We will reap what we’ve sown
To the Editor:
I wish I could blame the outcome of the recent presidential election on yet another “misfire” (as in 2000 and 2016) of our arcane and thoroughly undemocratic Electoral College system.
But, no. This time, a majority of America’s voting public, by a margin of some 4 million popular votes, have spoken clearly.
They have chosen as the leader of our republic a blatant fascist and racist who once called a neo-Nazi mob spewing antisemitic hate “very fine people.” The one they have picked is a narcissistic sociopath and pathological liar and a misogynistic serial abuser of women (“When you’re a star they let you do it.”). Our soon-to-be commander-in-chief (again) considers those who sacrifice and die in the service of their country “suckers” and “losers,” has cruelly mocked the physically challenged and unabashedly befriends and admires the worst bullies on the global stage. He once tried using American aid to an ally as a bargaining chip in his personal political machinations, which was the subject of his first impeachment.
The American people have chosen as the next president an election tamperer (“Fellas, I need 11,000 votes. Give me a break.”) and the inciter of violent insurrectionists against the legal workings of our government (“We love you, you’re very special”), this the focus of his second impeachment. He is a stealer and concealer of classified government documents, and now a convicted felon, one who calls our nation’s journalistic media “an enemy of the American people.” A demagogue who trolls the very darkest corners our national psyche, our new/old president-elect will predictably continue spreading such hatred, fear, division and chaos at every turn — all his stock-in-trade going back many years.
If these are the things you resonate to Mr. & Mrs. America, you’ve got them (again) in one convenient, deplorable package: Donald J. Trump — this time with few guardrails left in place. And, count on him to surround himself (again) with the very worst characters lurking in the undergrowth of America’s political landscape, the likes of Roger Stone, Giuliani, Steve Bannon, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Sidney Powell and Stephen Miller, just as a sampler. Beyond these, a host of lesser creeps and crazies have already begun emerging from the woodwork (check the news), re-empowered by their idol and enabler.
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Trump in 2024 is a known quantity, and appropriate alarm bells were sounded for any who were paying attention, including from many of his former staff and other fellow Republicans who came to view him, and still do, as a genuine threat to American democracy. There is no excuse. So enjoy the ride, you 50.5%, until you at long last perhaps lose your stomach for it all. Meanwhile, the rest of us will “stand back and stand by,” to challenge and resist the coming outrages as best we can — and prepare to pick up the pieces when it’s all over. And, if there’s any consolation in all this, at least we’re guaranteed a peaceful transfer of power come January!
Tom Powers
Haywood County
