Biden shows reverence and respect for the Constitution that Trump lacks

The Bottom Line from NC Newsline

President Joe Biden speaks from the Oval Office of the White House on July 24, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Evan Vucci-Pool/Getty Images)

Almost four years later, it still stands as one of the darkest acts of any elected official in American history – a cowardly and criminal act by small and petty man who sought to overturn two-and-a-half centuries of constitutional government.

I speak, of course, of then-President Donald Trump’s refusal to accept the results of the 2020 election and his direct incitement of a deadly attempted coup in which our national Capitol Building was ransacked and defiled by a lawless mob.

Sadly, however, American memories are short, and now that same small and petty man will soon be back in the White House.

All of this came to mind last Thursday when our current president, Joe Biden – an honorable man who respects the Constitution – assured us he would oversee a ‘peaceful and orderly transition’ to a new Trump administration – something that Trump lacked the character and class to do for him.

The bottom line: The voters have spoken; Donald Trump has been elected. But that doesn’t mean we should ever forget who he is, what he did, or what he is capable of.

For NC Newsline, I’m Rob Schofield.