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NanceGreggs

(27,813 posts)
Fri Jan 19, 2018, 12:50 AM Jan 2018

Its All on You, Republicans

We’ve now all seen the photos of Jorge Garcia tearfully saying goodbye to his family, having been deported after thirty years of living in America. We can only imagine the heartbreak, the fear, the grief he, his wife, and his children are going through.

That’s on you, Republicans. Every tear shed, every fear experienced, every moment of inescapable emotional agony – it’s all on you.

We know that Dreamers are now living with incredible anxiety, wondering from day to day if they will be banished from the only country they’ve ever known, and deported to a country they’ve never known.

That’s on you, Republicans. Every sleepless night, every anxiety-ridden day these people experience – it’s all on you.

We know that thanks to your “tax reform”, millions of Americans are without affordable healthcare, and live in a constant state of panic that a medical condition could turn into a death sentence for themselves or a loved one.

That’s on you, Republicans. Every parent who has to live with watching a child sicken and die for lack of money – it’s all on you.

We know that millions of Americans who rely on Medicaid, their social security payments, and the safety nets that allow them to survive from day to day are now terrified that those programs will be financially gutted in order to reduce the debt that you created by cutting taxes for wealthy individuals and multi-billion dollar corporations.

That’s on you, Republicans. Every second that any citizen is forced to live in fear of having to go without life-saving medication, food and/or shelter – it’s all on you.

You not only elected an incompetent moron to govern a nation, you have continued to support him, defend him, and enable him. Instead of standing up for your fellow citizens, you have stood up to cheer for the man who has brought fear, anxiety, and untold misery into the lives of the very people you swore to serve.

It’s ALL on you. And the bottom line is that you don’t even have the miniscule shred of human decency it takes to be ashamed of what you’ve done.

As things now stand, the Republican party is the greatest threat our democracy has ever faced. While the citizenry wonders if their "pResident" is acting on behalf of our foreign enemies, they are also wondering if your party is the domestic enemy determined to destroy us from within - and at this point, you're not leaving any room for doubt.


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Its All on You, Republicans (Original Post) NanceGreggs Jan 2018 OP
I read a book to a class of 4th graders today about American Japanese citizen being interned kimbutgar Jan 2018 #1
Here, here!! Just don't think Rethugs give a "flyin' shit"... InAbLuEsTaTe Jan 2018 #2
Great post Nance Gothmog Jan 2018 #3
this should be condensed into... dhill926 Jan 2018 #4
It's nothing to them. Nothing at all. Mister Ed Jan 2018 #5
I would love to tell you this would do good DonCoquixote Jan 2018 #6
Crying. Again. raven mad Jan 2018 #7

kimbutgar

(21,126 posts)
1. I read a book to a class of 4th graders today about American Japanese citizen being interned
Fri Jan 19, 2018, 12:57 AM
Jan 2018

I got kind of choked up reading it seeing Latrell’s to toilers feoirring the Undocumented people who have become good citizens.

It could hapoen here again if we don’t stop twitler in November.

Trevor Noah, James Coden, and John Oliver could be deported.

InAbLuEsTaTe

(24,122 posts)
2. Here, here!! Just don't think Rethugs give a "flyin' shit"...
Fri Jan 19, 2018, 12:58 AM
Jan 2018

Time to let those fuckin' bastards shut down the government over DACA and pay the political price.

dhill926

(16,336 posts)
4. this should be condensed into...
Fri Jan 19, 2018, 01:19 AM
Jan 2018

a political TV ad. A succinct 30 second spot....and aired in all the red states....

Mister Ed

(5,928 posts)
5. It's nothing to them. Nothing at all.
Fri Jan 19, 2018, 01:22 AM
Jan 2018

The moral weight of these things you enumerate would utterly crush any person with even a shadow of a conscience. But they have none.

DonCoquixote

(13,616 posts)
6. I would love to tell you this would do good
Fri Jan 19, 2018, 08:03 AM
Jan 2018

The problem is, the GOP does not care. Thanks to the religious/economic culture we live in, these people think power and money are not only their own virtues, but the source of virtue. They know the churches and pundits will make saints out of anyone provided they make money and can hurt people.

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