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By Bruce Bostick
In the middle of this deadly COVID-19 pandemic, which has already cost our nation over 90,000 lives, we’ve seen the spectacle of crowds of heavily armed racist white men demanding the economy be reopened. They project an image of regular working folks pressed to speak out against government “tyranny” that has unreasonably forced them to stay home.
They say all they want is to reopen their little businesses and for the government to let all Americans go back to safe, peaceful, and prosperous work. Much like their overall view of the world, however, that is a false, misleading narrative.
Despite the image of oppressed working-class people begging for their employers to be allowed to reopen, when we peek behind the curtain, a far different view emerges.
A couple of weeks ago, Trump, in another of his ranting rages, told the press that as president he had “full authority” to do anything he wanted, that he was essentially above the law. When this claim to total power failed to impress, he switched tactics, beginning a Twitter blast calling for groups to “Liberate Michigan,” followed by demands to “Liberate Virginia” and other states.
When he called for liberating states, he did not mean that the full power of the national government was going to be aimed at freeing Americans of the virus. He didn’t mean his administration was finally preparing a real overall plan to fight COVID-19 or reach out to other nations for cooperation and help.
His real intentions quickly become clear when...
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