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On Tuesday, February 24, 2026, the President of the United States gave his State of the Union Address. In it, he insulted members of the Supreme Court and threatened to nationalize elections in defiance of the U. S. Constitution. Even so, you, Senator, chose to aim your firepower at fellow Democrats, charging them with a lack of decorum during the speech.
Three offenders come to mind. Representative Al Green, who stood with a sign that read, “Black People Aren’t Apes,” and Congresswomen Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, who heckled the President for his remarks on immigration and sanctuary cities. All three were objecting to Trump’s attempt to dismantle the gains of the civil rights movement, and as minorities themselves, their outrage was understandable.
Further, Trump’s threats to declare a national emergency to take charge of state ballot boxes in the 2026 election endanger not only minorities but also those who continue to believe in democracy. His Safe America Act, though couched as reforms to secure the vote, would, in fact, engage in faulty voter roll purges and turn over Americans’ private, sensitive voter data to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Not only does the proposal violate the U. S. Constitution, but it is a treasonous assault on the will of the people, similar to his attempted coup on January 6, 2020. As Special Counsel Jack Smith concluded in his report on that attempt, he stands fully behind his decision to bring criminal charges that he believes would have resulted in a conviction had voters not returned Trump to the White House.
Treason. Voter Suppression. Assaults on the rule of law. While Rome burns, you call for decorum?
Senator, propriety is a luxury the country cannot afford when it is confronted by a leader whose conduct is neither decorous nor honest. Consider the excesses. In the first year of his second term, Trump has already engaged in numerous illegal aggressions, not including his war with Iran. Yet you see no reason to join with your colleagues to rein him in? Does the Constitution, which assigns Congress the power to declare war, have no meaning? Can it be that you prefer to place your trust in a man convicted of 34 felonies?
Sir, I know what it means to be called a political maverick. I’ve been accused of such conduct myself. But believe me, that independence must be practiced judiciously, or colleagues will consider you to be unreliable. When that happens, you will be unable to convince them of anything, not even a recommendation to seek shelter during a storm.
A maverick is not a gadfly. Rather than poke, prod, and subject colleagues to moral tirades, a maverick challenges conventional thinking by pointing to new trails through a political thicket. To convince others to follow, you must have their trust.
I fear you are squandering yours, Senator, and that your decision comes at the worst of times. Misfits who see limitless opportunities to enrich themselves are in charge of the country. Scolding colleagues who oppose these villains for a lack of decorum is folly.
My advice is to heed the words of writer and thinker Eric Hoeffer. When men league themselves mightily together to promote tolerance and peace on earth, they are likely to be violently intolerant toward those not of like mind. (The True Believer, by Eric Hoefer, Harper Perennial, Modern Classics, 1951, # 77, pg.99.)
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