The Absence of Decency – Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance

Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance

The Absence of Decency

By Joyce Vance, Dec 15, 2025

Obama:

Trump:

And still, Republicans lack the courage to call out the leader of their party.

We know many of them are thinking it in private. Who says something like that when people are tragically killed? Who suggests the wonderful, loving parents drove a child plagued by addiction and illness crazy? But beyond the president, who has rarely shown any signs of decency, where are the voices of calm and decency in the party that spent decades billing itself as the party of family values? They are few and far between. Only four House members that I can find spoke out, with empathy for the family: Marjorie Taylor Greene, Thomas Massie, Mike Lawler, and Stephanie Bice.

But not Trump, who doubled down on his social media post during a medal presentation this afternoon: “I wasn’t a fan of his at all. He was a deranged person as far as Trump is concerned…The Russia hoax, he was one of the people behind it. I think he hurt himself career-wise. He became, like, a deranged person. Trump derangement syndrome. So I was not a fan of Rob Reiner at all in any way, shape or form. I thought he was very bad for our country.”

Reiner was part of a chorus of strong voices rising to criticize Donald Trump from the moment he entered the presidency. In 2017, he told Variety, “Donald Trump is the single most unqualified human being to ever assume the presidency of the United States. He is mentally unfit. Not only does he not understand how government works, he has no interest in trying to find out how it works.” Trump, obviously, disagreed and was unable to restrain himself from taking a final shot after Reiner’s death.

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