In Illinois, I have the good fortune to be represented by Senators Durbin and Duckworth, but

[Atticus]

IF I had a Republican senator, this is the letter they'd be getting:

Dear Senator Whatever,

I hope you are very busy so I will get right to the point: The upcoming vote you will be casting in the Senate trial of Donald Trump requires that you choose between two alternatives that are clearly understood by virtually everyone in our nation.

Your vote will announce to the nation that EITHER you believe in the democracy which the overwhelming majority of Americans consider their birthright OR that you are prepared to surrender the right of THE PEOPLE to choose their leaders in order to permit a dictator-wannabe to again rule us in the future.

Yes, that IS the actual choice. WE know that YOU know that all of that "unconstitutional" crap is just that.

You are paid to make this decision based on the merits, not the frenzied threats of a maniac. If you can't---or won't--- do that, step down or be pulled down.

Hopefully,
Average Citizen

[SheltieLover]

1. Lucky you!

Excellent letter!

[lagomorph777]

2. "Dear Senator Fuckface, Do you have grandchildren?"

Do you believe that your naked power grabs today will serve them after you are gone? Do you believe that "My grandaddy was a Republican Senator!" will do them any good at all, living under a totalitarian dictatorship?

[Hortensis]

3. :) I emptied a box of flag-patterned note cards castigating our

corrupt Republican senators here in Georgia. That didn't have anything to do with what happened in the special elections, of course, only the vote and GOTV count, but they're both gone! Told Pastor Doug Collins he was going to hell a number of times, and he's gone too.

You remind me that we need to get new cards so we can write nice, encouraging things to Georgia Senator Warnock and Georgia Senator Ossoff. Always remembering that most Georgians are deeply conservative and that they need to find ways to represent them honorably, in all ways that means.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. If I were not represented by Senators Klobuchar and Smith, I'd love to send that letter

to some bottom-dwelling cynical moron of a GOP senator who hasn't the stones to stand up to his four-toothed, MAGA-hat wearing, knuckle-dragging base.