Letter to Senator Cornyn

Dear Senator Cornyn,

All my friends, Democrats and Republicans, condemn the January 6th seditious attack on the US Capitol which occurred while Congress was counting the votes for the next President.  Many individuals and groups involved in that attack were seriously planning to create enough chaos to halt the Constitutional transfer of power.  In both inciting this insurrection, and failing to stop it, Donald Trump violated his oath to defend the US Constitution.

Donald Trump did not make all the seditious plans, but he was ultimately responsible for them in many separate acts, going back even before he became President, when he announced he could shoot someone and get away with it, thereby promoting lawlessness.  Throughout his Presidency he egged on hate and violence, and refused to condemn violence by Christian Fascists when it occurred.  He refused to ever say that if he lost he would concede.  He attempted to interfere in many ways with state elections and the state selection of Electors.  He organized a rally filled with known seditionists, incited it with lies about officially state certified electors being fraudulent and the desire of states to take them back, incited the mob to fight like hell or have no country, and he promised to go with them.  Instead, he watched the violence unfold on TV for 5 hours before calling off his fanatic supporters.

But for the heroic actions of many Capitol Police and Capitol Staff, Donald Trump and his lawless army of seditionists might have succeeded in more than just delaying the transfer of power.   Trump himself failed to call the National Guard or other forces to protect the Capitol when asked.  Bombs had been planted around Washington DC.  In his last months, Trump replaced key government security personnel with loyalists.  After the insurrection, Donald Trump continued to praise his seditious supporters rather than condemning them.

To defend our Constitution, we must do everything we lawfully can to keep Donald Trump and people like him from ever coming to power again.

I have organized a panel of six Texas voters, including one Republican and four Vets, to discuss this issue with you in a virtual meeting at any time.

Thank you.