To: President Donald Trump and Rep. Adriano Espaillat (NY-13)
President Obama: Stand your ground
Don't cave to the anti-American tactics being employed by the GOP.
Why is this important?
Mr. President,
This letter is to let you know that I support your decision to hold your ground in the current round of budget negotiations. I am appalled by the tactics being utilized by some in the GOP to use the funding of the government as leverage against the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA).
My issue is actually beyond the ACA. What is at stake are the fundamentals of how laws are made, challenged and upheld in this democracy. This is critical to the operation of our government as we know it.
The ACA was created from the result of a collaboration of efforts in Congress, and subsequently passed by Congress and signed into law in 2010. This is the typical route a bill takes to become the law of the land. The ACA was further legitimized after it was challenged and upheld by the Supreme Court in 2012. We understand that the law is legitimate. We also understand that many people may not support the law. This is part of the democratic process and is to be expected. However, detractors in Congress should not be able to hold the government hostage just to express dissent against a law they disagree with. There are other avenues to propose alternative bills to modify the one that is already in place. What the GOP is advocating sets a dangerous precedent for our democracy and for our country.
Therefore, I ask you to not cave to the pressures of the GOP. While they are entitled to their opinions, their tactics are wrong, not American, and might even be considered treason. Stand your ground and fight to keep the law (in its entirety) that was properly upheld by both branches of Congress and the highest court in the land. We are ready to hunker down and fight. We support you. Your courage at this most pivotal time will ensure that the democratic process remains intact for our posterity.
This letter is to let you know that I support your decision to hold your ground in the current round of budget negotiations. I am appalled by the tactics being utilized by some in the GOP to use the funding of the government as leverage against the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA).
My issue is actually beyond the ACA. What is at stake are the fundamentals of how laws are made, challenged and upheld in this democracy. This is critical to the operation of our government as we know it.
The ACA was created from the result of a collaboration of efforts in Congress, and subsequently passed by Congress and signed into law in 2010. This is the typical route a bill takes to become the law of the land. The ACA was further legitimized after it was challenged and upheld by the Supreme Court in 2012. We understand that the law is legitimate. We also understand that many people may not support the law. This is part of the democratic process and is to be expected. However, detractors in Congress should not be able to hold the government hostage just to express dissent against a law they disagree with. There are other avenues to propose alternative bills to modify the one that is already in place. What the GOP is advocating sets a dangerous precedent for our democracy and for our country.
Therefore, I ask you to not cave to the pressures of the GOP. While they are entitled to their opinions, their tactics are wrong, not American, and might even be considered treason. Stand your ground and fight to keep the law (in its entirety) that was properly upheld by both branches of Congress and the highest court in the land. We are ready to hunker down and fight. We support you. Your courage at this most pivotal time will ensure that the democratic process remains intact for our posterity.