We are witnessing crimes against our own citizens. Call it what you will - negligent homicide, crimes against humanity, stupidity - the fact is that most likely 100,000 people in the United States have died unnecessarily. They were doctors, nurses, first responders, people of color, mothers, fathers, sons and daughters. They were people of means as well as middle-class, the poor and homeless. They all died of Covid 19 during a time when the President of the United States knew that this virus was deadly and airborne, a virus that all of us could be breathing and passing on to one another. What a tragedy, and what a waste of human life this has all been and sadly it continues.
It has to be said. Donald Trump is a fascist and an authoritarian. Do not be fooled. He is not pro life. He has caused these deaths through inaction and for his own selfish purposes - his re-election and the protection of his power. He has continued to downplay this virus right up to the present moment. He mocks the use of masks. He has controlled messaging from scientists.
It's asked many times what people would have done during Hitler's time, when atrocities were being committed on a daily basis against Jews and others? People have always been quick to point fingers against those who stood in silence or worse yet, those who supported those actions. Well our time has come. We can stand by, lower our heads and ignore the facts. We can cheer him on as many have, or we can stand up to this horrific administration and its leader. We can speak out. We can stand up to his power. We can help remove him from office.
As with anyone in power like this, there are many around him who bare responsibility. They knew from both intelligence reports as well as from medical information and projections exactly what was going on and what was happening. They were there from the beginning of this crises and remain today. They should be ashamed and should also be held accountable.
His excuse is that he wanted to avoid panic. This is just not believable from a man who tries to instill hatred and panic on an almost daily basis as he talks about caravans, the second amendment, dangers in the streets and in the suburbs, law and order, and racism. He has separated families and put children in cages. He has incited hatred in his followers. The only panic he was concerned about was in the stock market and the economy.
Justice demands that Donald Trump is removed from office and that he and his administration are held accountable for causing so much death and hardship for tens of thousands of Americans. These injustices can't be allowed to stand.
And those who enable him must be held accountable. Agreed, full stop. It is time for those who resigned in disgust to come forward now and urge us to vote him out. Where are you General Mattis, General Kelly, Rex Tillotson? And former Presidents: Carter, Clinton, Bush and Obama ... come out together against this man. General Powell has had the courage - be next.
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