Violence begets Violence
Since the day he rode down the golden escalator, Donald Trump has sought to divide this nation and to fan the flames of violence. On his very first day, he was calling people rapists and murderers.
Since the days he was campaigning and encouraging his supporters to violence against anybody that might protest. Who can forget one of his people coming out of the aisle at one of his rallies to slug a young protester that was being escorted out of the rally by his security? It wasn't long until there were no protesters inside his rallies. He promised to pay the fines for anyone arrested for beating the hell out of them.
He has sought to divide and to provoke violence since Day One. We now see the culmination of his words and actions, just a couple of months before the next election.
Americans really need no more proof than what they witnessed last night with his audience at his speech. Over a thousand people sat neatly packed, without masks, as he rambled on like a dictator celebrating some great victory. But, what they really showed the American people was that they do not care. They do not think of their fellow man. With over 180,000 people dead, they still want to believe it is a "hoax". Because that is what their Leader wants them to believe.
Finally, we see the violence in the streets. We see young people protesting, sometimes with burning and looting, because of the violence against young black men. Trump supporters recoil at the BLM signs and marches. All the time, Donald Trump has only fanned the flames. He believes with a strong-enough police and military action, he can bring the protests to an end. That is his only solution. He has offered no words to calm the situation and has offered no reforms for police brutality. He has failed miserably.
Now, we have a young, white teenager, walking down the middle of a street with an AR-15, shooting people at random. This is the culmination of 4 years of Donald Trump's division and violent language. We can only expect more violence. That is the reality we must confront today.
