Mary Trump - Gaslighting the American Public

This is not a misunderstanding. It is not a delay. It is not a complicated constitutional gray area that requires careful deliberation.

It is a choice.

At a moment when the stakes could not be higher, when the United States is entangled in an escalating conflict with global consequences, the Republican Party has decided that its role is not to govern, not to check executive power, and not to uphold the law. Its role, instead, is to stand down.

There was a moment, not that long ago, when several Republican lawmakers suggested that the 60 day deadline under the War Powers Resolution might actually matter. They hinted that Congress would have to assert its authority and implied that there were limits to what even a president could do unilaterally. That moment has come and gone, and with it any pretense that they intended to act.

Today, May 1, the deadline has expired. Under the law, Congress is required to authorize military action within 60 days or force an end to hostilities. Instead, Republicans left Washington without taking a vote. They chose not to challenge Donald. They chose, once again, to defer.

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