Thank you, Donald Trump
Suppose my grandchildren inquire: Did you support President Trump? Surely you resisted him in some way . . . right, Grandpa?
By Alex Beam Contributor,Updated January 8, 2021, 3:00 a.m.
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A get-out-the-vote campaign event with Democratic US Senate candidates Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff, in Garden City, Ga., on Sunday, Jan. 3.Elijah Nouvelage/Bloomberg
Congratulations, Donald Trump. Even before the depravities Wednesday when a Trump mob stormed the Capitol, you galvanized me into political activism.
The last time I got involved with a presidential campaign was in 1972. As I recall, it wasnât my enthusiasm for George McGovern, but my affection for an attractive college classmate, that lured me onto the streets of Bridgeport, Conn., handing out flyers for the South Dakota senatorâs doomed candidacy.