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LIES: Fuel for uprising

| March 3, 2021 1:00 AM

I’d like to summarize some recent happenings to give me perspective and perhaps broaden the perspective of some of my fellow citizens.

A big lie was created by then President Trump. After losing the election and being replaced, he continues to tell that lie. Many Republicans walk a fence between reality and the lie and, for political reasons, will not deny what they obviously know is a lie.

Half a million people have died from a virus that the Trump Administration refused to take seriously. We all know that to be the truth. Convenient lies about a dark state and hoaxes along with the fears of being “replaced” by darker skinned people or religions other than Christianity created a foundation for racists and fringe militaristic groups to physically attack the Congress of the United States. Those who participated and do not belong to either of those groups need to review the basis for their participation.

The only “fake news” that supports your participation or support of an uprising against the government and against a majority of Americans is the body of lies upon which that act was based. You can be better than that.

MORTON KRAUS

Coeur d’Alene