Time
for every patriotic American to make a stand
Trump's
comments about immigrants from "shithole countries" is among the
worst statements he has ever uttered. It might very well be the worst.
To
have this outrage come as we approach the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr. is to cast in sharp relief the moral gulf between America as envisioned by
the civil rights activist and our current President.
It
was Dr. King who said "I have a dream that my four little children will
one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of
their skin, but by the content of their character."
By
all accounts, Mr. Trump does not now and has never believed in such an America.
This
is undeniably and clearly outright racist.
It
simply cannot be allowed to continue by anyone who cares about the future of
this country.
This
is sad. It is hurtful. It is dangerous. It is unpatriotic.
Each
elected official, each American, has a choice: where do you stand?
Some may say this helps the President with his base. What about how it debases the values of our nation?
This
rhetoric has to be damned at every turn, at every time.
That
millions of hard working men, women, and children have lives that hang in the
balance at the whims of this President only makes this moment all the more
tragic.
Make
no mistake, America is diminished today in the eyes of the world and in the
eyes of history.
It will be up to every decent person to make sure that this is
not our destiny.
