The second night of the Republican National Convention was a time of alternate reality;
acting as if the CoronaVirus Pandemic is over when it is not (as expressed by Larry Kudlow);
having First Lady Melania Trump condemn hate and division on social media, while her husband has done so non stop on Twitter for his entire Presidency;
having Pam Bondi, former Florida Attorney General, use the Ukraine scandal that led to the impeachment of Donald Trump as a gimmick to attack Joe Biden and his family with conspiracy theories about Hunter Biden, when the Trump children have been involved in corrupt activities all along;
and libertarian Rand Paul forgetting his condemnation of Donald Trump in 2016, and suddenly seeing Trump as someone to admire in 2020.
We also saw Donald Trump holding a citizenship ceremony for five immigrants at the White House, an improper use of a government building to try to convince Americans that he is open minded on immigration, while his record is the most horrific in American history, bar none!
He is trying to make the nation forget his separation of children from their parents at the border, and putting them in cages, which will harm them psychologically for the rest of their lives, and with some never reunited with their parents!
We also saw Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Jerusalem giving a speech to attract evangelical Christians and Jews, violating the Hatch Act, which bans government officials from making political speeches in foreign nations for purposes of political manipulation.
There is no such thing as a utterance or action of Donald Trump and his minions that will not lower the standard of decency, that will not undermine respect for the Constitution and the rule of law!
It is all designed just to win enough support to have a second term, where the President will be unleashed to wreak yet further havoc on America. The thought that it might occur is enough to cause one to wonder how the nation will ever revive from the establishment of a Fascist authoritarian government!
Donald Trump is a threat to American values and history, and we have to hope that the American people will repudiate this threat, as otherwise, the destruction of the America that has survived 231 years under the Constitution, and 244 years since the Declaration of Independence, is in dire peril!
So the question, Professor, is this: Is violation of the Hatch Act an impeachable offense?
I think it is, and should be, against Trump and Pompeo, but not going to happen at this moment of time.
There are so many abuses of power by Trump, and by his corrupt Cabinet, but with a divided government, it leads to inaction!
The RNC convention is a joke.
Post-DNC, Americans more positive about Biden than Trump
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/27/politics/poll-trump-biden-words-democratic-convention/index.html
Our applications for absentee voting have been approved.
What Will it Take to End the Police Shootings?
Athlete boycotts have all but shut down professional sports hoping to stop the slayings.
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2020/08/27/what-will-it-take-to-end-the-police-shootings/
Arizona Is on the Verge of Turning Fully Blue
The Republicans could lose not only its presidential electors, but its U.S. Senate seat and state legislature.
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2020/08/27/arizona-is-on-the-verge-of-turning-fully-blue/