Greetings. I am a voting constituent in rural west Texas.
While the media tries their best to amp us up to the level of the Trump administration with various hair-on-fire histrionics, the rest of us are trying to take a deep breath and watch our Democratic process play out.
While we still can.
I’m referring to the teeth gnashing going on over the Biden agenda as the various parts wend their laborious way through Congress.
I’m reminded this a.m. of just a few of the topics from exactly one year ago during the Trump administration.
Exactly a year ago, the news reported that Trump adviser Hope Hicks had coronavirus and that she had recently traveled with White House personnel on Air Force One. The stock market dropped 400 points on the news. The previous day had been the infamous presidential debate when Trump yelled and snarled at Biden, while his entourage, including Hicks, refused to wear masks despite a mandate that they must do so. We did not know who else might be infected.
Hours later, we learned that the president and First Lady were both sick, and within hours the president would be hospitalized.
A study of more than 38 million English-language articles about the pandemic between January 1 and May 26 showed that Trump was “likely the largest driver of…Covid-19 misinformation.”
Trump’s former national security adviser, retired Lt. General H.R. McMaster, told MSNBC that Trump was “aiding and abetting Putin’s efforts” to disrupt the November election.
The House of Representatives, controlled by Democrats, passed a $2.2 trillion coronavirus relief measure. No Republicans voted for it.
That was just one day’s reporting. And I could add way more but space is limited.
In short, we don’t want histrionics. We want progress.
But what do we get instead?
“As political scientist and foreign relations expert David Rothkopf tweeted: “Are the Dems the ones in disarray when they are crafting specific programs while the GOP offers up only cynical Tweets & obstruction? The only GOP agenda items are voter suppression, defending the worst president in history & when they have power, pushing tax cuts for the rich.””
