A letter to my senators . . . I will remember

[otchmoson]

You supported Donald Trump in his campaign for the presidency. A convicted felon, a sexual assaulter, a bigot, a fraudster, a racist, a misogynist, and the leader of an insurrection garnered your support, and I will remember.

You advocate for his positions regarding issues the majority of Americans do not support, and I will remember.

You say that a president should be able to choose his cabinet –regardless of the fact that many are completely unqualified. You supported the confirmation of each and every one, and I will remember.

When many of these incompetent and unqualified “leaders” fail . . . and I believe their failure is a certainty (shall I reference Sean Duffy and RFK Jr. as a start?), I will always associate YOU with their failure because you put them there.

By the same token, silence is complicity.

When you do NOT speak out about our treatment of Ukraine and our NATO allies, I will remember.

When you do NOT speak out about an Israeli leader intent on avoiding prison by staying in a constant state of war against a helpless, crippled, quasi-state, but continue to fund him, I will remember.

When you do NOT point out that many unlawful deportation—with attendant cruelty—are occurring daily, I will remember.

When you do NOT speak up for the vulnerable—the old, the young, the sick, the disabled, the veteran, the “different”, I will remember.

When you do NOT speak out when you see convicted felons pardoned and set free among us, and you do NOT speak about law and order and our revered judicial system, I will remember.

When you do NOT speak up to retain valued, experienced civil servants, many with lifetime careers serving Americans, I will remember.

When you do NOT speak up for law enforcement officers harmed by the insurrectionist-in-chief, I will remember.

When, in silence, you allow your powers to be co-opted by co-presidents and incompetent cabinet members who seem intent not on remaking our democracy, but on tearing it down and replacing it with a dictatorship, I will remember.

And now, you support a president whose association with pedophiles and child sex traffickers and convicted criminals is public information. Your silence is deafening, and I will remember.

My Dad taught me more than 70 years ago: “you’re known by the company you keep.” I believe you are keeping company with some very bad people. YOU will be painted with the same brush that paints them as evil, cruel, destructive, anti-democratic, self-serving power mongers. I will remember.