Seth MacFarlane Instagram – I wonder about this every day. A healthy democracy does not reward his actions.
Perhaps they’ve forgotten about his incitement of a violent insurrection seeking to block the peaceful transfer of power, thus becoming the first sitting president in U.S. history to refuse to accept defeat. A healthy democracy remembers this.
Perhaps they’ve forgotten about his packing of the Supreme Court with right-wing activist judges who took it upon themselves to rob women of their right to an abortion, and his statement of pride in his role. A heathy democracy remembers this.
Perhaps they’ve forgotten his ninety-one criminal counts, and his suggestion that, if elected, he will fire as many as fifty-thousand civil servants, replacing them with loyalists whose only required qualification is fealty to Trump. A healthy democracy remembers this.
Perhaps they’ve forgotten that he drove his own businesses into bankruptcy multiple times, and is now banned from running his business in New York for the next three years. A healthy democracy remembers this.
Perhaps they’ve forgotten that he ordered Republicans in Congress to kill an urgent bipartisan border bill simply because it might make Biden look good, putting self-interest over country for about the billionth time. A healthy democracy remembers this.
Perhaps they’ve forgotten his disastrous and chaotic handling of Covid, and his utter inadequacy in the face of a large-scale crisis (arguably the most important qualification requirement of all for a president). Perhaps they’ve forgotten the millions of needless deaths that followed. A healthy democracy remembers this.
Perhaps they’ve forgotten what happened to Hungary’s democracy under similar circumstances, or perhaps they don’t think it could ever happen here. Or perhaps they’re blissfully unaware of that cautionary tale.
A healthy democracy remembers all these things, and it most certainly does not reward them with a second term.
Maybe America doesn’t remember.
Pepperidge Farm remembers. | Posted on 06/Mar/2024 04:33:06
