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Bullies and Cowards

Pub: NY Daily News July 10, 2020 Unpublished
Hometown: Utica, NY Writes: Lefty/Southpaw
Tags: COVID · Russia · Veterans

Decorated hero, Lt. Colonel Alexander Vindman retires from the Army, saying he did so because of President Donald Trump’s campaign of “bullying, intimidation and retaliation” against him. What a travesty!

We want to know why Trump’s “bullying, intimidation and retaliation” was nowhere to be found when Vladimir Putin told him to pull troops out of Germany, or offered bounties to our enemies to kill our troops! Why did our “tough guy” president suddenly turn mousy and toothless?

We’re sick of seeing this same, tired act. Trump fawns over Putin and jumps to do his bidding, he scurries away from protecting Americans from COVID-19, he cowers behind Bill Barr to stonewall access to his financial records, he refuses to criticize White Supremacists and racists…yet he stands tall against whistleblowers, and courageously breaks up migrant families while throwing their children into cages. Meanwhile, he is supported at every turn by his Republican lemmings in Congress!

We can’t hope to change the hearts of these merciless lawmakers, but we can remove them from power. Bullies only understand a punch in the mouth. The best way to punch these Republican cowards in the mouth is to vote them all out in November!

— Jeff and Joan Ganeles, Utica, NY
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