On history, responsibility, and the last off-ramp
There are moments in history when delay becomes a choice—
and that choice writes a party’s name into the permanent record.
This is one of those moments.
Political parties are not judged by their slogans, their platforms, or even their victories.
They are judged by the moments when power is inconvenient,
when loyalty is costly,
and when the right action threatens short-term survival.
History does not ask what was popular.
It asks who acted.
The Last Off-Ramp
The Republican Party is now at its last off-ramp.
What calls itself MAGA is not a political movement in the American tradition.
It is not conservative.
It is not populist in any historic sense.
It is a personality cult fused to grievance, spectacle,
and a rejection of constitutional limits.
History has a name for this pattern.
It does not end kindly for those who indulge it—or excuse it.
History does not record whispers.
It records votes.
You know this.
Many of you have said it—quietly, privately, behind closed doors,
after microphones are turned off.
But history does not record private misgivings.
It records public action.
Why This Cannot Wait
Democrats do not have the power to stop this alone.
That is the uncomfortable truth.
They can warn.
They can prosecute.
They can campaign.
What they cannot do is restore legitimacy
if the Republican Party itself refuses to act.
Only you can sever the association.
Only you can demonstrate that the party of Lincoln, Eisenhower, and Reagan
still understands restraint, constitutional supremacy,
and the danger of executive worship.
Impeachment Is Not Suicide
Impeachment and removal are not acts of political suicide.
They are acts of political survival.
Waiting for a “midterm bloodbath” is not strategy—
it is abdication.
Waiting for courts to clean up what Congress refuses to confront
is cowardice disguised as process.
And waiting for a president to test the outer edge of power—
questioning elections, threatening institutions,
floating the dissolution of Congress itself—
is how democracies fail
while their guardians insist it will all somehow hold.
History Is Not Ambiguous
History tells us what happens when parties believe they can control a demagogue.
History tells us what happens when institutions hesitate because acting feels risky.
History tells us what happens when the law is treated as optional
by those sworn to defend it.
This is not about winning the next election.
It is about whether elections continue to matter at all.
A Choice Still Exists
You still have a choice.
You still have agency.
You still have a chance to write a different chapter—
one where the Republican Party chose the Constitution over a man,
the country over a cult,
and the future over fear.
If you act now, history will record that the party stepped back from the edge.
If you do not, history will not be confused.
It will be precise.
A Better Future Is Still Possible
There is still time to choose a better future.
Please.
If Congress will not act on its own, the public must force the issue.
Read, download, and sign the Citizens Impeachment petition here:
[LINK TO CITIZENS IMPEACHMENT PAGE]
