American souls are sick this election season

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The United States has a choice to make, and it’s not just who to elect as commander-in-chief.

The country is reeling from the events of the last few weeks. One presidential candidate survived an assassination attempt and another dropped out of the race at a critical moment following immense personal scrutiny from all sides. As all these events unfolded, I was dismayed to learn from reactions on social media that a shocking number of people are rejoicing in the potential downfall of fellow human beings.

Despite people decrying political violence across the aisle on moral and spiritual grounds, an outrageous number mourn, not that lives were lost or that a gunman attempted to assassinate a presidential candidate, but that the gunman missed his shot.

How have our souls become so sick that a tsunami of social media posts expressed regret that the death toll in a shooting was one person too low? …

Continue reading on The Washington Times website here.

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