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If we actually talked to each other, we could prevent political assassinations
It’s hard to be mad if you have to listen to someone else talk.
The attempted assassination of former president Donald Trump has been on my mind since Saturday evening. I caught wind of it first on Twitter. Utah Senator Mike Lee, one of the bigger Trump cheerleaders out there, had this to say:
Full quote:
“We’ve got to take the political temperature down, as evidenced by what happened in Pennsylvania today. We call on President Biden to immediately order that all federal criminal charges against President Trump be dropped, and to ask the governors of New York and Georgia to do the same. Such a gesture would help heal wounds and allow all Americans to take a deep breath and reflect on how we got here. Our prayers are with the victims of the shooting, President Trump and our country.”
That is one hard pill to swallow, isn’t it? We know the prosecutions are political. They’re banana republic styled prosecutions. The crimes involved in…
