Failure to acknowledge

Recently Mr. Manning issued his displeasure of the Democratic Party, saying that “…what we are seeing in the irrational and bizarre rants so common nowadays.” Manning gave an example of Democrat candidate Raphael Warnock when Warnock said in 2016 that our nation “needs to repent… [for its support of Trump] and “America needs to repent for its worship of whiteness.”

Warnock’s comment was taken out of a 20-minute sermon. Anything construed as sin should be addressed by the church. In his “Letter From A Birmingham Jail”, Dr. King praised white people in the South who

“…have grasped the meaning of this social revolution and committed themselves to it.” However, King was disappointed with the white church: “But the judgment of God is upon the church as never before. If today’s church does not recapture the sacrificial spirit of the early church, it will lose its authenticity.” The white church needs to repent for not addressing racism.

I am surprised that Manning, as a doctor, has failed to insert his medical knowledge to address societal issues such as Coronavirus, suicide, opioid crisis, etc. Instead, he continues to revere Trump, even trying to compare his late sister’s dementia to President-elect Biden’s alleged memory lapses that could be related to severe stuttering.

Manning fails to note that nothing was done to increase Republican’s base. Older white males who voted for Trump declined.

Manning fails to acknowledge Trump’s missteps while incorrectly saying that the Democratic Party rants and raves. I am certain that Manning would say that Dr. King ranted and raved too.

It is indeed puzzling how Manning implies that Trump has made no mistakes in four years. The meaningful conversations that I have had with moderate Republicans are memorable while conservative Republicans like Manning smacks as arrogance and to be ignored.

Vincent White Lancaster