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Every morning I read the editorial page of The Wall Street Journal<\/em> hoping that the flagship newspaper for conservatives will finally have come to its senses about what is happening in America. This 4th of July holiday offers a propitious opportunity to stand up for the principles of the Declaration of Independence before our democratic republic and political stability are altered irrevocably. The Journal\u2019s<\/em> continued reluctance to call out a roque president and his fellow conspirators puzzles me. I want to believe that the paper has the nation\u2019s best interest in mind, thinking that virtue will win out over partisan posturing.<\/p>\n

Why is it so difficult for the Journal<\/em> to print the truth about our President? Doing so would give courage to those Republicans afraid to speak up. Trump and his party are destroying the government, looting the treasury and corrupting public life. What has been going on is not politics as usual between Democrats and Republicans but a demonic effort by MAGA supporters obsessed to destroy all that does not satisfy their needs for power, personal aggrandizement and their perverted vision for American culture.<\/p>\n

What better time than this holiday to resist political oppression? After all, the United States of America was born out of revolution with the radical belief \u201cthat all men are created equal and endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights\u2026 .\u201d Equally radical was the belief that government derived its \u201cjust powers from the consent of the governed,\u2014That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it \u2026 .\u201d<\/p>\n

The political right and left, conservatives and liberals, Republicans and Democrats – all of us – as beneficiaries of the Revolution, share a responsibility and obligation to each other and future generations to preserve our democratic republic and the constitutional government given us by the first patriots.<\/p>\n

In the spirit of 1776, let us rise to the occasion and correct the abuses of tyrannical government. True patriotism begs us to put aside our political differences and join together as one people, \u201cone nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.\u201d<\/p>\n

Note: All quotes are from the Declaration of Independence with the exception of the last which is from The Pledge of Allegiance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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