Another thing I’m ticked off about—really ticked off about—is the autocratic role Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell, has chosen to take in regard to Russia’s interference in the 2016 elections. When told by the Obama Administration and US Intelligence agencies that Russia was engaged in an all-out attempt to tamper with the presidential election, he refused to support a bipartisan American response to the foreign attack. That response was never made in a formal manner because Mitch McConnell didn’t want it to. He continues to ignore reality, refusing to bring to the floor of the Senate several bipartisan bills to prevent Russian interference in the 2020 election cycle.
The election interference in 2016 was real. It is a fact. It has been confirmed over and over again. It was not a hoax, nor was the Mueller investigation into the matter a “witch hunt,” in spite of Donald Trump’s continual rants and all the various conspiracy theories being touted about.
While I’m at it, I might as well mention a few other things that tick me off. Today the White House is on a campaign to spin the tale that Trump’s tweets concerning Elijah Cummings and the city of Baltimore are not racist. That ticks me off, because they are aiding and abetting a demagogue, and I believe they know it!
Another thing that ticks me off is the silence of the Christian Church in any and all of its various expressions. For some who claim the label, Trump is being hailed as the reincarnated Cyrus of Old Testament times who set the Israelites free from their Babylonian captivity. They seem to prefer a Cyrus over a Jesus! They are silent about the blatant lies and the treatment of persons by their “chosen Cyrus.” Their former “Lord’s House: has become “Trump’s House.” And there are others who claim the name Christian, who say “Jesus died for all” but they remain silent while people are denigrated and belittled by the leader of this country. That ticks me off! To be silent is to be complicit. Others who bear the name Christian are big on idolizing the flag and patriotism, making the “Lord’s House” an “American Lord’s House”—as a friend wrote this week: “Worshiping the flag at the expense of the Bill of Rights is not patriotic. That’s like worshiping the cross while ignoring Jesus.” I guess this is my “ticked off” day—I mean, I’m really ticked off!
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Again, amen a thousand times over. I am ticked off with you. There are too few pastors who are speaking out but one who comes to mind is the African-American Dr. William J. Barber,II who pastors a church here in NC.He is often seen on television protesting in various places around the country. He is a Protestant minister, social justice advocate and president of Repairers of the Breach.He is an inspiring leader much like MLK. May his tribe increase.
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