Where is the Complaint?

I have again written more than I had planned and hope you read it all. 𝐈 𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐜𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥, 𝐛𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝.

The phone numbers below are Des Moines offices for my Congressional Representation. I encourage you to call your congress members to voice your opinions.

𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐲 – (𝟓𝟏𝟓) 𝟐𝟖𝟖-𝟏𝟏𝟒𝟓

𝐉𝐨𝐧𝐢 𝐄𝐫𝐧𝐬𝐭 – (𝟓𝟏𝟓) 𝟐𝟖𝟒-𝟒𝟓𝟕𝟒

𝐙𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐍𝐮𝐧𝐧 – (𝟓𝟏𝟓) 𝟒𝟎𝟎-𝟖𝟏𝟖𝟎

This quote above is from an article from Radio Iowa on February 18th regarding a conference call with Senator Grassley. The senator went on to explain his position by referencing our nation’s legal framework stating, “The Constitution says all executive power of the federal government shall be vested, and that’s the word that’s used, vested in the office of the presidency.”

With that in mind, let us look to what else the Constitution says:

• “𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐧 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.” Article 1; Section 1

• “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨:” Article 1; Section 8

“Regulate Commerce with foreign nations”

“Establish a Rule of Uniform Naturalization”

“To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for

carrying into Execution the foregoing powers, and all other

Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the

United States, or in any Department or Office thereof”

• “He [the President] shall have Power, 𝐛𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and 𝐛𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞, 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬, 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐋𝐚𝐰” Article 2; Section 2

• “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬 , 𝐢𝐧 𝐋𝐚𝐰 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, the Laws of the United States, and Treaties made, or which shall be made, under their Authority” Article 3; Section 2

• “The House of Representatives… shall have the sole Power of Impeachment.” Article 1; Section 2

• “The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments.” Article 1; Section 3

While the President does have significant leeway and authority, Senator Grassley is just plain wrong. Congress can do much, much more than complain. However, since he made his comments about complaining, let’s look at the comments the Senator has been making regarding the actions of this President:

• As I’ve mentioned before and to his credit, Senator Grassley was asked what would happen if Trump defied court rulings and replied, “He wouldn’t get away with that and he shouldn’t.” However, Senator Grassley did not say what he will actually do if the Trump administration actually did defy rulings and downplayed the likelihood. Since these comments, we have seen the Trump administration continue to ramp up attacks on judges and rulings come through that they are not complying with court orders. 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧.

• The President has given the DOGE broad authority to look at all aspects of the United States government, cutting thousands of federal jobs across numerous agencies, upending congressionally approved grants worldwide and sowing chaos and confusion into the United States economy. The head of this office was not confirmed with the “advice and consent of the Senate”. I have not heard Senator Grassley complain. 𝐈𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭, 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐐&𝐀 𝐨𝐧 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐨𝐧: 𝐐&𝐀: 𝐓𝐚𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝐃𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐒𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐲

• As the administration is cutting funding, USAID has been a major target. While this program sends money abroad to help insecure countries around the world, the program also supports people in the United States, including health researchers and farmers in the United States. 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧.

• The President has spent the past several weeks trying to force Ukraine to accept a peace deal that provides the United States with rare earth minerals. Without agreeing to accept, the President is suggesting the United States will not work with NATO, will stop supporting Ukraine with military aid, and is choosing to meet with Vladimir Putin to negotiate peace for Ukraine without allowing our allies NATO and Ukraine seats at the table. 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧.

• The President is continuing to ramp up the trade war with Canada, Mexico, and China while threatening to start applying tariffs to Europe.

Shortly after experiencing the COVID pandemic, we should all easily remember what happens to businesses and households when we see a major disturbance in supply chains – this unnecessary trade war will create such a disturbance. 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.

Senator Grassley has the power to legislate. He can come together with other Senators, work with Representatives, and bring a unified, Republican, voice to the table speaking out against Donald Trump. If the President refuses to do what is in the best interests of the United States of America, legislate. Come together to stand up for what is right: pass bills that curtail the power of the Executive and claw back the powers Congress has given away. If the President truly will not uphold the rule of law and follow the laws of Congress and the rulings of the courts, impeach him.

𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐲, 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐩. 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧. 𝐔𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐨𝐰𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚.

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