by Mark Van Loon, Hamilton
Q. What’s the difference between what just happened in Iran and what just happened in Minneapolis?
Scale.
In Iran the Ayatollah’s soldiers killed somewhere between 3000 and 25,000 people. In Minneapolis this administration’s government agents killed two people. So far.
In Iran, at the direction of the Ayatollah, the ‘soldiers’ machine gunned the crowds. In Minneapolis, with the full knowledge and endorsement of this administration, a group of heavily armed thugs overpowered and gunned down innocent people.
In both cases, people were protesting the actions and policies of their government leaders.
Iran has an Ayatollah – their “Supreme Leader.” America has a wannabe “Supreme Leader” – although his followers call him the “unitary executive.”
Alex Pretti was killed 10 years and 1 day after Trump boasted “I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn’t lose any voters, OK? It’s like, incredible.” Now Trump’s ‘soldiers’ are, in fact, shooting people in the streets. Was that statement a fantasy? Or will he be proven right?
Is this the version of the America you want your kids and grandkids to grow up in?
Jeffrey who?
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