Our Nation’s Cancer May Be in Remission,
Our Nation’s Cancer May Be in Remission,

But without proper treatment, it may still kill us.

Image by Ahmad Ardity from Pixabay

For four years our nation has been infected by a potentially fatal form of cancer, caused by Donald Trump and spread by his cult-like followers. He may not have directly caused the disease, but he has caused the racism and hate that has been festering in the shadows of our country for years, waiting to infect our society. With his election, he began to destroy the immune system, the safeguards of our democracy, by allowing white supremacists, racists, and the most deplorable reprobates of our society to gain not only a voice but a movement. That movement or cancer is better known as Trumpism.

During the Trump administration, we saw this disease attack the very foundations of our democratic form of government. Trump set himself and his family up as being above the law and took over the justice department as his personal tool, in implementing his revenge upon his political enemies. He and his family members have openly flaunted their disdain for the law and the Constitution. All the while Trump was ravaging our democratic system of government the Republican party stood by silently. The Democrats in the House of Representatives succeeded in impeaching Trump, but the Republicans in the Senate proudly acquitted Trump, out of both fear and their complicity in the wrongdoing of this administration. Instead of upholding their oaths of office, to protect and defend the Constitution, they allowed Trump to continue to attack our democracy, saying “the American people should decide his fate”.

Now the American people have decided. And they have voted overwhelmingly to deny Trump another term in office. What have the Republicans done now? They have joined Trump in an attempt to deny the American people their choice of who will lead this country. With Biden earning more than 7 million more votes than Trump, the Republicans are calling the results fraudulent, but only in those states that Trump won in 2016 and Biden won this time. Cries of “only count the legal votes” abound from the Trump cult. In other words, votes for Biden don’t count, especially Black votes.

Trump has lost every legal challenge in the courts of the swing states he had lost. His biggest hope to have the Supreme Court nullify the election and declare him the winner was an astounding defeat for him. His ploy to pack the court with 3 of his own enablers, to assure his victory, failed miserably. Today, December 14 the Electoral College will certify the election of Biden to be the 46th President of the United States. Yet Trump and his cult refuse to give up. As the Proud Boys, his racist right-wing terrorist group, attacked churches in DC flying the banners of Black Lives Matter and caused violence, in support of Trump, neither Trump nor the Republicans have uttered a word to denounce the violence.

Even as members of the Electoral College vote, some do so under threats of violence and death from Trump supporters. The statehouse and other government offices in Michigan had to be closed due to credible threats of violence. This is what Trump has done to us. And once again there is silence from the GOP.

In years past the actions of the Electoral College have gone unnoticed. But not now. Even with the certification of Biden, Trump and his followers still refuse to admit that he lost the election. Most of the Republicans in Congress have stated that they will refuse to accept the votes of the Electoral College and deny Joe Biden the Presidency. This is not only a moot point but it is also an act of sedition.

The Speaker of the House can refuse to seat those members of the House who have attacked the Constitution and attempted a coup to replace the duly elected President of the United States with Trump. But I doubt that will happen. I do not see the Democrats having the balls to do that. The Republicans who have openly attacked our country and Constitution in this failed coup attempt will go unpunished. This time their plan failed, but the next time, and there will be a next time, they will succeed.

The election did not cure the Trump cancer affecting our country. It is only in remission. When Biden takes office, Trump’s fascist and racist followers will still be with us. And so will Trump. It is Trump’s nature to seek revenge on those who he perceived to have wronged him. Biden and the American people have handed Trump the greatest loss he has ever experienced. He will never forget the humiliation. He has always managed to buy his way out of trouble before, but not this time. As long as Trump is still alive he will continue to sow the seeds of hatred and racism in an attempt to destroy Biden and his administration, those who voted against him, and even the Republican party, who he now sees as not doing enough to keep him in power.

As with many cancer survivors, our country will always live in fear of their sickness returning and returning with a vengeance. Unless we strive to keep our democracy healthy and vibrant for all of our citizens, we are doomed.
['Stephen Sovie']
['Republican Party', 'Politics', 'Trump', 'Electoral College']