Vice-President Pence, standing in Fort McHenry where American forces withstood an attack from British forces during the War of 1812, proclaimed, "The hard truth is you won't be safe in Joe Biden's America."
The truth of the matter is we aren't safe in Donald Trump's America.
We aren't safe in Donald Trump's America where more than 5.8 million have been afflicted with COVID-19 including more than 38,000 people today along with nearly 180,000 deaths making Pence's claims about Trump being "the most pro-life President in American history" ring hollow. Pence repeatedly said the country was going through "a time of testing" at the very time when Trump is ordering the CDC to slow the testing down.
We aren't safe in Donald Trump's America when those who assembled to listen Pence's speech weren't wearing masks much less engaging in social distancing.
We aren't safe in Donald Trump's America where masked federal agents kidnap Americans off the streets of Portland and detain them in unmarked cars.
We aren't safe in Donald Trump's America when peaceful protesters are shot and killed in Kenosha by self-appointed white supremacist militias while the police look the other way.
We aren't safe in Donald Trump's America when he encourages police officers to rough people up. There are many good police officers but they do not represent the best of us when they place a knee on a black man's neck in Minneapolis or repeatedly shoot a black man in the back. So long as this behavior persists we will not have law and order in Trump's America no matter how many African-American Republicans they trot out on the convention stage. Nor will law and order be restored with fallacious claims about Biden defunding the police, a cheerleader for Communist China or is a Catholic in name only (via Lou Holtz).
We aren't safe in Donald Trump's America so long as we are mired in double digit unemployment while Republicans oppose enhanced unemployment benefits, protections for Americans unable to pay their rent and mortgages along with a deliberate slow down the USPS and with it a slow down the delivery of life saving prescription drugs.
We aren't safe in Donald Trump's America now and we will be even less safe if we grant him another four years. If that comes to pass then I am prepared to return to greener pastures in Canada. Alas not every American has that choice available to them.
Mike Pence can have Donald Trump's America if he wants. I'll take Joe Biden's America right now.
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