“I thought Trump derangement syndrome was cured.” 

No, unfortunately, TDS is still rampant among a minority in this country who credit Trump with any sort of worth. He’s the best, biggest liar in America since forever, and he can obviously fool some of the people all of the time. 

“No one cares.” Bogus. A majority of Americans wish to see justice done to law-breaking insurrectionists, both the participants and their inciters. 

“Why are we still talking about the former president?” I guess because he is still spouting his lies re the election that he so clearly lost, even though he whined before the election, and continues to whine well after his lies have been gutted, filleted and deep-fried. Oh, and there’s also the part about how he is ruling the GOPers. They don’t bother with a party platform, they wait for their fuhrerious leader to point to a target, which they are quite happy to abuse. That’s really all that the gopers can come up with. Well, there’s also their constant trash talking, dark moneying, gerrymandering and voter suppressioning. 

Liberal progressive Democrats will be the salvation of American democracy. GOPers have clearly gone the way of person worship. And the case now is, that person doesn’t have any merit whatsoever, just the ability to bamboozle. 

“... we are a republic, not a democracy.” And, the point? Democracy, “a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.” Sounds like the United States to me. 

“It has been proven there is fraud in elections.” Yes, there’s the Republican operative in North Carolina who not only did election fraud by collecting and misusing absentee ballots, but who also did Social Security fraud at the same time. Double header, lose lose! Fraud has always been detected and dealt with, and has proven to be irrelevant to the outcomes of elections. Hopefully, we’ll see a bunch of Republican state legislators going to jail for their obvious legislating to rig the vote. That is big-time election fraud. 

“So Donald Trump is to blame …” yes that’s correct, I totally agree. Jan. 6, 2021, the insurrection, would not have happened without Trump’s actions. Try and argue that point. I’ll wait. 

“An insurrection by definition is a violent attempt to take control of a government.” Dictionaries say “insurrection — a violent uprising against an authority or government.” Oh go ahead, just call it a “normal tourist visit.” Many people saw it, it was all well televised, and many of the participants have testified to their intentions, believing they were called to Washington, incited by Trump. 

“... we’re going to walk down, and I’ll be there with you…” NOT! His Jan. 6 speech was packed full of lies, situation normal. 

“This was no insurrection.” That is another lie, as is “... instigated by leftist infiltrators.” Come on man, stop your lying! 

“How can you say because of one man we as a nation are more or less doomed?” For my part I can say that the nation is in serious trouble because of Trump, but we also have Trump to thank for revealing the extent to which a minority of people don’t believe in America at all. Fortunately, we now have President Biden, a competent public servant willing to forgo any sort of trumpist drama, and just get stuff done, in spite of total obstruction by the GOPer Congress. 

“Trump had the border under control.” Actually, Trump violated human rights, with a total lack of decency or respect for law. That has always been his way of course. 

“The Democrats died with Kennedy and the party is no longer recognizable.” Wrong again, that’s just plain bassackwards wrong. The dead party of the Republicans has been circling the toilet drain since Nixon, and has finally made it through to the treatment plant with Trump pulling the lever. 

“Cancel culture, wokeness, liberalism, socialism, communism, anti-police leftists and Antifa had infiltrated our society long before Trump arrived. God help us.” Just like a loser, calling upon some mythic other to deliver them from their own incompetence. Quack all you want, the present danger to our country is perfectly clear. Conservative “Christian” right-wing Republican straight white racist radical extremist terrorists are the problem. GOPers from Nixon on have proven themselves incapable of governing. When will folks get a clue how rotten most of their elected GOPer “representatives” have become? 

Bil Aylor 

Bryson City