That was the desperate cry from heart-broken, angry citizens in Dayton, Ohio last Sunday as Ohio Governor Mike Dewine addressed them in the wake of tragic, deadly shooting rampages in Dayton and El Paso, TX that claimed more than 30 lives and injured dozens more in a single weekend.
Do something.
Do something.
So, DeWine took steps to do something, pushing a bill for stricter gun ownership rules, tighter background checks and increased mental health funding.
But DeWine along with most Republicans still
don't get it.
They pathetically refuse to do the most obvious, absolutely urgent right thing in the hellish, heart-wrenching aftermath of the senseless bloodshed, loss of life and ongoing trauma.
Republicans are drastically failing their country by not calling out the most blatantly obvious instigator of violence in America these days:
President Donald Trump.
Before we reinstate Republican-nixed safeguards designed to keep guns from the hands of the mentally ill, or muzzle access to high-powered military assault weapons, the first thing we need to do is to muzzle President Trump.
Words that intentionally and routinely disparage minorities, fanning the flames of racial hatred have no place emanating from the White House.
Not only is it flat out un-American, it's dead on evil.
Not only is it flat out un-American, it's dead on evil.
A people can't be exposed to four years of unchecked, ugly, bigoted vitriol and intolerance from the highest office in the land for four grueling years without some serious fallout.
Last weekend, we saw some of that devastating fallout. It amounts to an indictment of Trump's desensitizing of American values, whether it's in the way he treats dark-skinned people, women or anyone who remotely disagrees with him.
Last weekend, we saw some of that devastating fallout. It amounts to an indictment of Trump's desensitizing of American values, whether it's in the way he treats dark-skinned people, women or anyone who remotely disagrees with him.
The damning evidence against Trump is found in the El Paso shooter's twisted racist "manifesto" -- espousing Trump's own inflammatory words like "invasion" to describe Hispanics migration to America.
The dark influence the misogynistic and inciting President may have had on the Dayton shooter is incalculable at this point. But, Trump certainly did nothing to dissuade the heinous act of the culprit who was a member of a misogynist rock band and reportedly had kept a "rape" list and "hit" list in high school.
This isn't rocket science. The equation is simple. Connect the dots. Words have power. The tongue either enhances life or destroys. Only a fool would suggest that Trump's incessant in-your-face, desperate hate-mongering has nothing to do with such dastardly acts as we saw in El Paso and Dayton.
Hate crimes in America have steadily climbed annually since Trump announced his presidency in 2015 -- and disturbingly have spiked 226 percent in counties where Trump has held his divisive rallies.
One alarming statistic on mass shootings in America, shows that of the 40 mass shootings which occurred in the past 70 years, since 1949, 13, (well over 25 percent) occurred in just the last five years.
Until we face this reality head on, we are in effect condoning more bloodshed.
Do something.
Do something.
In the meantime, nothing the disingenuous demagogic President says or does as a means of placating the citizenry in the aftermath of last weekend's horrific slaughter means squat. It's not unreasonable to suggest that it's actually Trump's "mental illness and hatred that is pulling the trigger."
Thousands of mental health professionals have publicly warned about Trump's mental instability, citing the book "The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump" written by 27 mental health professionals in 2017.
So, when are congressional Republican enablers of Trump going to finally "do something" for the United States of America -- and rein in this unstable, brazen President who is facilitating the demise of a nation?
