Michael Cohen - The Politics of Hollow Platitudes

America doesn’t have a gun problem. It has a cowardice problem.

We dress it up in constitutional rhetoric, wrap it in flags, and anesthetize ourselves with ritualistic grief, but at its core, this is a failure of nerve and leadership. We know exactly what’s happening. We know why it’s happening. And year after year, body after body, we choose not to stop it.

I’ve been to the White House Christmas party. And let me be crystal clear—no sarcasm intended—they’re fun. The lights are dazzling. The Marine Band plays on cue. The halls smell like pine, polish, and power. People laugh easily. Photos are snapped constantly. Champagne flows like accountability rarely does. It’s America dressed up as a Hallmark movie, convincing itself everything is fine.

And this year, as that party carried on behind guarded gates and wreath-lined corridors, the President and First Lady offered the most predictable response in American political life: thoughts and prayers.

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