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Sound Off: August 3, 2024

Demonstrators occupy an encampment during a pro-Palestinian protest at UNC-Chapel Hill on Monday, April 29, 2024.
Demonstrators occupy an encampment during a pro-Palestinian protest at UNC-Chapel Hill on Monday, April 29, 2024. tlong@newsobserver.com

Make it make sense

Donald Trump is calling for the arrest of pro-Palestinian protesters. At the same time interview, he called for the Jan. 6 rioters at the Capitol to be released. Yes, the flag was burned, but it was also used as a weapon on Jan. 6.

Because of Trump?

I have never heard of more convoluted thinking than JD Vance giving Donald Trump all the credit for the recent release of hostages negotiated by President Biden. Their jailers knew Trump would be back in power so they were cleaning house? You have got to be kidding me. The word the Dems are using is “weird.” They would be perfectly justified (and more accurate) using “insane” instead.

All Obama?

It’s so cute to hear liberals gush over just how brave President Biden is for choosing to end his reelection campaign. We now know that the man behind the curtain is none other that Barack Obama, who threatened Biden with the 25th Amendment, which would destroy Biden’s legacy.

VP choice

Donald Trump faces a big dilemma with his choice of a running-mate. Anyone need more proof of his bad judgment skills? If he keeps JD Vance on the ticket, his hired mouthpieces will spend the next three months trying to rehab his reputation and explain away his babble. If he ditches Vance, he loses his premise for the lawsuits to come that the Dems pulled an illegal last minute switcheroo. Poor guy, what to do?

All logical

It’s legal, appropriate, and logical for President Biden to give his war chest to the presidential candidate taking his place. He doesn’t need it anymore for running his presidential campaign, doesn’t need it to pay his personal legal bills, and doesn’t have several businesses always on the brink of bankruptcy to funnel it into.

Attacking women

Donald Trump is now making fun of women that cannot have children. It is sick and disgusting for a person that wants to be president to spread such hatred toward women. He is an insult to all women, and no woman in the United States should vote for him.

Go forth

Yes, Christians, get out in force and vote in November. Vote your conscience. Let Donald Trump know that you know he is a Christian in name only, and only when speaking to you, and that the Ten Commandments apply to everyone, even him. Let him know that a staged photo op with an upside down Bible did not fool you. Let him know you don’t want a cheating, lying con artist for a president.

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