Despite what Donald Trump thinks, this is a great country. And we’ve accomplished great things while being positive and uplifting about it.

We built an education system that is the envy of the world. Public K- 12 education and our colleges and world-class research universities provide a better life for all.

We joined the freedom-loving international community to create alliances to check the spread of totalitarianism and its Soviet sponsor.

We launched a space program that reaches for the stars while providing benefits for all on Earth. We funded science and the arts.

We created a social safety net to provide health care and basic services for millions of our people.

We supported freedom of the press and freedom to criticize our leaders without fear.

We followed our Constitution, accepted rule of law, and viewed an independent judiciary as fundamental.

And we weren’t vindictive bullies when doing any of this.

Donald Trump and his flag-waving Republican toadies are determined to take this country down rather than build us up. They want to destroy the very things that pushed us toward greatness.

It’s difficult to name any actions Trump and today’s Republicans have taken to bring us together, build us up, support all our people, stand with our allies, or promote democracy.

Government by slogan doesn’t make us great. We’ll be great again when Trump and the MAGA Republicans are gone, and we have a chance to recover from the damage they have done.

BOB POTTER

Boalsburg

Submitted by Virtual Newsroom