Have blood on your hands

Responsibility is a heavy duty. Never take it lightly.
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Phrase: Have blood on your hands

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This phrase is all about responsibility, and it’s serious.

It’s about being liable for somebody’s death.

As always, current events present us with some great examples of where leaders may be said to have blood on their hands.

Donald Trump is being impeached for inciting the insurrection that occurred on January 6th this year.

Storming the Capitol Building was terrible enough, but one rioter was shot by a police officer.

One officer was beaten to death by insurrectionists with a fire extinguisher.

Another police officer committed suicide the next day, and three other people passed away due to medical incidents.

That’s six people dead.

Many would say The Donald has blood on his hands.

I’ll leave it up to you to make up your mind.

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Then we have the mess created by the coronavirus.

Do any of the world’s leaders have blood on their hands due to their mishandling of preventative measures?

The leader of a country is ultimately responsible for the safety of their fellow countrymen and women.

Do presidents and prime ministers worldwide have blood on their hands for the way they have mishandled their responses to this crisis?

I suppose it depends on how angry you are at them and who you blame for the deaths so far.

As I write this, more than 400,000 Americans and 4,680 Japanese have died due to COVID.

Is it fair to say our leaders have blood on their hands?

History will be the judge.

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