Just listen to the unifiers at the Republican National Convention.

Now is the time for unity. Now is the time for healing. We need to stop saying things that are tearing Americans apart. Hateful, awful things like, “I, Joe Biden, am running for president of the United States.” That is not what America needs to hear right now.

It was good that Biden pulled down his ads and stopped his events and unequivocally condemned the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, but his speech was not enough. As former Republican senator Jim DeMint complained online, Biden mentioned in his speech that he was seeking reelection.

Now is just not the time for such divisive rhetoric! Now is the time to lower the national temperature. Stop raising it by saying, “I still find the things that Donald Trump has said he would do if elected scary.” That kind of language has gotten us where we are and must stop. Hush, and let us instead hear from the unifiers.

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Unifiers such as Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson of North Carolina, who during his remarks at the Republican National Convention did not repeat his comment from an earlier speech on political opponents about how “some folks need killing.”

Or Rep. Marjorie “We are in a battle between GOOD and EVIL” Taylor Greene (Ga.), who only said something ominous about “globalists” once during her RNC address!

Or Senate candidate Kari Lake, who observed, “Welcome to everybody in this great arena tonight. We love you all.” Isn’t that so wonderfully unifyi— “Actually, actually, wait a minute. I don’t mean that. I don’t welcome everybody in this room. The guys up in the fake news. Frankly, you guys up there in the fake news have worn out your welcome.”

Now is the time to say temperate, soothing, unifying things, such as, “the Democrat Justice Department........

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