In an interview with the New York Times, Trump said, “I’m not looking to hurt people.”
Would that this statement were true. It certainly wasn’t the case for Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by an over-indoctrinated, deliberately non-protocol following, gun-happy ICE agent.The agent killed her, but Good’s blood is on Trump’s hands - and on the hands of all in his complicit cabinet. JD Vance tried to absolve the killer, insisting that Good’s murder was “a tragedy of her own making.” No. It was a tragedy of Trump’s making, and no amount of cover-up, revisionist history, of blocking state investigation, of trying to blame the “far left” and the “lunatic fringe” will change the fact that this is simply the latest escalation of violence committed by his administration. Trump is lying and we all know it. What is true is our push back; in November local Democrat candidates swept the election table and are now safely sworn in to their offices. Josh Shapiro has announced his candidacy for another term as Governor. And The Trump Store in Bensalem is closing, because MAGA business is on the decline. Small steps, and we are not done. We will continue to resist in ways that avoid taking the Trump bait. Peace is our strength. In the words of Martin Luther King, “Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon,” We will “persuade with our words” and “with our acts.” That is our truth. We, unlike Trump, are not looking to hurt people. We just want our country back.