By Pat Tucker, Hamilton
Another day, another mass murder. Don’t tell me that unstable people are not enabled by a “leader” who, among many other violent and racist statements, praises a congressman for body slamming a reporter. When Trump’s fans say he was “joking”, they are every bit as complicit or ignorant as their leader. As a veteran, I am sad to live in a country where so many live in such fear of the “other” that they go along with, and even laugh, at his violence inciting “humor”. If Gianforte, had an ounce of courage or integrity he would have immediately, on the stages standing next to Trump in Missoula and elsewhere, disavowed Trump’s “locker room butt slapping” statements. Unfortunately, Gianforte demonstrates neither.