I am a 70-year-old American who is horrified by the obvious efforts of Donald Trump to undermine our constitutional system of government in order to establish his own family-centered autocracy. I have never been a partisan Democrat, but in the last few years I have increasingly thought of that party as the best hope for avoiding this looming national disaster. So to me, U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer’s comments inciting violence against two sitting Supreme Court justices are horribly counterproductive. They suggest that the Democrats are giving up the fight for constitutional government and are ready to resort to the same strong-arm thuggery that has been only a thinly veiled threat in several of Trump’s remarks over the four years we have come to know him as a force in our national politics.
Some statements cannot be effectively “walked back.” If Schumer is as concerned as I am about the need to succeed in the ongoing confrontation with Trumpism, he should demonstrate that by resigning his post as Senate minority leader.
— George J. Barry, Frankfort
Note from KBJ: President Trump is making America great again, George. I'm surprised that bothers you.
