“If the reports are true that not all governors are invited to these events, which have historically been productive and bipartisan opportunities for collaboration, we will not be attending the White House dinner this year,” the Democrats wrote. “Democratic governors remain united and will never stop fighting to protect and make life better for people in our states.” (The Associated Press)
Stories like this matter. They matter a great deal in the day and age we find ourselves, just trying to survive. Stories like this matter because once again, Trump is not trying to find compromise, is not interested in bipartisanship, and is doing his best to maintain his authoritarian goals by excluding the minority party from any decision-making. Trump knows very well that he has control over the Republicans, and that, in effect, the Republicans in Congress have been neutered, and left as hostages to the whims, wants, and whims of Heir Trump.
If indeed any single Republican had any single backbone or spine left in their body, they would loudly vocalize their disagreement with this Fascist dictator, and say, if the Democrats are uninvited, then I uninvite myself. A mob boss knows fully well that if he maintains control, then all of his army of mobsters will obey any and all commands. Oh, and by the way, Hitler also understood this form of coercion, and that is why his mob used the excuse that they were just following orders.
Trump will exclude anyone who dares stand up to him; most bullies prefer it that way, and just like the Republicans in Congress, the Republican Governors have placed their political futures above and beyond the welfare of their citizens.
This matters because this is yet one more guardrail being tread upon, moving us one more step closer to Trump’s complete Fourth Reich!
