TRUMP

December 12, 2017

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher,

101 Main Street #380

Huntington Beach, CA 92648

Dear Congressman,

Re: Trump

I see where Trump’s accusers are finally catching up with countless others accusing men in political leadership and other prominent positions of sexual misconduct. I have my reservations about the current frenzy of accusations, but fair is fair: Trump must be obliged to face the music as other men have done.

Should he resign? No one would be more than delighted if it came to that, but he should first be allowed—along with the rest of us—to hear the details of the offenses he has caused and offered the opportunity to defend himself. His denials thus far are far from convincing, and his claims—and those of his acolytes—that his election in itself exonerated him lack the force of simple logic. Perhaps, if pressed, he could do better?

I have also heard nothing to lead me to believe that you are anything but a Trump/Roy Moore supporter. The special senatorial election is being held in Alabama today, and it represents a double bind for Republicans. If Moore loses—as I fervently, but somewhat forlornly hope—it will be a hearty slap in the face for Trump and Trumpism; if he wins, you will have to live with the fact that your party has laid its reputation on the line in support of a man whose denials are no more convincing than your leader’s, and whose positions on race, religion, Islam, homosexuality, and indeed every other issue are even ore odious than those the party itself seems to embrace.

Please tell me that you, for all your right-wing views, are unwilling to tolerate such a man as a colleague in the government of the United States.

Respectfully,

Peter Clothier, Ph.D.