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Trump’s critics don’t get
it. A recent letter writer characterized
Trump’s criticism of journalists, members of Congress and judges as
“authoritarian.” As if Trump is the
first President who had disagreed with his opponents.
As I recall, Harry Truman
famously promised to punch a reporter who wrote disparaging remarks about his
daughter. It was Barack Obama who stood
up in front for the entire Supreme Court and lambasted them for a ruling they
had made, and was called a liar by one of Justices. And it was Bill Clinton who sent his minions
out to smear Special Prosecutor Ken Starr after lying to the nation, the
Congress and his cabinet about his dalliance with an intern.
The letter writer talks about the
framers who designed “equal and independent branches of the federal government”
as if to imply that if they don’t all agree our rights and freedoms are in
danger. That is the exact opposite of
the truth. The only places where all
organs of government agree is in dictatorships or one-party states. In democratic Republics like ours there is
healthy disagreement over issues and solutions.
One of the reasons Trump was elected was because the governing classes
have failed the American people. Certain
segments of our culture – people Angelo Codevilla referred to as the Ruling
Class - became wealthy while the broad middle and working class lost their
jobs, a direct result of government policies, and their hope for a better
future.
Calling Trump “authoritarian” or
“Hitler” is a direct attack on the people who support him. It’s another way of calling them fascists or
Nazis. That’s how you get more Trump.
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