Yesterday, Veterans Day, the multiply indicted, twice impeached, former so-called "president," Donald "Bone Spurs" Trump, gave a nearly two-hour speech in Claremont, New Hampshire. Based on the words out of his own mouth, I am genuinely afraid of what life will be like for me and people like me if he somehow becomes "president" again. 

In his speech, Trump vowed to “root out” what he called “radical left thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our country.”

I vote Democratic but my personal views on politics run to the left of mainstream Democratic policies. I don't consider myself a "radical," but when a presidential candidate calls me "vermin" and a "thug," and uses incendiary and dehumanizing language to refer to me, I've got some deep reservations about that candidate.  

“The threat from outside forces is far less sinister, dangerous and grave than the threat from within,” Trump continued. People who want greater access to abortion services for women - and health care generally for everyone - are a greater threat than Hamas? People who want common-sense restrictions on gun ownership are a greater threat than Russian militarism? People who vote for decriminalization of marijuana are a greater threat than Mexican drug cartels?    

Speaking of drugs, Trump called for executing drug dealers in his speech, and praised China for making drug trafficking a capital offense. He even complimented China's Xi personally, saying, “He’s like Central Casting. There’s nobody in Hollywood that can play the role of President Xi — the look, the strength, the voice." Yesterday, he asked the crowd “Who would be in favor of the death penalty — now, wait, don’t go yet — knowing that it will solve the problem?” A majority of the crowd raised their hands.

If you have a bunch of friends over to your house, and you vote on what to eat for dinner, and most vote for "pizza" but several vote to kill and eat you, you still have a problem on your hands even if "pizza" won the vote. I find the fact that we have enough people in this country to fill a Trump rally who are in favor of executing drug dealers truly frightening.

For the record, the death penalty won't make drugs go away - it would just make drug dealers more dangerous, more heavily armed, and more likely to shoot first and ask questions later. 

What should be the penalty for treason, for trying to overturn the results of a free and fair election? ("I'm a proud election denier," Trump sad during his speech.) What should be the penalty for unparalleled corruption? For deliberately misleading the American people to advance one's own self-interest? I'm not saying "the death penalty" (I'm not a radical), but the consequences shouldn't include a second presidential term.