Originally Posted by Pete F.
When the great majority by far of protests have been peaceful and the claims are made that you will no longer recognize this country if he is not reelected, then you need to stop and think about the man who is claiming that and what he has done.
When you use the force of the government to break up a peaceful demonstration, “fall in love” with Kim Jong-un, praise Rodrigo Duterte for extrajudicial murders, defend Vladimir Putin by suggesting that we are just as guilty of murdering our enemies as he, and give the green light to China to build concentration camps for a million innocent Uighurs, violate campaign finance laws by paying off a porn star, flout legal subpoenas from Congress and other duly constituted authorities looking into administration actions, abuse Article II power by dangling pardons to former associates facing criminal trials, encourage border officials to keep asylum seekers out in violation of law (again promising a pardon), unlawfully divert Defense Department funds to begin building a border wall, wrongly fire numerous inspectors general, and encourage police to rough up arrestees—among uncountable other violations. He has attempted to strong-arm an ally to invent lies about his domestic opposition, and begged for other foreign leaders to help his election prospects. His attorney general is diligently attempting to reward his friends and punish his (perceived) enemies—exactly what happens in corrupt dictatorships.
Call him whatever, his name will be written in history and it will be remembered for what he has done.
“There are times when you really need a president—and those are the ones that have forged our great presidents,” Doris Kearns Goodwin, the presidential historian, told me. “A crisis allows them to mobilize the country in ways that ordinary times do not. It’s not like a crisis allows you to become a great leader, but it offers the chance. It also offers the chance for great difficulty.”
He will be known as The Coronavirus President for his failure to lead.
We have the most cases, deaths and yesterday we set a new record for new cases. Good time to hold a rally in the state with the highest rate of rise.
Nobody is forced to work for, speak for, defend, explain, rationalize, or excuse this president and his incompetence, derangement, and racism. Whether to do any of that, or not, is a choice. And it’s a moral choice, a crucial one, both for individuals and this nation.
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