Sunday, September 06, 2020

My answer to Jane

I don’t know Jane, but she’s on my Facebook Friends list—I think through an artist group.  Jane responded to one of my posts,  Trump is "a threat to our democracy." I see or hear this claim a lot, the media make endless such comments, but with no explanation. So I asked her:

Did moving the embassy to the capital of Israel which other presidents promised threaten democracy?

Did making changes in the penal system threaten democracy?

Did securing funding for black colleges threaten democracy?

Did strengthening the military threaten democracy?

Did undoing the terrible climate change agreement that only U.S. was following threaten democracy?

Did renegotiating trade agreements with Mexico and Canada threaten democracy?

Did continuing with the wall at the border that both Bush and Obama also funded threaten democracy?

Did removing the threat of jail and fines from a forced health insurance plan threaten democracy?

Did pulling out of international abortion agreements threaten democracy?

Did walking to an historic church in DC when it was being attacked by rioters threaten democracy?

Did helping Israel and UAE sign an historic peace agreement in 2020 threaten democracy?

Did withdrawing our troops from a region sucking up blood and treasure of Americans for almost 2 decades threaten democracy?

Did calling out NATO members for never paying their share of the military protection threaten democracy?

Did cutting red tape and bureaucratic rules to allow the economy to recover from the slowest ever recession recovery threaten democracy?

Do tweets intended to irritate Democrats and their unthinking followers threaten democracy?

Did asking Congress to do its job in the DACA (illegal) situation threaten democracy?

Does saving the unborn child from a painful abortion threaten democracy?

Does being the most pro-life president ever threaten democracy?

Does believing blacks and other minorities have a right to build their own companies and to have an investment in economic freedoms like yours threaten democracy?

Did exposing the corruption and illegal spying behavior of the last administration threaten democracy?

Did withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal threaten democracy?

Did the wage growth of the bottom 10% of wage earners threaten democracy?

Did expanding his base of support among minorities, releasing them from 60 years of Democrat party ownership, threaten democracy?

Did confronting China about unfair to Americans trade agreements threaten democracy?

Did appointing 2 fine conservative judges to the Supreme Court so it can do its job instead of creating law threaten democracy?

Did making us an energy exporter instead of importer threaten democracy?

Did creating a 6th military branch (space) threaten democracy?

Does maintaining a breathtaking schedule to promote all things American for Americans threaten anyone other than Joe B. Hiden?

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