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Wake up, America

Wed., May 31, 2017

Vive La France!! The French voters were smart enough to ignore Russia’s interference in their election and vote for the intelligent, qualified leader instead of the “mouth” that roared.

As a member of the “Greatest Generation,” I remember the rise of Hitler in the 1930s. Enough German people fell for his “snake oil salesman” line to end up seeing their country destroyed.

Firing the FBI director, staffing down the Justice Department, trying to destroy the valued news media, playing into the worst instincts of as many people as possible, follows Hitler’s techniques.

This country better wake up or it won’t only be women losing rights.

So wake up! Don’t lose this precious, fragile Democracy! Wake up!

Sally Jackson

Spokane Valley

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