Trump has shown himself to be dangerous to country and Constitution

Editor:

There has been a great deal of discussion in this forum regarding the “facts” behind making one’s decision in this year’s presidential election. As someone who misplaced his vote on Donald Trump in 2016, for me personally, it really only comes down to just a few.

FACT #1: Noon, Friday, January 20, 2017

“I, Donald John Trump, do solemnly swear, that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”

FACT #2: Saturday, December 3, 2022 – “Truth Social”

@realDonaldTrump: “A Massive Fraud of this type and magnitude ALLOWS FOR THE TERMINATION of all rules, regulations, and articles … EVEN THOSE FOUND IN THE CONSTITUTION.”

FACT #3: It is neither the Democrats nor Joe Biden’s “weaponized Department of Justice” that will ultimately bring about Donald Trump’s criminal undoing. It has been thus far, and will continue to be, the Republican witnesses, the Republican evidence, Donald Trump’s own Republican words and a jury of his peers that will take care of that for America. As my dad used to say, “If you have nothing to hide you have nothing to worry about.”

I am by no means a fan of conservative Liz Cheney or her father, but she nailed it on this one: “Republicans cannot be both loyal to Donald Trump and loyal to the Constitution.”

The Constitution of the United States IS America. If, as Donald Trump has personally expressed, that The Constitution “is allowed to be terminated” in part or whole, make no mistake – none of your concerns, none of your opinions, neither the facts, or least of which your right to banter back and forth here publicly in a free press – will ever matter again.  We’ll be fighting alright, but not in a divided, burning house – instead, to the smell of burning parchment with the words “We the People …” blackening into obscurity.

Without The Constitution, there is no America that can ever be “made great” again, by anyone, at any time – including you, your children or your children’s children. In short, it’s over.

Fool yourselves all you want. By his own words and no one else, Donald Trump is that dangerous.

Matthew 7:16 “You shall know them by their fruit.”

Tom Graham

Rochester

Graham is a member of Albion High School’s Class of 1978.