This is not normal.

I watched a video on Instagram this morning with a woman telling her teenage son that this time in our country is not normal. Think about it. Any teenager in America right now has grown up seeing Trump on TV, running for office, or in the office, pretty much all their life.

Could they think that this is normal politics?

Well – this is NOT normal. It will never be normal.

It is not a proud moment in American history. One day, when the teenagers are all grown up, we will look back on this time and shake our heads that we allowed a convicted felon, a womanizer, a bully, and a narcissist, run our country. A man who used social media to bully people and to hit back on anything he did not like. This man who has no filter, no ability to hold back, and no focus. No respect for others. Republicans in office will be gone (my hope) and more sane, and truth telling, and reasonable leadership will be in office.

Hopefully, by the time we are looking back, we will have corrected all the mess that was created. Am I wearing my rose colored glasses again?

I just don’t think I can comprehend how this can all go on. Yet, I know that without a Congressional majority vote we cannot get rid of a president. So, we have years more to go…. And I cannot even imagine how crazy things may get in our country. (As a Christian I do not want him to be killed…. Or to die, but a natural passing would be okay with me. Sorry. Not sorry.)

I mean I did not think we would have masked, armed, ICE agents raiding businesses and homes. I did not think people would be sent out of our country to foreign prisons without due process. I did not think banks could be bullied. Law firms bullied. Threatened.

I did not think our Supreme Court would put the president above other citizens. That dangerous Proud Boys and others would just be released from prison without care. Other criminals who defrauded people of millions released.

I did not think Congress would turn in to scaredy cats, willing to overlook integrity for money. (Ok. Maybe they have been doing that for a long time! Ha. Can you say ‘lobby’?)

But – None of this is normal. Much of it is illegal.

I think of the teenagers today – and wonder, will any of them ever think that going into politics, and working for our government, is honorable? Is respectful?? I doubt it. Look at what they see now.

What will happen to our nation with 4 years of this madness? Where will we be?

HOW can it go on???

How can we get back to ‘normal’ politics with a working democracy? With truly free honest elections? With leaders who want to help Americans instead of showing off with power?

Is this the NEW NORMAL???