Some wisdom from someone who recognizes the danger we find ourselves in.

 From the front lines of the No Kings rallies

I participated in the recent No Kings protest in Broomfield. I am 84 years old. My first vote for president was in 1964 (Johnson vs. Goldwater), and I have voted in every election since. I have never been so frightened about the direction our country is going, as I am now.

During the current crisis, we have discovered that the Constitution has a fundamental flaw: It does not adequately protect us against evil people in our government. MAGA currently controls all three branches of government. The U.S. Supreme Court has given Donald Trump carte blanche to do anything he wants. There are no “guardrails.” The Republican Party currently consists of people who have drunk Trump’s Kool-Aid and people who are too frightened to stand up to him.

Some people have urged us to “listen to each other,” but MAGA is unlike any political movement we have ever experienced. There is no use in talking to people who have drunk the Kool-Aid. They think it’s perfectly fine for Trump to govern like a dictator, take revenge on his political enemies and stifle dissent by sending troops to “uncooperative” cities. They think people like me are “terrorists” who hate America. Their world is upside-down. This is not a normal Republican-Democrat argument. It is a struggle to save our democracy. My only hope is Trump’s tariff and immigration policies will drive us into an economic crisis, at which point sane people in the Republican Party will develop the courage to stop him.

— James W. Craft, Broomfield

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