Oath of Office and fool groups like "Oath Keepers"

[bottomofthehill]

This has been bothering me. I have taken the Oath of Office many times in my career. Each time after the first taking the Oath, I have thought of it as reaffirming the Oath, there is no expiration date, it does not stipulate for the length of enlistment or length of job. I believe once the oath is taken, it is taken for life, that you do not get to selectively choose which parts of the Constitution you choose to protect and defend, it becomes your way of life. Not like a monk or priest, but you have sworn an oath and you are responsible to it.

I find it so troubling that many who attacked the Capitol in Open Armed Rebellion think of themselves as “patriots” or that their Wahhabi interpretation of the Constitution and Christianity is the one and only truth even though it reflects a SMALL group of our population. And that the larger group of Republicans, although still a minority see the need to protect them.

I hope the trials for these seditionists and insurrectionists show them for the traitors that they are and that they are sentenced accordingly.

[CanonRay]

1. I feel exactly the same way

[keithbvadu2]

2. 1+

[Shermann]

3. About those who voted against impeachment...

There has been WAY too much cavalier discussion about the consequences of impeachment as a justification for the nay votes. This is an appeal to consequences fallacy. The reality is that impeachment of a President who violates their oath is a responsibility of Congress, regardless of the circumstances or consequences. Failure to do so constitutes breaking their oaths as well.