their CRIMINAL mob boss.

Massachusetts Democratic Congressman Jim McGovern spells it out in the New Republic:

"I think that they’re scared shitless of Trump—period. Every Republican is. One of the most disappointing realities that we’re dealing with here is that Republicans who we used to be able to work with in a bipartisan way, who always seem reasonable on stuff and could be dependent on to do the right thing occasionally, they’re no longer there. They’re all afraid of a primary challenge. They’re all afraid of being on the wrong side of this president’s favor. And so they’re terrified.

I’ll tell you a story. When we were debating the big ugly bill that Trump was pushing, I was handling the debate on the rule side. I had a number of Republicans come up to me and tell me that I was right. This is a terrible bill. This is going to screw their constituents over. This is an awful thing to do to the American people. And I responded to them by saying, Look, I’m not wearing a collar. I’m not a priest. I don’t do confessions. And I certainly don’t do absolution. But I’d respect you more if you told me you actually believe in this crap and that’s why you were supporting the bill. But to tell me you don’t believe in this stuff, you think it’s going to hurt your own constituents, and vote for it anyway, that’s cowardice. That’s moral cowardice."