Pastor Fienen writes (and this is why I worry):
As for taking a swipe at the President, you didn't used to find that at all objectionable. I will note that contesting the results of an election and persisting in claiming that the wrong person was elected was not invented by Donald J. Trump.
I comment:
Doesn't matter. This is now. The election was not stolen. This is true. His lying words are fueling sedition.
Pastor Fienen:
Partisan violence was not invented by Trump followers but has been a feature of American politics since the beginning and in the last decade has been practiced also by those on the Left and by followers of Democrats.
Me:
So what? Generally wrong, no matter who does it.
Pastor Fienen:
Violence in the streets and against governmental, even Federal, buildings has been committed not just by people on the Right but also by people on the Left.
Me:
This is why I worry. Focus. Focus! It is not the left claiming that the election was stolen. I was not the left that threatened death to our Senators and members of Congress on January 6. It was not the left that planned to kidnap the governor of Michigan. It is not the left trying to restrict voting rights. It is not the left continuing the spread the lie about the 2020 election. It is not the left who elects QAnon crazies to Congress.
It is not the left who is seizing vicious control of the Republican Party and purging those (Romney, Cheney, et al.) who do not join the cry of lies and the cult of personality.
Do you not see any danger in all of this? Or is you only response the wussy-weak "well, golly gee, I think others have done this, too!"?
Trumpublicans are in a full-out assault on our democracy. Those of you who do not see this, or accept certain things just because you think he is with you on an issue or two are doing great damage.
Oh, and OK, he got the vaccine research underway and can be credited with that. That does not excuse his other deadly blunders concering COVID-19.