When I learned that the owners of the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times had unilaterally cancelled their Editorial Boards’ prepared endorsements of Kamala Harris for President, a chill ran down my spine. When even billionaires like Jeff Bezos are too cowardly to risk the wrath of Donald Trump, we begin to sense what life under a deranged dictator would be like. We begin to understand the reason he persists in threatening his detractors with violent retribution. Too many Americans are cowards.
When confronted with a sociopathic, egotistical dictator, nearly every elected Republican senator and representative swallowed their patriotism and groveled at the feet of the Orange Beast. The heroic few who refused were chased out of their party by the jackals.
The generation of Americans who defeated Adolf Hitler would be stunned to learn that nearly half of America is now prepared to invite a fascist into the White House. The term “fascist” was used by Trump’s own chief-of-staff, General John Kelley, and was supported in an open letter signed by a dozen other Trump administration officials agreeing that he was unfit for office.[1]
The news media, sadly including the Chicago Tribune, are too fearful of retribution by Trump’s MAGA stormtroopers to tell their readers the truth. People used to ask “How could Germany have ever elected Adolf Hitler to lead their country?” Horrifically, we now see the answer.
Tom DeCoursey
Oak Park