schmidlap
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I don't think you should, no. Over a thousand of his January 6 goons have been identified apprehended, prosecuted, and sentenced, and law-abiding Americans will be prepared if his lust for power drives him to try to overcome a certified democratic election again.So there's no reason to be irrationally terrified of TRUMP! and no reason to hang breathlessly on every word he utters....
You can consider the sexual abuser "a terrifying force" while claiming that the loser facing 91criminal indictments is "nothing to worry about" if that is what you need to do.On one hand, TRUMP! is such a terrifying force that we must listen to and comment on everything he says, while OTOH, he's nothing to worry about. Can you pick a horse and stay on it?
Experience dictates caution, and sensible precautions to insure he doesn't try it again.
"There's no question, none, that President Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day...
"The people who stormed this building believed they were acting on the wishes and instructions of their president, and having that belief was a foreseeable consequence of the growing crescendo of false statements, conspiracy theories and reckless hyperbole which the defeated president kept shouting into the largest megaphone on planet Earth."
"He did not do his job. He didn't take steps so federal law could be faithfully executed and order restored...
"No. Instead, according to public reports, he watched television happily — happily — as the chaos unfolded," he said. "Even after it was clear to any reasonable observer that Vice President Pence was in serious danger."