Assassinations and attempted assassinations are tragic and terrible, no matter the character of the intended target. The collateral damage on July 13 was horrific. A firefighter was murdered protecting his family, and we truly grieve with those he left behind. It should sadden each of us.
That said, and not to diminish from the tragic event on Saturday, we have a “senator” here in Utah — a habitual poster of baseless, bombastic claims — who posted this on the “X” platform (paraphrasing from The Tribune):
Mike Lee said all federal charges against the assassination target, a convicted felon, should be dropped as a way to “take the political temperature down.”
No Lee, they shouldn’t. Felon 45 committed crimes, tried to cover them up, and now still faces three more extremely serious charges, each in a separate case. The wheels of justice need to spin. We all must answer to charges that we face, no matter the circumstances and above all, no matter who we are. To allow this felon to “walk” on pending cases is to toss our judicial system out the proverbial window. The attempted murder of a 34-time convicted felon should never have happened. The murder of an innocent human should never have happened.
Roger W. Knox, Holladay