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Make Trump a one-term President

I have always considered myself a political independent. However in the last national election I registered as a Republican and voted for John Kasich in the primary.

I was very worried about Donald Trump ever becoming President. I think my fears were well founded. He has done nothing good for our country, dividing it more than it ever has been. He is certainly one of the most narcissistic Presidents we have had. He demands complete loyalty or you are gone.

He believes anything good that happens in the country is because of him and blames the bad on someone else. In his time in office he has ruined the environment, ruined the judicial system and is trying to ruin health care. As for campaign promises, which I guess are made to be broken, Mexico will pay for the wall? Mexico didn’t!

Drain the swamp? Cohen, Flynn, Gates, Manafort, all convicted felons, not to mention good friends Stone and Ailes. Drain the swamp? Rush Limbaugh receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom? Ridiculous.

I have not even touched on his handling of the coronavirus. There is absolutely no way for him to spin a positive on it. From his dismantling of the pandemic panel to ignoring early warnings, to his, oh well it will go away like the flu comment, this President’s performance has been pathetic.

Now during this pandemic crisis he is not allowing citizens who need health care coverage access to the affordable care act. All the while pandering to the big corporations in his rather secretive dealings for health care supplies. To him the most important things at this time are to make sure gun stores were deemed as necessary to please the NRA and talk of opening churches by Easter to please his religious fanatics.

We all know that you don’t need a church to pray. He does all this without regard for what is best for all the people of the United States. The Republican Party has sadly fallen into lock step behind Donald Trump and now bow down and worship him as the exalted ruler. Thank God that a few have not fallen into this trap.

Thank you Mike DeWine, for being a real man and not following the President’s disgusting lead like DeSantis and Kemp. DeWine has collected scientific data, made decisions for Ohio and Ohio is the healthier and better because of his solid actions.

I have just registered as a Democrat, but Mike DeWine has given me hope that maybe, just maybe, there are a few good people in the Republican Party. Crisis reveals character and during this crisis we have seen it from both Mike DeWine and Donald Trump — unfortunately at opposite ends of the spectrum.

It is time to stop all the fake news, not from the networks but from the office of the President. It seems to me that he is a Putin or worse a Hitler wannabe. In November we have a chance to Make America Great Again and the only way to do that is to make Donald Trump a one-term President. The United States cannot afford another four years of his lies.

Rick Barbour

Fremont