Their True Colors

We saw from many Republicans

Their true colors yesterday

With their blind allegiance to

Donald Trump on full display.

 

While we paused to remember the horrors

Of January 6 last year,

We saw Republican lawmakers

Kowtowing to their puppeteer.

 

Aligned with white nationalists

And thugs, the Party's come to be

Unrecognizable

From the former GOP.

 

While members of Congress met to reflect

On what had happened a year ago,

Republicans--except for Liz Cheney--

Unsurprisingly failed to show.

 

Republicans in Missouri had

A fundraiser--one whereby

They celebrated the insurrection

And pushed Trump's election lie.

 

In interviews, two notorious

Trump sycophants mentioned their pride

In what the violent mobs had done.

Violence being sanctified?

 

Amplified by hostile foreign

Powers, many lies keep spreading.

With truth constantly under attack,

It's scary to think where the nation is heading.

 

How can lawmakers cater to Trump

And still maintain any self-respect?

Furthermore, without a backbone,

How can they even stand erect?

 

-by Bob B (1-7-22)

Reviews

[Carlos Lorenzo Estrada]

One of the news outlets did a breakdown of those in the insurrection at the capital and found almost all where upper middle class self employed Caucasian Christians. How shameful that these people had no problem associating themselves hand in hand with white nationalists and anti Semitic idiots. Says a lot about religion in this country during these dark times.

[Bob B]

Right! Religious hypocrisy running rampant. And I am sure our far-right Supreme Court is going to give that hypocrisy a big boost.

[Carlos Lorenzo Estrada]

That is another segment of our political system that needs major reform. Since we can't take politics out of this judicial system change it to 6 democratic judges and 6 republican judges that way they are forced to prove their lawful decisions are unbiased in consensus. If people just don't understand why we are in such dangerous territory as a society I advise them to watch a documentary called "Lynching Postcards". One can walk away finally understanding the unresolved issues we have failed to fix as a society. And how deep those wounds are for all of us.

[Bob B]

Is “Lynching Postcards” on Netflix?

[Carlos Lorenzo Estrada]

I don't think it was. You may be able to see it for free on line. It's a very short 15 minute documentary that reveals so much about our country. It might be on YouTube.

[Bob B]

I watched it. It should be required viewing for all Americans.

[Carlos Lorenzo Estrada]

it's a powerful emotional journey of a documentary and absolutely harrowing. And it truly defines the reasons we find ourselves in these precarious of times. We must strive to be better than that. Thank you Bob for always speaking out in your poetry against the evils that permeate in our society. It's always why I read your work because it comes from a man of ethics, character, and truth.