Justin Ruhge’s recent letter “Too much Kool-Aid” (Aug. 16) is exhibit A in just how low the Republican Party has sunk under Donald Trump and how effectively Fox “News” has duped its adherents.
President Trump is: (1) an impulsive liar (the Trump Tower meeting with the Russians was about adoption, size of his inauguration crowd, and 1,000s of others since); (2) racist (birtherism, Lebron is dumb, Mexicans are rapists and criminals, African countries are s-holes, etc.); (3) misogynist and self-described groper (Hollywood Access tapes, etc.); (4) a cheating philanderer (Karen McDougal, Stormy Daniels, etc.); (5) a threat to national security (pandering to Vladimir Putin, the former KGB operative and now de-facto dictator working tirelessly to divide and undermine our country; revoking the security clearance of a former intelligence director who could provide invaluable advice in time of national crisis; undoing environmental safeguards); (6) a wannabe king (“The press is the enemy of the people”); (7) a threat to global security (denying established science and withdrawing from the Paris climate accord; wrecking overnight myriad international agreements years in the making); (8) a bully of the first order (attacking the integrity of anyone who dares criticize or question him).
Investigations of Trump’s potential high crimes and treason aside, what kind of examples do the above set for our children?
The Republican Party has lost all shame, and contrary to Mr. Ruhge’s recommendation, any member who has supported and enabled Trump, either directly or through complicit silence, must be voted out of office ASAP if we are to restore our country’s moral compass and standing in the world, and if we are to safeguard our constitutional foundation and future.
This article appears in Aug 30 – Sep 6, 2018.