Slavery Reparations

[David Lockmiller]

"[T]he rebellion continues, and now that the election is over, may not all having a common interest reunite in a common effort to save our common country? For my own part, I have striven and shall strive to avoid placing any obstacle in the way. So long as I have been here I have not willingly planted a thorn in any man's bosom. While I am deeply sensible to the high compliment of a reelection, and duly grateful as I trust, to Almighty God for having directed my countrymen to a right conclusion, as I think, for their own good, it adds nothing to my satisfaction that any other man may be disappointed or pained by the result."

From a response to a serenade; Washington, D.C., Nov. 10, 1864 -- Complete Works, X, p. 264.

I do not doubt that the Russians interfered in the last presidential election to such an extent that it may well have affected the outcome of that election. And, yes, I do agree that there are some citizens who do not believe that Donald Trump is the legitimate president of this country and refuse to acknowledge the fact that he is the President of the United States. But Donald Trump is currently in his third year serving as President of the United States and is now actively running for a second term in office. I am not aware of any lawsuit currently making its way to the United States Supreme Court challenging the constitutional legitimacy of Donald Trump as President of the United States. This issue appears to me to be "a tempest in a tea pot."