It is not a light thing that so many Republicans senators and representatives stand behind Donald Trump. It reflects ill of the party that they can see what has transpired -- the many acts of subverting justice -- and yet rather than calling for impeachment, they hail the president.
It speaks not well of the party. A party with no more values than this does deserve to be abandoned. If the truth is plain to see, and you refuse to see it; if you refuse to give justice where justice is clearly due; if you are do not stand up for what is right even when it means going against your party . . .
Obstruction of justice? You need not an investigation to see this.
President Trump asked James Comey to take it easy on Michael Flynn. When that didn't happen, he fired James Comey. Then, President Trump tried to keep Mueller from being appointed special counsel, and tried to get him removed. The White House asked Bob McGhan to fire Mueller, then asked McGhan to place a false statement in the file saying he was not asked to fire Mueller. How wrong can it be, to ask a witness to lie to create a false record? The President also sought to influence the witness of Michael Flynn, Paul Manafort, and Michael Cohen by dangling the possibility of pardons before them.
How are these things not efforts to undermine and influence the investigation? You do them and you should be accountable to that law that says don't do them. No one should care if you are a Republican or Democrat.
Truth and justice should not be divided this way, Democrats on one side and Republicans on another. Wrong is wrong. You should line up on the side of truth even if you have to stand with Democrats.
It does not take much to see that what Trump has done -- time after time after time -- is obstruction of justice. If you place your party above truth and justice, your party has little moral value to stand on.
Stand on the side of truth, even if it doesn't stand on the side of your party.
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