Hard Working Americans Understand Trump First, Then Us
“We’re scared of Kamala Harris; she put black men like me in prison.”
I have often reflected on a conversation I had with a buddy. I shared the articles I wrote with him and expected pushback, but I was surprised with his response; he told me he was supporting Trump. Then he explained,” Kamala Harris puts black men like me in prison.” Carla Bell's editorial in the Miami Herald, “Black Americans should hold their adoration—Kamala Harris has done real damage.” explains why.
As a child, I remember seeing images in the newspaper and video clips on the evening news of the civil rights marches and the brutality of the state and local police. I did not understand how we could treat individuals this way.
As an adult, I see images and videos of old male supporters of Donald Trump paraded in front of the media in the middle of the night. They were handcuffed, barefoot, and in their pajamas with the FBI SWAT team (with body armor and automatic rifles) in front and back.
As a child and later as a teenager, I was relieved the Federal Government stepped in to stop the brutality of the local and state police and ended the discrimination and segregation (my ex-brother-in-law was one of the National Guard members in Little Rock during the de-segregation of the high school).
Today, it is not just the federal government targeting concerned parents, Catholics, conservatives, and Trump supporters. It is also the mainstream media and the national Democratic Party leaders leading the persecution of these groups of individuals.
Shock and awe is a military strategy based on using overwhelming power and spectacular displays of force to paralyze the enemy's perception of the battlefield and destroy their will to fight. Though the concept has a variety of historical precedents, the doctrine was explained by Harlan K. Ullman and James P. Wikipedia
Even though I was nine years old when the Buddhist monk self-immolated himself in Saigon, I have never forgotten it. The image was on the front page of every newspaper, magazine, and nightly news program, and why he chose to end his life in such a manner. He was protesting the US-backed South Vietnamese regime of President Diem.
Today, few are even aware an individual self-immolated himself in front of the New York courthouse where President Trump. Some stories ended with him being treated for burns at a local hospital and being upset with Biden and Trump. Later news reports stated he died from his burns.
Why would Maxwell Azzarello self-immolate in front of the judge and prosecutor of Trump's trial? Could it be That Trump was tried and found guilty of inflating his assets and fined hundreds of millions of dollars? Trump was tried and found guilty of sexually abusing a woman three decades earlier without any evidence or witnesses, just her word vs Trump’s word. At this courthouse, Trump is now being tried for an action that no one has ever been tried before on.
Self-immolation is the act of setting oneself on fire. It is mainly done for political or religious reasons, often as a form of protest or in acts of martyrdom. Due to its disturbing and violent nature, it is considered one of the most extreme methods of protest.
Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
Those simple words, ‘Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country,” were penned by an American like you and I. Charles Weller penned those words in the early 1900s, which was a typing exercise for people learning to type. I took a typing class in high school, and I can imagine many individuals who went to war in WWI, WWII, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War had also typed those words over and over as I had.
Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country. In the last several years, I have reached out to American Japanese and American Chinese organizations to join me on my radio program to discuss the discrimination by Ivy League Universities. I reached out to the Anti-Defamation League about outreach to Jews and antisemitism. I reached out to the catholic church and evangelical churches. I reached out to the Sierra Club. I have reached out to political candidates. I have reached out to business leaders. The response has been deafening silence. I get it; it is terrifying to stand apart from the crowd and become a target.
Donald Trump answered the call. I answered the call. Will you answer the call? Contribute or Volunteer to elect Donald Trump.
Ass our next President.
We were the first to report that Deb Haaland (also a Laguna Pueblo member), acting as Secretary of Interior (also a Laguna Pueblo member), trampled on the sovereignty of the Navajo Nation. We now understand that the Congressional House Committee on Natural Resources recently grilled Haaland. Later this week, I will explore Haaland’s past and present ethics violations. What part did Teresa Ledger Fernandez play?
Tune in to “To the Point with Mick Rich” on KKOB 96.3 FM on Saturday at Noon. We have great conversations with community leaders and those listeners who call in. Please send me an email at ToThePointWithMickRich@Gmail.com. I would like to know your thoughts and ideas for articles.
Subscribe to these articles at MickRich.Substack.com and discover why almost 10,000 people follow To the Point with Mick Rich on Substack.