Two great myths are being foisted on America by the current administration: the criminal-immigrant story and the election-fraud story.

Immigrants to American shores are said to largely be composed of the criminal refuse emptied out from other countries. Many unbiased studies have shown, and the government’s own statistics show, that the great majority of recent immigrants here are law-abiding folks.

The election-fraud story says that Democrats, immigrants and criminals are stealing elections away from the MAGA party. Many unbiased studies have shown, and the government’s own officials have shown, that election fraud is so small it cannot affect elections in the United States.

All of this reminds me of a huge incident that came out of a similar period of conflict between two political factions in post-Reformation England. Anglican Protestants said that Catholics started the fire that virtually destroyed London in 1666. Catholics were persecuted for decades, until finally it was settled that the fire started in a bakery on Pudding Lane.

Myths can rule like tyrants for lengthy periods of time, until cooler heads straighten things out. Isn’t it about time these two MAGA myths were put to bed?

Kimball Shinkoskey
Woods Cross, UT