The story of the day is Trump being shot. The story of the year remains the catastrophe that awaits us if he’s elected.
Consider this your reminder.
Always playing to their evangelical base, Trump and some of his supporters have invoked “the grace of God” and “divine intervention” in describing his near brush with death. Trump himself wrote it was “God alone who prevented the unthinkable from happening.”
Here’s my problem with that: If it was divine intervention that caused Trump to sustain only a minor injury, was it also divine intervention that caused Corey Comperatore, an innocent spectator, to be killed while trying to protect his family?
Was it divine intervention that led to Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick dying after Trump-inspired insurrectionists attacked on Jan. 6 in an attempt to keep him in power after he lost a free and fair election to Joe Biden?
Was it divine intervention that caused mass shootings at elementary schools in Sandy Hook, Conn., and Uvalde, Texas? Where there really that many flesh wounds there?
Some on the Right are blaming Biden and the Democrats for the shooting. They say their negative characterizations of Trump have fanned the flames of violence in our severely divided nation. (Remember we still don’t know the motive for the attack.)
The problem with that is the majority of violence and divisive rhetoric in this country comes from the Right.
The call for “Second Amendment” people to take care of Hillary Clinton; Jan. 6, when Trump reportedly didn’t care that some people there had guns; the gallows for Mike Pence; refusing to call out reinforcements when the invasion started; the mocking of the attack on Paul Pelosi after he was hit on the head with a hammer by an assailant; the wearing of assault weapon pins by some Republican members of Congress; political ads and Christmas cards showing congress members – and in some cases their children – proudly holding assault weapons; telling the Proud Boys to “stand by;” predicting a post-election bloodbath; cheering on violence at rallies.
Don't ever forget, the hatred and divisiveness in this country is mainly the work of the Right, of Trump and his lemmings. We all have to find a way to end it, but it's the Right that's working so hard to keep it going, because their leaders believe it's the only way for them to attain and retain power.
The image of Donald Trump, blood on his face, his right fist raised high, glaring as he says the word “fight” a few times, has been deemed by some in the media and the Right as iconic. A show of courage and strength in the face of having his ear grazed...
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It was something else alright. Divine intervention wasn't one of them.
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