Memorial Day Sacrifices

This past Memorial Day proved harder than ever for us to watch the deeply moving stories about those who made the “ultimate sacrifice” for America. What did they sacrifice their lives for? So Republicans could work feverishly under the cover of darkness to take health care and food away from the neediest Americans and then joyfully celebrate their accomplishment? So President Donald J. Trump could repeatedly ignore our Constitution and use his presidency to take gifts and make obscene amounts of money? What an insult to their memories!

We strongly believe that Democrats need to shine a bright light on every single Republican running for re-election and pin them down publicly on their choices. “Did you vote to cut Medicaid, Medicare and Food Stamps, while supporting Donald J. Trump’s acceptance of a $400 million plane from Qatar?” Splash their names and their votes on the front pages of every local newspaper, on every local news station and on every social media platform! Shine a bright light directly on the faces of these greedy hypocrites during their upcoming election years. Make them pay a price for piously honoring our fallen brothers and sisters, while supporting Trump’s autocratic kleptocracy.

Maybe that plan will enable Democrats to take back at least part of the Legislative branch of our government and take the lead in saving American democracy from Trump. Maybe then we can observe future Memorial Days with an aching in our hearts, but without a burning rage in the pit of our stomachs.