When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people…

To prove this, let facts be submitted to a candid world.

Mr. Trump’s ruinous tenure already has gravely damaged the United States at home and around the world.

He has abused the power of his office and denied the legitimacy of his political opponents, shattering the norms that have bound the nation together for generations.

He has subsumed the public interest to the profitability of his business and political interests.

He has shown a breathtaking disregard for the lives and liberties of Americans.

He has refused his assent to laws the most wholesome and necessary for the public good…

He has forbidden his governors to pass laws of immediate and pressing importance…

He has refused to pass other laws for the accommodation of large districts of people…

He has dissolved …

He has endeavored to prevent …

He has obstructed …

He has made judges dependent on his will alone…

He has erected a multitude of new offices…

He has kept among us, in times of peace, standing armies…

He has  abdicated government here…

He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us…

In every stage of these oppressions, we have petitioned for redress, in the most humble terms. Our repeated petitions have been answered only by repeated injury.

A prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.

He is a man unworthy of the office he holds.

We, therefore, the representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions…

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Categorie:Cultura politica

Tag:Declaration of independence, Donald Trump, Editorial, New York Times