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This must be said: The most memorable line from Donald John Trump’s inaugural address didn’t appeal to our highest ideals, but instead it spoke to one of the scourges that plagues our society.<\/p>\n

The president said on Jan. 20, 2017:\u00a0\u201cThis American carnage stops right here and stops right now.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Now, to be fair, he was referring to the scourge of drugs and gang violence. The law-and-order candidate who became president vowed to end the violence associated with that activity.<\/p>\n

However, the “American carnage” that continues to plague us has spilled more blood, caused more heartache, shed more tears, delivered more grief to the nation.<\/p>\n

Eleven worshipers at a Pittsburgh, Pa., synagogue were gunned down early Saturday. Four police officers were injured. The cops arrested a man in connection with the slaughter at the Tree of Life temple.<\/p>\n

He reportedly is a virulent anti-Semite. He has committed the worst attack on the Jewish American community in U.S. history. The suspect faces charges associated with hate crimes.<\/p>\n

The American carnage is continuing. There appears to be no sign of an end to it. The president is demonstrating — to the absolute non<\/em>-surprise to millions of Americans — a jaw-dropping inability to comfort a nation in mourning.<\/p>\n

Admittedly, this latest spasm of bloodletting isn’t “this American carnage” to which the new president referred in his inaugural speech. Nevertheless, it is an American carnage<\/em> that needs the nation’s undivided attention.<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh now joins the roster of communities stricken by mass murder: Littleton, Aurora, Orlando, Springfield, Charleston, Parkland, Orlando, Newtown, Blacksburg, Killeen, Santa Fe, Sutherland Springs \u2026 my goodness, I simply cannot remember all of them.<\/p>\n

They all have been victimized by the “American carnage.”<\/p>\n

Mr. President, you have work to do. Get busy.<\/p>\n\n

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