Trump has a personal army across the United States and around the world. It’s not very big, thankfully, but it is growing and it is completely aligned with their hero’s beliefs. Now that they have a leader living in the White House, they have become bolder as they spread their message of hate and violent action. For the second time in our nation’s history we have a man who does not believe in the Constitution; the very precept of why America was founded. First there was Andrew Jackson, and now Donald J. Trump.
Trump’s army came out of the shadows before the July 2016 convention. About 400 people gathered in Sacramento. One group was protesting fascism, and the other denounced their purpose while wearing Nazi symbols and carrying flags bearing swastikas.
Three anti-fascists were arrested, and later the group’s leaders charged the authorities with supporting the white supremacist hate group.
When Trump offered his support for the jack-booted thugs inciting violence in Charlottesville, he admitted that those were his people; his personal army.
In one year Trump and his circle of sinners, supported by a hypocritical political party, have moved our nation backwards to the 1950’s. America is the only nation in the developed world which is moving backwards. Around the world the LGBTQ community, Muslim refugees, and women are treated with respect and equal treatment under the law. Not in the United States under the rule of law established by Trump, Pence, Sessions, Bannon, Gorka, Miller and others close to Donald Trump, everyone with the exception of white men are scorned by millions who claim to be patriots.
If you are not ashamed of the man soiling the White House sheets, you share his dark and distorted view of our country. You are not a loyal American.
For nearly 72 years I have watched our nation grow. In most areas of America there is no surprise to see mixed-race, same-sex couples, or women wearing the hijab. Sadly, there may still be individuals or small groups who express their ire, and occasionally commit hate crimes.
Since Trump declared his candidacy in June of 2015, hate crimes have grown by 800 percent. I learned this number nearly a year ago; it could be higher today.
Why don’t we hear about this fact from the television news entertainers? A simple answer. Like Trump, they are members of the 10 percent who benefit from his presidency. This is the same reason why they ignore the fact that everything he says is a lie.
Fight back, and save my beloved America. On November 6th vote, and prior to that day encourage others to do the same. We can remove all Republicans who refuse to support us.
Op-ed by James Turnage
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