If Congressman Cline had ended this statement after the first two paragraphs, it would have been an honorable tribute to the victims of this despicable attack.

Unfortunately, and all too typically, he didn’t stop there.

He had to try and find some way of blaming it on President Biden. Can you imagine him blaming Donald Trump in similar circumstances?

In fact you don’t have to imagine it. He didn’t.

In January 2020, Iran launched a ballistic missile attack on bases in Iraq that housed U.S. troops. Thirty-four service members suffered concussions or traumatic brain injuries. Then-President Trump dismissed those injuries as “headaches.” The U.S. did not retaliate.

Ben Cline said not a word.

No surprise, of course. Ever since Trump was elected in 2016, and even after he was voted out in 2020, Cline has never had a bad word to say about this dangerous, narcissistic threat to democracy. Six months after the January 6, 2021, insurrection that Trump triggered in an effort to steal the 2020 election, Cline was pleased to call Trump “our great President.” He proudly proclaimed Trump’s endorsement for his reelection in 2022.

(By the way, during Trump’s presidency, the economy lost 2.9 million jobs and the unemployment rate increased by 1.6 percentage points to 6.3 percent. The federal debt went up from $14.4 trillion to $21.6 trillion. Illegal immigration increased. Trump’s foreign policy “achievements” included falling in love with a brutal Communist ruler and befriending two other dictators.)

Cline will now have to defend (or more likely make excuses for) an increasingly deranged and desperate man facing 91 criminal charges– that is, if enough of his constituents insist that he do so. He doesn’t like responding to emails and phone calls about many things, including his support for Trump. So that means confronting him at every opportunity– at constituent meetings and any other public appearances.

And please let me know what happens when you do.