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Trump specializes in incompetence and disrespect
Jeff Klinzman
Oct. 30, 2020 5:00 pm
To earn respect, you must extend it to others. I refuse to respect the current occupant of the Oval Office until he expresses his respect for the following:
All immigrants, documented or not, their families, and their children;
Megyn Kelly, Leslie Stahl, and all journalist women of color;
Heather Heyer, who was murdered by one of the 'very fine people” who marched for fascism in Charlottesville;
George Floyd and Black Lives Matter;
The Khan and McCain families, and all those 'losers” who died in combat;
Alexander Vindmann, Marie Yovanovich, and all the professional civil servants who testified against him during his impeachment;
Kamala Harris, who he has called 'nasty” and a 'monster;”
Every American he has called 'far left” and 'radical left;”
In the end, I cannot respect that man until he stands trial for decades of tax and financial fraud, and faces a popular tribunal for his wanton incompetence, cruelty and corruption while pretending to be 'president.”
Jeff Klinzman
Iowa City
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