Imagine for a moment that you are a small Midwestern city, just minding your own business and trying to take care of your people. Then, one night on national television, a presidential candidate angrily denounces some of your people for the despicable act of stealing, killing and eating other peoples’ beloved pets.
The next thing you know, you are being threatened by his hate-filled supporters. Schools and hospitals are getting bomb threats, and hostile groups are marching on your streets. What did you do to deserve this? It would be bad enough if the candidate simply neglected to ascertain the facts, but then the would-be vice president says the quiet part out loud. He admits to creating the story to promote his agenda (“Overseas threats hit the Ohio city where Trump and Vance lied about Haitians eating pets,” Sept. 17).
Is this what we look for in leaders — men who lie and bring suffering to a town just to advance their narrative? Men who mislead their followers into hurtful acts? We’ll find out in November.
Let’s make it a “No!vember.”
— Sidney Turner, Catonsville
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