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Fasten your seatbelt: Donald Trump’s latest gimmick in his reelection dream is to say that a vote for him is our best hope yet for redemption. The obvious follow-up question is “from what?” The unemployment rate is at its lowest in years, the COVID pandemic Trump labelled a “hoax” is mostly behind us and Joe Biden has never once embraced an insurrection or easy access to assault weapons. Is it any wonder that the “Trump the Redemptor” bandwagon is finding the 2024 campaign trail a very bumpy road.
He’s gotta go: Our president needs to step down! He will not do anything about the Mexican cartels at the border and now they’re killing Americans! He didn’t inherit the problem, he created it. Our country is spending over $182 billion on illegal immigrants as they get free health care paid by us, the American taxpayer, and hotel rooms to live in while our people are sleeping on sidewalks. When will it be enough for you? Vote him out if you love our country that he is ruining!
Uprising misrepresented: Tucker Carlson’s recent videos of the Jan. 6 insurrection were video clips purposely selected to mislead the viewer from seeing what was a violent mob by showing only calm activity or minor disturbances. Obviously the importance of the insurrection is about the violent attempt to overrun the Capitol and those participants who were responsible. McCarthy was well aware as to what Tucker would be doing with the video footage! The resulting footage is an insult to the American public with such a dishonest intent to cover up the seriousness.
Lying to get ratings: As an American, I find Fox News used its position carelessly to divide our nation by perpetuating lies. Even today there are mindsets that the lie has destroyed, ruining friendships between the two parties may never heal. It is sad that Fox had to put their ratings above the importance of honest news by poisoning the minds of their viewers with such a irresponsible accusation.
Missing good movies: What happened to the movie industry? The movies today are full of violence, too much heavy sexual scenes. What happened to movies with a story or a good plot? The actors and actresses of yesteryear were professionals who knew how to play a character and portray a story.
Drug cartel war: Sen. Lindsey Graham, never at a loss for words or swell ideas, thinks it’d be terrific if the United States crossed over the border and started a war with the drug cartels. But what if Mexico decided to rid us of our felons — do you really think that turnabout would be considered fair play in the hallowed halls of Congress?
