Death Threats

The current president's rhetoric is

A cause for great alarm.

His words have the potential to cause

Other people harm.

Now a woman in Congress is

The focus of his abuse.

Once again, for his behavior

There is no excuse.

According to Trump, the congresswoman

Doesn't understand

Real life; what's more she

Deserves a reprimand

For words he took out of context.

He placed those words beside

Images of 9/11,

When nearly 3,000 died.

In such tweets, the president

Exposes his usual role

Of being a cold, hate-mongering,

Vicious Internet troll.

Real life? Ilhan Omar

Fled Somalia when

A bloody civil war tore

The country apart, and then

She spent four years in Kenya

In a detention camp, waiting

To seek refuge in the U.S.,

Her hopes never abating.

She did not have wealthy parents

To pamper her with cash

And give her millions of dollars to

Make a societal splash.

Now she's getting death threats--

Something that's not rare

When people hear a president

Who really doesn't care.

It seems as though by hurting others

Is how Trump feels fulfilled--

As though he doesn't care if his words

Cause someone to be killed.

This exploitation of anti-Muslim

Sentiments has to stop.

We expect much more from

The person at the top.

-by Bob B (4-18-19)