As I read Stewart Meyer espouse how Trump is not a threat to democracy in the April 11 edition of the Aiken Standard. Quite frankly, I am not surprised what he continues to put forth in his letters as all have the same theme. I hope he has not invested in Truth Social as all his writing seems to mimic its manifesto. From reading Mr. Meyer’s piece, he wants to know how people who are opposed to his world view can think Trump is a danger to democracy and America.
I can only assume that he has been hiding under a rock the last decade or was born yesterday. Mr. Meyer there are so many answers to your questions. Go to the library or bookstore or borrow any of the books that were published by Trump’s former cabinet on how they rationalized overlooking all the warnings about Trump. They saw him in action and they advised that the country was sleepwalking into a dictatorship.
The people who elected Trump understood he was everything he had been accused of — a business cheat and fraudster, a shameless philanderer, the undisputed king of liars, a bully and an individual who wraps himself in the flag but got out of serving his country during Vietnam. He went to a military cemetery and stated that the men who were buried there were losers.
Let us not forget what he said of John McCain.
It seems that a relatively small group of Americans — and a disproportionate core of far-right Republicans — are willing to go along with someone who thinks, acts and intends to do as he says he will. Trump brought with him an entourage of fanatics who believed it was their solemn duty to derail the voice of other Americans, hijack the majority will of the people and enforce a sort of Iran-style, far-right regime on the majority of the country’s citizens.
What do you think Jan. 6 was? Trump inspired a mob to go to the Capitol and stop the certification of an election while pushing a scheme of fake electors. No president in history did anything close to that. When Trump called for termination of the Constitution and jailing his political opponents with his word and deeds, how is that not a threat to democracy? Attacking judges and their families, threatening enemies with violence?
Mr. Meyer believes the premise is simple: Put a man in the White House who will do anything to have the adoration of his fans, and he will deliver. Sadly, only extremists get their way. History can and does repeat itself just like elections. Still the same old white men are running for president, but one exhibits competence and the other might drag this country into a Haiti-like rule by gang violence.
I know which choice I will be making. As Meyer ends his letter to the editor, “wake up already.”
Richard Koblin
Aiken
