A cancer diagnosis is devastating. Hearing those words brings a tidal wave of shock, fear, and uncertainty. It’s equivalent to receiving a life sentence in a criminal trial, because even if you beat cancer after surgery, chemotherapy or radiation therapy, chances are that you will get cancer again.
If your oncologist delivers the horrible diagnosis doing nothing is not an option. It won’t go away if you ignore it or rely solely on thoughts and prayers. Only fatalists and religious nuts will rely on fate or God. We must choose one of the aforementioned strategies to eradicate the Big C.
Evangelical Christianity is a cancer. When this pernicious cancer has metastasized in our federal government it brings a tidal wave of shock, fear, revulsion and regret for those who voted for Donald Trump.
Once you realize that evangelical Christianity permeates the executive, judicial and legislative branches of our democracy doing nothing is not an option. The fruit of evangelicalism is fascism, racism, homophobia, xenophobia, and all manner of evil.
Trump’s ICE thugs are kidnapping housekeepers and construction workers, knocking down doors of residents to gain illegal warrantless entry, and executing innocent civilians. The regime has conducted unilateral airstrikes in countries including Venezuela, Iran, Nigeria, and Syria, despite not being in a state of war with these nations, thereby contravening international law.
We cannot wait three years to vote Trump out of office; our democracy may not endure that long. This White Christian Nationalist regime must be overthrown now. Impeachment and the 25th Amendment are not viable options because they require the approval of congressional Republicans, and they will never vote to get rid of their orange messiah.
Senate Democrats must block the DHS spending bill, shutting down the government. We the people must go on a general strike, bringing the economy to a standstill until Trump resigns. We must flood the streets in the millions until this fascist cancer is eradicated.