Wait, wait, wait... so the people who’ve been threatening violence for weeks, saying Trump is going to prevail, who organized a March because they “had the numbers”—want us to believe NONE of those people showed up, but ANTIFA in MAGA gear did?
They can’t even own their hatred.
By the way, if anyone really believed they were ANTIFA, they would have been shot with guns, not shot in selfies.
@mattgaetz should go to prison for this insurrection.
So Rudy and Trump just spoke to an audience comprised of Leftist plants, implored them to march on the Capitol, and they all risked certain jail, injury, or death all just to make Trump supporters look bad?
This was not ANTIFA.
It was not Black Lives Matter.
It was not the "Radical Left" descending upon the Capitol to violently overturn a free and fair election by the people.
This was MAGA being what it has always been: white terrorism.
I never wrote about politics or mentioned a politician or party by name, until Donald Trump began his 2016 campaign. It was alarming to witness, and I believed it was a moment of historic urgency that as a Christian pastor I could not sit out, one that required specificity.
I remember the first time I wrote a piece mentioning him, a family member said, "You better be careful, you'll alienate half your potential audience."
I replied, "I'm not writing to keep an audience, I'm declaring who I am and what matters to me. I'll live with the results."
With each passing week, I've been more certain I was right to speak up, because it allowed me to connect with like-hearted people all over the world and to realize how medicinal community is, how interdependent we all are.
I'll pray for the families of the 280,000 Americans who have died while Republicans have made fun of, ignored, or thumbed their noses at this pandemic, while Rudy has attacked a free and fair election and prevented us from moving forward.
I have compassion for the victims of this president, his Administration, his party, his surrogates, and his supporters, who show zero concern for the greatest loss of life during this short a span in our lifetime.
I have deep empathy for the people who will continue to get sick and die as a direct result of this anti-mask, anti-Science, anti-decency MAGA movement, and Republicans who insist on protecting a sociopathic despot who has never given a damn about other’s suffering.
In the 2016 presidential campaign, then-candidate Donald Trump dropped the phrase fake news into the national lexicon to tremendous (and disastrous) effect. He understood how much people value the truth as an idea, and how much they despise being lied to.
Trump knew if you can cast doubt in someone about another entity (a person, a politician, party, a segment of the population), if you can make someone believe they’re being misled, they will revolt against the perceived offender and won’t require much, if any, evidence to do so.
Their visceral response to the mere suggestion of deception will be so great that it will supersede both clear logic and measurable proof.
I wish Sasha Obama wasn't ignoring a pandemic, suggesting Martial Law, and holding COVID aid hostage over her ego.
Oh, wait...
Apparently, not everyone...
Taking this tweet down, not because I'm embarrassed of it, but because it's depressing me to see how many people on the Left are able to miss the point, and then double down even after several people have explained that they have, and how.
Given the work I do and how explicitly I've already shared my thoughts, you already know where our family is regarding this Tuesday's election, but I need you to hear this from me.
Recently, our 11-year old said of the current president, "He hates us. Listen to the way he talks about us." She is internalizing the horrible partisan rally rants and the incessant, baseless, incendiary attacks on Liberals, Democrats, and the Left.
And you are collaborating with him.
Our children are not stupid. They are social media-savvy and politically informed. They see the videos. They read the news stories.