As I read in The News about the DNC protest in Tullahoma to save their bureaucracy, I’m appreciative of the freedoms regained since President Trump took office. Far from Trump being the dictator from day one the DNC promised us, people can protest this administration without fear of arrest or persecution by the various Federal agencies seen under the last administration.

But I wonder what exactly the DNC is protesting. Are they protesting the arrest and deportation of criminal gang members from South America? Are they pro-gang? Are they anti-safe streets? Maybe they’re unhappy that the borders are actually secure and the cartels are no longer making billions off of desperate people. Are they pro-cartel? Are they unhappy children are no longer being trafficked Are they pro-human trafficking?

Or are they protesting the closing of USAID, where various connected individuals were setting up a non-profit and paying themselves a huge salary with taxpayer funds? These individuals were, no doubt, making huge donations to the DNC, completing the cycle. Are they pro-corruption?

Maybe they’re unhappy that the Department of Education is being cut and money is being sent instead to states. Educational outcomes have declined dramatically since the DOE was created. In some schools, 90% + of students can’t add fractions or read this sentence. Are they pro-illiteracy or anti-math?

I know they hold up signs saying we need to protect Social Security and Medicare, but those programs are being strengthened as government waste is cut. They want to impeach President Trump because he is enforcing immigration laws. Imagine that.

Joseph Sheeley

Tullahoma