LETTER TO THE EDITOR / WHERE ARE THE GUARD RAILS?

By Roger C. Kostmayer

In the 1930’s, as political clouds and tyrants led to World War II, what could average citizens have done to prevent Hitler and Mussolini from becoming dictators who took freedom, democracy and so many of their lives?

Aspiring Fascist dictators, then and now, do not hesitate to: use violence, ignore human rights and violate the Rule of Law.  Because the newly elected US President has total control (of the Senate, the Supreme Court, probably the House of Representatives, and the Executive branch of government), there must be effective Guard Rails to replace those government bodies that were intended to be checks and balances on the President, but in January will not be.

Trump publicly vowed to implement a number of crude and oppressive policies, including firing all professional non-political government employees, and replace them with sycophants who pledge loyalty only to him; become the dictator; reject the US Constitution; forcefully capture and reject millions of immigrants and families; enforce his revenge list by using the DOJ; and many more.

Factually, Trump is a clear and present danger to American democracy and there is reasonable doubt that he (over 80 years old) would peacefully relinquish power whenever it is democratically appropriate.

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