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Real anarchists are in D.C.

On May 11 columnist Susan Ritter calls upon the governor to mobilize the National Guard to protect us from the masked anarchists on May Day. Her KellyAnne-Conway fuzzy logic only goes half-way toward the truth. While I too dislike vandalizing local respected businesses windows, I most fear the anarchists now ruling in Washington DC.

While we lost windows in Olympia, back East they are literally killing people. Denying health services to hundreds of thousands of Americans with preexisting conditions, or too poor to afford insurance, will result in premature death for young and old alike. Trump’s misadventures with megabombs and Seal teams has resulted in little damage to the bad guys, while taking out women, old men, and children. Rolling back the climate controls and putting polluters in charge threatens every living being on the planet.

I agree with Ms. Ritter, we need to mobilize our State Patrol and National Guard to protect our constitution, statue of liberty, and safety net from what she calls “this insanity.” We can then make America great on Ritter’s cherished Memorial Day if our officers arrest the illegal president and his swamp-dwelling brethren. Send T-man back to Russia and the final anarchist will be gone.

This story was originally published May 20, 2017 at 5:52 PM with the headline "Real anarchists are in D.C.."

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