“Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?”

Senator Joseph Welch to Senator Joe McCarthy on June 9, 1954.

The same questions should be asked of President Tweet. The list of indecent things he has said or done are without precedent from the leader of the United States of America.  Some of the more incredulous include:

• Referring to Haiti and countries in Africa as “shithole countries”
• Bragging about the size of his ‘nuclear button’
• Telling the NFL to fire players who protest against police violence and the oppression of African-Americans
• Repeatedly calling various media outlets like the Washington Post, the NY Times, and CNN “fake news”
• Saying the licenses for NBC and other broadcast news networks should be challenged and when he banned the New York Times and others from a press briefing
• Giving his daughter and son in-law White House roles
• Accusing protesters of being paid
• Attacking a Federal judge because he blocked Trump’s initial travel ban
• Falsely accusing former President Barack Obama of wiretapping him
• Discussing a response to North Korea’s missile test at dinner at his resort in Mar-a-lago
• Claim negative polls are fake
• Attack companies and celebrities like Amazon, Nordstrom, Meryl Streep, and Arnold Schwarzenegger
• Claim millions of people voted illegally (after he won)
• Use derogatory nicknames for other lawmakers

There are so many more but I will spare you.  Folks, this is not acceptable behavior, from anyone, especially not the President of the United States.  To not speak out is un-American.  Would you allow this boorish behaviour if it was your next door neighbor, a co-worker, a fan at the ballpark?  This isn’t a Red vs. Blue issue.  I’m talking about decency.  President Tweet is not a decent person and doesn’t belong in the Oval Office.  He is setting the absolute worst example.

I know a lot of my friends are probably turned off because I have become political.  I can’t help but speak up when I continue to see this joke of a human being degrade our political system, immigrants, women, minorities, the media, Americans with disabilities, and he is peeing all over the rule of law and the Constitution.  November 6, 2018 cannot come soon enough.  The only way for our democracy to survive is to vote for candidates who will not accept this deplorable behavior.

Believe it or not, I hold many conservative values but this president is anything but conservative.  His behavior is downright insulting to all Americans on the right, middle, and left.  All of the democratic institutions we hold dear are being tossed aside as if they were garbage.  I knew he would be unconventional, which is but one reason why I didn’t vote for him, but I didn’t think he would be so petty, emotional, and such an awful human being.  We Americans deserve better.

Decency is not that hard of an ask of any person.  I’m sure being a decent human being would be what you would ask of your children, neighbors, and siblings.  Not only is President Tweet, “that guy,” he’s also the most annoying leader I’ve ever seen.  I can barely listen to him speak publicly.  He blames everyone else for his problems and never accepts responsibility for failure.  I agree with Comey that he is morally unfit for the job.

I’m not perfect, no one is, but I do expect decency especially from the President.  Don’t you?