“There was some leadership failure in not better anticipating that protests might move to the Capital. However, the permit for the rally did not include a March or any activities around the Capital grounds.
The bigger failure in leadership came from then President Trump for refusing to send the na…”
- HELEN S
“It’s about time we have comprehensive immigration reform that recognizes our heritage as a Country of immigrants. Those folks already in our Country who are working hard for a better life - the American dream - deserve a path to citizenship. We are a nation of mutts. Our ancestors fled (or were ta…”
- HELEN S
“Businesses are entitled to make a fair profit. However, they should not entitled to benefit from emergencies or natural disasters by raising prices solely to take advantage of their customers. While that might be what is truly free market would say is okay to do, we have consumer protection laws f…”
- HELEN S
“Trying to keep this respectful and factual is really hard.
There is no comparison between asking people to contribute to a legitimate nonprofit organization and inciting an insurrection.
In one case, Trump was right there, telling people to fight. Saying he would walk with them to the Capital.
The…”
- HELEN S
“The more I watched and listened to the House managers case, the more I am convinced that Trump must be convicted and prevented from ever holding office again.
15 Republican Senators couldn’t even be bothered to attend. How is this not dereliction of duty? House is this not a violation of the oath …”
- HELEN S
“I had already believed Trump guilty based on what I saw on January 6, but the case presented by the House managers yesterday was compelling. They made the direct causal connection between Trump’s words and his actions and the attack on the Capital. But for Trump, there would have been no attack.
…”
- HELEN S
“The House managers presented a compelling case. If the Senators truly upheld their oaths’ of office to be impartial jurors, there would be no doubt that Donald Trump would be convicted. I fear, however, that many of the, will choose to put party and politics before their constitutional duty.”
- HELEN S
“1. The impeachment, itself, occurred while the President was in office, thereby satisfying the Constitutional requirement.
2. The weight of evidence clearly shows that the President, while in office, including while standing at the Presidential podium, used inflammatory language intended to incite…”
- HELEN S
“It would wonderful if there could be a healthy compromise on this bill. However, Biden should not sacrifice key provisions, including raising the minimum wage. If we’ve learned nothing else from this pandemic it is that some of the truly essential workers in our economy are those working tireless…”
- HELEN S
“There is no planet B. Climate change is real. Anyone who has lived through the last year and seen the unprecedented number storms and wild fires must know that our climate is changing.
Fossil fuels are a dying industries that continue to rape the planet. It is long past time to stop propping th…”
- HELEN S
“The limited precedents that exist indicate that conviction, after impeachment, of a former government official is constitutional. That would include a former president. It is the only mechanism to hold a former official, impeached while in office, accountable for high crimes and misdemeanors. Whi…”
- HELEN S
“Absolutely. He should impeached, convicted, removed from office and prohibited from ever serving in office again. He instigated an insurrection. He tried to overturn our democracy. If that isn’t an impeachable offense, I don’t know what is.
No man is above the law. No American is above the Const…”
- HELEN S