WHO SPEAKS FOR THE DEAD?

Patti Davis, who was never on the same page as her late father, Ronald Reagan, made a pronouncement the other day on how her father would have felt about Donald Trump. Ron, Jr. has done the same in the past and his eldest son, Michael, has chimed in, too.

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The dead should not be puppets to be manipulated into endorsing or opposing current policy questions. Honor them, admire them, but do not reinvent them.

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