Open Letter to the Republican Party

Dear Republican Leadership:

I realize that we are on different planes when it comes to how we view the world. You think the poor should just get off their asses and work, and I think we need a safety net for those people that may not have the same opportunities as I. You think minorities need to conform to the status quo, and I think we need to embrace our diversity and provide equal voice to all races, religions, and sexual orientations. We have major ideological differences. That is true. But can we at least agree one thing? Donald Trump will NEVER bring us together.

We both think the best way for us to survive as a country is to ensure all of us have an equal opportunity to succeed. Where we differ is how we achieve that goal. However, the current leader of our country does not, by any measure, have this country’s best interest in mind. He fancies himself an oligarch, with delusions of one day being Vladimir Putin. You now this! Everyone knows this! Yet you still keep the party line responding weakly to his daily, if not hourly, statements that drive a wedge down the middle of our country.

I get it. You don’t like him any more than I do. However, your base likes him and you need to get re-elected. You’re afraid, and rightly so, that if you speak out too soon that you will pay the price at your next election. You’re waiting for the tides to turn. I think you need to stop waiting. You are leaders in your own right. You can turn the tide of opinion all on your own. If the Republican leadership and Congress came out with a single voice and stated that “We no longer have confidence in this President.” I have no doubt that the tide of opinion would turn in your favor both quickly and loudly.

Sure, you will have some holdouts who will say that “see…told you the establishment would take over.” Well…so what. That minority will be so small that they won’t matter. They can continue to think the world is flat, 9/11 was an inside job, and the moon landing was faked by Hollywood. You’ll never win them over anyway. No one will. No one should. So don’t even try.

I for one do not think that Donald Trump is any more racist than the next person. It think it’s different than that. I think he sees himself as a father figure and we (black, white, Asian, Mexican, et. Al) are all his little children to be led by the supreme leader. This man is not so much as delusional as dangerous. He is a danger to not only this nation, but to the world. So from the bottom of my heart, please, do your duty for the country and for the world, and find it in your heart to remove this man from office.

Sincerely,

Rex Nipper

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