To the Editor:
In less than two years, we will vote for a new Congress, electing all members of the House of Representatives and one-third of the Senate. We must flip both chambers to blue. Except for the midterm elections in 2022, the party in power always loses significantly in the midterms.
We must cultivate the same energy we had before the ’24 election, supporting current blue members of both houses and defeating red members.
By January of 2027, Hakeem Jeffries will be holding the gavel in the House, and I’m not sure which Democrat will be majority leader in the Senate.
By February 2027, the House will initiate impeachment proceedings of Donald Trump, and shortly thereafter the Senate will convict and remove him from the presidency. Vance will take over as president but will not have much clout with Congress for the short two years he is in office.
It is not likely he will be the Republican nominee in 2028, and he will be kept in check by a Democratic Congress with the threat of impeachment and conviction as well. If he is convicted, the speaker of the house, Jeffries, will hold the office of president until the full election in 2028.
Bizarre? Unbelievable? Legal? Lawful?
Absolutely! And no more bizarre than what is happening every day since Jan. 20 of this year.
Responsible citizens live in fear every day, waiting for his retribution. Immigrants, the lifeblood of our country, are already being arrested and deported. Criminals from Jan. 6 are back on the streets. Several have been rearrested for crimes, and one has been shot dead by police while committing a crime.
Citizens have packed bags and updated their passports, had discussions with their children about their possible flight before being arrested.
Is this America? Our beloved country?
Well, it is now.
Unfortunately, the Supreme Court, as it stands now, is a clear and present danger. Most likely, there will be one or two resignations before the next presidential election, giving either fascist in power now the constitutional right to appoint another Thomas, Alito or Roberts.
High on the agenda of Congress in the next decade must be voter and constitutional approval of vital changes in the highest court in our land.
As with many of you, my sleepless nights have overwhelmed me with how we brought this man to the highest office in the land. But counting on the strength and purpose that I know exists in all of us, and abiding by the rule of law and the Constitution, we can lessen his days in power.
