In 2011, after winning control of the House of Represetatives in 2010, the Republican majority began on onslaught of hearings against the Democratic Administration of Barack Obama. If the Repub majority didn't like the outcome of any given investigation, as in the Benghazi affair, why they just ordered another one hoping for a different outcome, and yet another one, when their hopes did not materialize. No matter the number of investigations, the Obama Administration did not ever retaliate against the people for oversight investigations.
Skip forward to the Trump Administration, where 2 years in, Democrats took control of the House and even before investigations have even begun, Trump is threatening "war" if there are investigations. Since it is the American people who suffer collateral damage, as occurred with a Government shutdown, when Trump did not have his way with the legislature. in effect it is the people who suffer if they dare to exercise a Constitutional right to have oversight of their Government, under the Trump Administration.
A typical authoritarian response.Each such response erodes our democracy further.We can either act against the sea of troubles or go under.
ReplyDeleteAs Gail Collins says, “people are paying attention: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/06/opinion/trump-cabinet-wilbur-ross.html.
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