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Donald Trump, Sit Down and Shut Up
https://www.politicususa.com/2020/03/21/opinion-donald-trump-sit-down-and-shut-up.htmlPosted on Sat, Mar 21st, 2020 by Adalia Woodbury
Opinion: Donald Trump, Sit Down and Shut Up
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We worry about friends who have symptoms but can’t be tested. We worry about people who are vulnerable because of age, because they are immune-compromised or have complicated health situations.
Our imaginations venture to areas that seem surreal – like what if Trump is out to let people in blue states die, while he helps the people in red states just so he can win an election? Then reality sets in, the reality that reminds us viruses don’t care about politics, or about walls, borders, race, age, gender, or whether you think the virus is real.
Our reality is like every dystopian novel wrapped into one. And just when you return to reality from the surreal, Donald Trump appears on TV with his happy talk appealing to the ignorant segment of the electorate.
Every time I see Trump speaking, I think of a professor who suggested limiting voting to political scientists. But he pointed out as well that that would merely exchange one arbitrarily-chosen elite for another.
Right now, I’d settle for media that only allow people who tell the truth to frequent our airwaves.
While we wander further into this nightmare, we need accurate awareness more than ever. We need access to credible, valid facts conveyed by people we trust.
Time for Trump to sit down and shut up.
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