Wake up,America

How did we get here? I believe the world that we live in is a beautiful place that was created for all of us to live, raise families, and have an opportunity to be successful in life, regardless of the profession you choose.

Most people that live on the Earth have some form of religion, regardless of what you may or may not believe. When you sit in your synagogues, mosques, or congregations, do you tell yourselves you’re pleasing the one you came to worship, or are you lying to yourselves? The evil that lives among us comes from us.

Why does Donald Trump become a sympathizer with a murderous dictator like Vladimir Putin? Maybe it’s because he owes an enemy of the United States money. Even our governor goes along with a 13%-plus tax for the poor and 5.8% for the wealthy. Building more jails instead of putting in place a mandatory requirement to complete some form of rehabilitation while incarcerated.

Mr. Trump is running for an office he attempted to overthrow while serving in that same position, and then refers to his followers who overran Congress as good people. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said he was her mentor. Who are these socalled evangelicals and what does that mean? Does it mean drink the KoolAid and do as I command?

All of this is very personal to me; I served honorably in Vietnam as a combat Marine. I was wounded and received the Military Order of the Purple Heart. I was notified by Washington a few years ago of my personal information being stolen out of the regional office in North Little Rock. Later that year I read an article by Business Insider that reported associates of Trump were selling veterans’ data for a profit. Trump, the one who referred to men and women who served, and some died, as losers and suckers. Wake up, America, before it’s too late.

God help us all.

JACKIE P. JOHNSON

Scott