Speaker Pelosi
The following is an open letter to the Speaker of the House.
Madam Speaker,
While I am not a constituent of your Congressional District, nor is my member a member of your caucus, I am writing to you as a Constituent of the House of Representatives, which you have the privilege of leading for this session of Congress.
Too often our political system is bogged down in the morass of the swamp of DC. I don't use the term the way the President does, by the way, but rather as a frustration of people in the nation that can clearly see that DC doesn't work. We all see it. President Trump was elected because it didn't work. Do you understand that? Millions of Democrats went to the polls in 2016 and pulled the lever for Trump because they felt alienated. I am writing because you have taken an oath of office, are second in succession to the Presidency, and you have a job to do.
Madam Speaker, you took an oath to uphold the Constitution. I know that you do that, according to your views of it. I actually do believe that. We may disagree on nearly everything, but I will not hang on you the charge of disregarding that oath. But...
You have an obligation, after laying some very serious charges on the President, ma'am. If you were serious when you used the term cover-up, drawing up the ghosts of Watergate while doing so, and then following up immediately with implying that the President has committed "high crimes and misdemeanors" (the bar for impeachment), your only option, to uphold your oath of office, is to direct the appropriate Committee Chairmen to begin the investigation. You have no choice. To drop those accusations, and then try to negotiate with a President that you feel is guilty of serious crimes is inappropriate. You should not be negotiating with him on anything. It belittles your office to do so, if you were serious about those charges.
Believe me, I am a student of politics. I know how difficult it would be politically to push forward on impeachment. I know what happened with the GOP when they pushed impeachment on President Clinton. And yet they went forward, hearing non-stop in the media that it would hurt them politically. Obviously there was political motivation, but the fact that President Clinton plead to lying under oath, and that he voluntarily surrendered his law license would indicate that there was substance to the charges, even if they may not have risen to the level of impeachment. With collusion off the table, you are left with obstruction, post election. So after two years of a steady drum beat of guilty until proven innocent, where are we? According to you, we still have a "cover-up", and high crimes. So what are you going to do?
Madam Speaker, you are the leader of the House of Representatives. It is a responsibility that you fought for, by leading your caucus to a majority in 2018, and that you fought for within your own caucus. I congratulate you, for roping all those freshmen members, that won in Trump districts, to get them in line, to take your place as next in line behind the Vice President. Your oath should compel you to do the right thing. That is proceed with impeachment, and make that your number one priority, or admit that you were just being rhetorical, when calling it a cover-up. Being Speaker comes with several privileges and many responsibilities. Responsibilities that transcend politics.
What will you do, Madam Speaker?
Respectfully,
Philip Lovesee
Resident of KS 2nd District.
Madam Speaker,
While I am not a constituent of your Congressional District, nor is my member a member of your caucus, I am writing to you as a Constituent of the House of Representatives, which you have the privilege of leading for this session of Congress.
Too often our political system is bogged down in the morass of the swamp of DC. I don't use the term the way the President does, by the way, but rather as a frustration of people in the nation that can clearly see that DC doesn't work. We all see it. President Trump was elected because it didn't work. Do you understand that? Millions of Democrats went to the polls in 2016 and pulled the lever for Trump because they felt alienated. I am writing because you have taken an oath of office, are second in succession to the Presidency, and you have a job to do.
Madam Speaker, you took an oath to uphold the Constitution. I know that you do that, according to your views of it. I actually do believe that. We may disagree on nearly everything, but I will not hang on you the charge of disregarding that oath. But...
You have an obligation, after laying some very serious charges on the President, ma'am. If you were serious when you used the term cover-up, drawing up the ghosts of Watergate while doing so, and then following up immediately with implying that the President has committed "high crimes and misdemeanors" (the bar for impeachment), your only option, to uphold your oath of office, is to direct the appropriate Committee Chairmen to begin the investigation. You have no choice. To drop those accusations, and then try to negotiate with a President that you feel is guilty of serious crimes is inappropriate. You should not be negotiating with him on anything. It belittles your office to do so, if you were serious about those charges.
Believe me, I am a student of politics. I know how difficult it would be politically to push forward on impeachment. I know what happened with the GOP when they pushed impeachment on President Clinton. And yet they went forward, hearing non-stop in the media that it would hurt them politically. Obviously there was political motivation, but the fact that President Clinton plead to lying under oath, and that he voluntarily surrendered his law license would indicate that there was substance to the charges, even if they may not have risen to the level of impeachment. With collusion off the table, you are left with obstruction, post election. So after two years of a steady drum beat of guilty until proven innocent, where are we? According to you, we still have a "cover-up", and high crimes. So what are you going to do?
Madam Speaker, you are the leader of the House of Representatives. It is a responsibility that you fought for, by leading your caucus to a majority in 2018, and that you fought for within your own caucus. I congratulate you, for roping all those freshmen members, that won in Trump districts, to get them in line, to take your place as next in line behind the Vice President. Your oath should compel you to do the right thing. That is proceed with impeachment, and make that your number one priority, or admit that you were just being rhetorical, when calling it a cover-up. Being Speaker comes with several privileges and many responsibilities. Responsibilities that transcend politics.
What will you do, Madam Speaker?
Respectfully,
Philip Lovesee
Resident of KS 2nd District.
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