How will you fulfill your oath to the Constitution, Cliff?
I wrote to my Republican congressman, Cliff Bentz, this morning. This is the second of the two messages I sent:
Last week President Trump and Vice President Vance attacked Ukrainian President Zelenskyy in the Oval Office. President Trump went to great lengths to suggest that it was Vladimir Putin who has been unfairly treated by the United States, and on at least on occasion prior to the Oval Office confrontation, President Trump said that Ukraine, not Putin, had started the war. Then this week President Trump said that the funding congress had committed to Ukraine for their defense would be withheld. This is an illegal action by President Trump, and a direct assault on the constitutional order. What are you planning to do to reverse this illegal action and how will you fulfill your oath to uphold the constitution?
Whenever I write to the congressman, which is fairly often, I get a boilerplate response that never actually addresses the issue or answers my questions. But I live in hope that one day Rep. Bentz will have an awakening of conscience that will inspire him to do the right thing.
In the first message I asked him what he planned to do about Elon Musk gutting the staff and closing offices of the Social Security Administration. I doubt he will have a satisfactory answer for that question, either.
Posted 4 March 2025 by Mark ·
