Photo Op

Bret Stephen’s summation of Trump’s inversion
of Abraham Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural Address

By Moristotle

The President of the United States

threatens military troops to quell unrest

How can this man be President,

this devil child playing at toy soldiers with real ones,

playing at war against citizens equal under the law?

He used police to clear the way for a photo op

Men with guns emptied the square with bangs and flashes and gas

They broke the crowd in pieces
He did not bring his own Bible for the shot
He did not utter the name “George Floyd”
He did not mention the agony of black people
He did not acknowledge the anger of protesters, black and white
He did not say he had any concern for black people or protesters
He did not come to unify or to heal
He did not come to pray
He came to pry us apart, to prey on our remains

He leaves it to us to pick up the pieces

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