Politics has always stopped at the water's edge - but today's extremist Republicans will stop at nothing to undermine President Obama, even on the global stage.
The U.N. Climate Change Conference, COP 21, begins in Paris on November 30. Remarkably, this year's conference might actually see leaders shake hands on a historic, legally binding agreement.
Congressional Republicans want to make sure that doesn't happen, and are doing everything they can to make President Obama - and America - look weak in the eyes of the world. The COP 21 agreement will include a global Green Climate Fund to help poor countries, and President Obama has pledged $3 billion. That may not seem like much from the world's largest nation, but it's $3 billion too much for Senator Capito and other Republican climate deniers who dislike literally everything with Obama's name on it.
They'll oppose the president no matter how it makes the country look. It brings to mind the Iran deal, which many Republicans rushed to stop before they'd even had a chance to read it.
When will enough gridlock be enough for Republicans? When is the president a Democrat, and when is he the President of the United States? When are we two parties grappling for the power, and when can we be one nation on the global stage?
Tell Republicans: Stop undermining American diplomacy abroad! Let our president represent the whole country at COP 21 in Paris - don't oppose the negotiations before they even begin!
From the Iran deal to COP 21, I am sick of Congressional Republicans trying to make the President of the United States look weak on a global stage. We can fight here at home, but when the politics starts to affect diplomacy and foreign promises, it's the country that stuffers, not the president or his agenda.
Members of Congress shouldn't say negative things about COP 21 in Paris before the negotiations even begin. I ask that you support the Green Climate Fund, and that you give the president your support in diplomatic efforts like this one - politics should stop at the water's edge once again!
