Honest question because I know you'll give it a legitimate and reasoned response. You have sort of sat on the fence for this entire Trump fiasco. And even through a part of this thread had a tempered reservation on if anything really "wrong" happened.
1) What really tipped you one direction vs. the other?
2) What can we really do about it? I know you said you would send a letter to your representative. But I've got McConnell and Rand as my senators. What can I legitimately do to really voice my concerns?
It is my nature to take as little as possible on first impression. Often things are presented which are incomplete or untrue, not as part of some "fake news" conspiracy but because of the nature of news. Get it in fast and report as best one can. So I sit back and watch for a while and then form my opinions with a prior assumption that what I think I know may be wrong.
I knew Trump is reprehensible from the beginning, and foolish in the extreme, but people around him might have reeled him. Unfortunately recent history has revealed a nature which is incompatible with highest office. That he may be unfit from his great shortcomings however does not mean that any legal threshold had been reached for removal. By that I mean something of substance which is in direct conflict to the Office, ethics and law. To remove ANY President is not a trivial matter.
So I bided my time and considered various sources and opinions. Trump is a great embarrassment and a bad leader in the extreme and yes that matters, but we as a people need to act on a basis of law or the law means nothing, a far greater threat than Trump.
IMO we have reached that point where Trump admits to violating law, and has threatened the former Director which he fired counter to law.
This is the unambiguous red line crossed. It is not a matter of nonsense or partisan bickering, this is the outright violation of the Oath of Office and the rule of law for which Trump has clearly shown to have no regard.
In short Trump by his very words has admitted to law breaking, not at some trivial level of frustration on our parts, but what is written in our legal code. This should not be allowed to stand.
What to do? Aye, there's the rub.
We can send messages to our representatives with the facts in hand and ask directly what action if any they are supporting, and ask for details, not platitudes. I've done that. I've also sent this to all members of the House Judiciary Committee, which usually oversees impeachment. I want to know their positions when confronted with quotes of Trump and the precise law involved.
The next stage? Protests in DC. Organized and like that seen in the 60's again war and pro-civil rights. I do not know how to organize such an event but perhaps there are organizations which exist that might be convinced to do so. I'm ill informed on that front.
Next is something which isn't easy and that is recommending a party, however we are at a point IMO that the society and government we should strive for cannot exist when the most powerful leaders oppose it. If one cannot tolerate a given candidate don't vote for them, but whenever personal values allow vote for Democrats in Congress. Be sure I have many issues with the party, but they are secondary for the foreseeable future.
Pretty much all I have for now.
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