Trump and his cronies are killing democracy

Total shame on all — Trump, Noem, Miller, Bovino, Patel and any other who decreed that Alex Pretti was anything other than a lawful protester who was murdered on the streets of Minneapolis.

After being chemically sprayed, beaten and forced face-down on the pavement, they took his legally holstered firearm and proceeded to shoot him in the back. Ten shots later he’s dead in the street.

The response from the federal authorities afterward was that he had been brandishing his weapon, attacking agents, acting as a domestic terrorist with the goal of causing maximum carnage and the ICE agents were the true victims. They said he had no legal right to be armed where he was.

Of course all of this has been proven wrong by multiple verified video accounts.

If that’s how they lie when presented with evidence to the contrary, how can you believe anything they say when there are no cameras available? The lying on every issue must stop and the fools who buy into the lies should understand that it is murdering our democracy as surely as ICE murdered Pretti.

How do conservatives or Christians reconcile supporting such liars while trying to teach their children to be honest citizens?

Steve Fowler

Cedar Rapids