GOP silence speaks volumes! You’ve broken your oath to defend the Constitution.

“The biggest news over the weekend was silence: the silence of Republicans. They refused to disavow White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller's statement that the administration is looking at suspending the writ of habeas corpus, that is, essentially declaring martial law. They have also stayed quiet after the administration announced it was planning to accept a gift of a $400 million luxury Boeing 747-8 plane from the Qatari royal family. President Donald J. Trump would use the plane as Air Force One during the rest of his presidency and take it with him when he leaves office. This is in keeping with the refusal of 53 Republican senators to answer questions from Rolling Stone's Ryan Bort after NBC's Kristen Welker asked Trump, "Don't you need to uphold the Constitution of the United States, as president?" and he answered: "I don't know." Only Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) went on the record, posting on social media: "Following the Constitution is not a suggestion. It is a guiding force for all of us who work on behalf of the American people.” Still, the Republicans' silence matters. Whether Trump's plans are all possible is not the point: he and the members of his administration are deliberately attacking the fundamental principles of our democratic republic. That lawmakers who swore an oath to uphold those principles are choosing to remain silent makes them complicit in that attack. The framers of the U.S. Constitution recognized that democratic government was a new departure from a world in which the world's monarchs made deals amongst themselves. They placed strong guardrails around the behavior of future chief executives to make sure they would not sell the American people out to foreign leaders. "[NJo Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under [the United States], shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State," they wrote in the Constitution. An emolument is a payment. The above statements are excerpts from the daily newsletter from famed historian and writer, Heather Cox Richardson. She speaks for the people. Your silence speaks volumes! You are all complicit! And you have broken any vow you may have taken to defend our Constitution. Shame on you all!