Both Democrats and Republicans are a disappointment. Trump is a bully, a fascist, a white supremacist, an Islamophobe, a sexual predator, and a murderer, but no one in Washington has the courage to speak the truth. Instead they offer Trump respect he has not earned and will never deserve.

Our elected leaders choose to conduct a government which can only exist in secrecy and deception. The people have a right to know what is happening in their government; the country belongs to us. Honesty and truth would result in a bloody revolution. The facts are obvious to everyone but denied by politicians.

Trump’s only tactic for ‘negotiating’ with other nations is a continuation of his business practice of bullying his adversaries into submission. His rule by a single party and attacks on the first amendment are an obvious effort to end democracy in America to everyone with the exception of politicians and the mainstream media. Every proposal from Trump’s white house is an attack on minorities, and Republicans continue to ignore the truth. Nineteen women have accused Trump of sexual assault; he had at least three affairs with a porn star, a former Playboy model, and a housekeeper in Trump Tower, but fake-Christians have given him a ‘do-over;’ they claim that he has “changed.” Really? His constant attacks on Muslims is not only a violation of the first amendment, but a crime against humanity. Most importantly, Trump is a murderer.

Nearly seven months after Hurricane Maria destroyed the island of Puerto Rico, millions of American citizens remain without electrical power and safe water. Trump’s FEMA has failed miserably as the people of Puerto Rico continue to die from causes directly attributed to Trump’s lack of concern for 3.4 million Hispanic Americans.

Throwing paper towels at the survivors of Hurricane Maria was not a solution.

Texas and Florida have completely recovered from hurricanes which caused massive destruction during the same time period, so why are the Americans in Puerto Rico continuing to struggle daily to survive? The truth will never be told by our politicians or the mainstream media; Trump is not interested in saving the lives of men, women, and children who are not white. He would rather spend money which could save the lives of the citizens of Puerto Rico on an unnecessary wall, a wasteful military, or traveling to and from Mar-a-Lago to play golf every weekend. Trump is a very expensive mistake. He and his family waste 16 million dollars of taxpayer money every month to maintain his lavish lifestyle.

The truth is that when any human being has the ability to save lives and allows those same people to die, he or she is a murderer. Sadly, men who have wealth and power are never punished for their crimes. We must make Trump an exception to this policy.

If your government refuses to listen to its people; to our country, we must change the status quo. Old, white men have caused enormous harm to our nation for centuries; time for change. Here are the words of Abraham Lincoln; a true Republican.

“This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or exercise their revolutionary right to overthrow it.”

Think about it; this is your country, and you can take it back in November.

Op-ed by James Turnage

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