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Trump's Sly Encouragement of Lawless Violence

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His campaign for president was stained by his race-bait politics slurring immigrants as rapists and murderers promising to ban Muslims
His campaign for president was stained by his race-bait politics slurring immigrants as rapists and murderers promising to ban Muslims
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These basic truths need restating in this terrible time. Across the world, we see the rise of racism, anti-Semitism and islamophobia, and its violent expression.

In this, Donald Trump can no longer duck responsibility. When an American president speaks, the world listens.

When our president acts irresponsibly to divide us, citizens must act responsibly to bring us together. Our freedoms — of speech, of assembly, of religion — can save us from misrule, but only if we exercise them.

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Lance Ciepiela is a retired senior who had an interesting career in government service - a United States Marine Corps (USMC) Vietnam-Era veteran, who became interested in restoring the Constitution after I realized that W Bush had attacked (more...)
 

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