Thank You, Beto o’Rourke by tristero

Thank You, Beto O’Rourke 

by tristero

Thank you, Beto O’Rourke, for telling it exactly like it is:

“We have a president right now who traffics in this hatred, who incites this violence, who calls Mexican immigrants rapists and criminals, calls asylum seekers animals and an infestation,” the 2020 Democratic presidential candidate said, quoting earlier Trump remarks. 

“You may call a cockroach an infestation, you may use that word in the Third Reich to describe those who are undesirable, who must be put down because they are subhuman. You do not expect to hear that in the United States of America in this age, in our generation, in this beautiful country that decided 243 years ago that we would not define ourselves by race or ethnicity or our differences — but by the fact that we were all created equal.”  

Yes, indeed, Trump’s rhetoric is that of Nazi Germany’s. Good for Beto for saying it, and saying it now, when it’s harder for Trump and his deplorable enablers in Congress to escape the consequences.

So now the question is, how will other Democrats respond? It is my sincere hope that they double down on Beto’s remarks and back Trump into a corner: either Trump continues his Nazi-era rhetoric or he gives it up. Either way he turns, Trump would be weakened.

Of course, Democrats never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity. But this is one they shouldn’t.

One more point: In the wake of El Paso, changing the subject from gun control to “mental health” is a losing proposition for Republicans.

Obviously, the kind of hateful rhetoric spewing out of the computer of the gunman — the same hateful rhetoric spewing out of the mouth of Donald Trump — is a sign of severe mental illness. Both need help and should be immediately denied access both to guns and political power.