You vote for a replacement for the Affordable Care Act without knowledge of its costs, its impact on insured people and the budget or its effect on inequality (transferring government largesse from poorer to richer Americans), or you vote for a replacement for the ACA knowing that is not paid for, increases the debt, puts a significant number of Americans in a worse position than they are now or hurts the most vulnerable Americans.

You refuse to call out Trump when he irresponsibly foments irrational suspicion of our democratic institutions and our intelligence and judicial officials. Simply saying there is “no evidence” for ludicrous accusations of wrongdoing by a former president does not suffice. Silence does not suffice.

You refuse to demand a full disclosure of Trump’s tax returns or to fully enforce the constitution’s emoluments clause.

You decline to exercise appropriate oversight, for example, by defending the president on matters that you are tasked with investigating (as Rep. Devin Nunes has done repeatedly), or by confirming nominees who fail to demonstrate mastery of the policy area assigned to them or the requisite character needed for public office.

You encourage economically destructive polices that aim to stir xenophobia, undermine social cohesion or poison relations with other countries (e.g. separating parents and children, slapping tariffs on foreign goods).

You fail to pursue attainable improvements in the lives of Americans because you are fixated on unattainable items or distracted by make-believe problems. For example, expending resources to deport nonviolent illegal immigrants or to build a useless wall while ignoring the real threat of lone wolves or reasonable measures to catch visa overstay cases reveals a lack of seriousness required to hold public office.