A Virtual Church

How low can he go?

Yesterday

Not talking about a party game here. I am talking about the meme Donald Trump delighted in sending out on social media during the Super Bowl game.

How can anyone, even the most MAGA of you think portraying the Obamas as chimps was okay? That our morally bankrupt, convicted sexual predator, twice impeached, Jeffery Epstein loving president thinks this is a good idea should disgust and repel all of us.

Trump’s mental decline is on full display now. He has a hard time processing clear thought. He slurs words, and generally reeks in disgusting behavior. He is a crook and a grifter who is a clear and present danger to our democracy.

Here and there are Senate voices saying on air that this is not right. Truthfully, there should be a lot more hue and cry, hair-on-fire moments when most of us are screaming, “what the hell is going on?”

Is there anything we can do to stop him? I do not advocate violence but I have talked before about the 25^th Amendment, where a president can be removed due to incompetence. Now he is talking about doing away with elections and remaining in office, like the autocrat he has always wanted to beoices roaring resistance in numbers too loud to ignore get under his skin. Watch for him to start making bad decisions that will hurt all of us.

Our allies are abandoning us. Our friends in Greenland and Europe think we are nuts to put up with this.

Who among the MAGA cult will admit buyer’s remorse? Surely not all of you have abandoned morality and social conscience to follow this man into a way of life that is antithetical to all America has ever stood for!

The “now what?” question is bubbling up among us. Trump was annoyed at Bad Bunny’s halftime performance of music sung in Spanish. I felt like dancing in the living room. We had taco salads for lunch. We eat tortillas and make bean Burritos. I think we should get a Babbel course to learn Spanish.

No one is going to stop the browning of America. Trump has tried to get rid of African Americans, now he is going after Latinos. He can’t pretend that he is not racist; we see it with our own eyes.

The mid-term voting has already begun in North Carolina. If you are not already registered you may do so at early voting sites.There is a Board of Elections Office in every county. Contact them to find locations of early voting.

This is an important election. As voting rights and civil rights are being stripped, we need to be loud.

I registered as a Democrat as soon as I was old enough to vote and have been a yellow-dog Democrat ever since. Years ago, we had a yellow lab and I would tie a red, white and blue scarf around her neck and take her to the polls. Now is a time for a little holy boldness. This democracy rests on each of us.

Voting is a great American freedom, and a great sign that our democracy still works. A lot of what happens about Trump and MAGA is in our hands. Do we love America enough to keep it? The answer lies in each of us.

See you at the polls.

Lib Campbell is a retired Methodist pastor, retreat leader, columnist and host of the blogsite www.avirtualchurch.com. She can be contacted at libcam05@gmail.com 

 

 

 

 

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