What Is An Autocrat?

       Among his worst qualities is that President Trump has autocratic tendencies. I looked it up to be sure of the exact meaning. Pres. Trump seems to believe in absolute power for himself. That's 180 degrees away from what the founding fathers wanted. They wanted a true democracy. Fortunately they put in place safeguards to protect us from someone who might want to steal our democracy.
       The Congress fills that role. And it's done a pretty darn good job of it. But of late, our Congress, both the House of Representatives and the Senate, have been somewhat lax in filling that role. Somewhat? Actually our Congress has failed miserably in doing its job of stopping Pres. Trump from overstepping his authority.
       See, its not just what he does, its what he says that hurts all of us. Fake News? No, our media is honest, truthful, reporting of what is said and done by our President, as they should. They should not report what the president wants, but what  is the truth, and for the most part that's what they do. But there has been a creation of a group that spends its time approving of what he says and makes it sound right.
       Back to Congress. We need to demand that Congress do its job of safeguarding us from a grab for absolute power. Yes Congressman, yes Senator, this means you need to do your job. If you're a stumbling block to our protection, you need to go. Some folks think its funny, this president. And some folks have profited by this president. But his true goals are not our goals.
       Not only has he attacked our news sources, but he has attacked our electoral process, claiming he was cheated out of a majority of the popular vote. He's claimed that millions of illegal aliens voted illegally. Nonsense! No such thing is true, but he's created questions on the part of his "base". Again, Congress has refused to act decisively. In fact, it hasn't acted at all. The President of the USA attacks his own intelligence community. The FBI, the CIA, Homeland Security. Where is the Congress? When will our Congress stand up to this autocratic grab for power?