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Title: The Poison of Hate, the Betrayal of the Many Revenge never brings peace—it only deepens the wound. That’s not just a moral truth, it’s a political one. Trump has built his public life on hatred, class warfare, and the deliberate targeting of the powerless. He pits one group of Americans against another, demonizes immigrants, devalues dissent, and uses fear as his currency. Meanwhile the rest of us pay the bill. When you strip away the slogans, the “America First” talk, the grand gestures, you find a furious contempt for “the other”—immigrants, people of color, workers who speak out—all while he builds his wealth, empowers his cronies, and ignores the cost to tens of millions. He doesn’t ask “how do we help?” He asks “who can I punish?” Here are some facts: “Donald Trump knows how important his words about unauthorized immigrants are. Migrant criminals. Illegal monster. Killers… ‘When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best,’ he said during his 2015 campaign announcement.” The Marshall Project “Latinos & Racism in the Trump Era … White nationalist racism became the defining feature of the Trump presidency, making Latinos’ heightened experiences of racism … one of its lasting legacies.” American Academy of Arts and Sciences “Trump has sought every way to terrorize entire communities in a hunt for our immigrant neighbors that will put all of our civil liberties in danger.” American Civil Liberties Union “Immigrants crossing the southern border ‘destroying the blood of our country, they’re destroying the fabric of our country,’” the former president said at a rally. AP News These are not mistakes. They are the system. A system in which the wealthy get richer, the powerful stay protected, and the rest are told to shut up and take it. A system in which those who question the narrative are labeled enemy, traitor, or worse. To you in Congress who have watched this unfold, said little, tolerated much: this is your betrayal too. You were sworn to serve all the people—not just the ones who fund you or cheer you on. When you stand by while hunger becomes leverage, when you ignore the suffering of migrant families, when you let power replace justice—you choose the poison of revenge over the promise of public service. We will not forget. We will not forgive the days you covered for cruelty with convenience. Lies about affordability, tweets about “the greatest victory,” simultaneous cuts to food stamps while hosting parties for billionaires—all of this speaks. The public is listening. The anger is building. The day of reckoning is coming. Because this isn’t just about one man. It’s about the system that enabled him, the party that empowered him, and the people who had it enough. And when the many rise to reclaim their dignity, you will wish you had sided with truth instead of tyranny.