Every U.S. president has affirmed the oath of office: “to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” Section 3 of the 14th Amendment states that no president who, having previously taken that oath to support the Constitution, shall have engaged in insurrection against the same.
If former President Donald Trump is convicted of aiding, abetting, or conspiring to obstruct the lawful transfer of power from his administration to that of Joe Biden’s, how can six of eight Republican candidates for the presidency raise their hands in a political debate asserting their support of a candidate found guilty of failing to support the aforementioned constitutional clause? There was a time when one’s word was valued.
We repair landscapes and irrigation systems, supply low-interest loans to farmers, and basically build resilience in communities facing poverty. The plan is to equip people with the tools to feed themselves. There is a bipartisan bill introduced recently that will eliminate the “community development” section of the farm bill. This is outrageous and should not be included in the final version.