President Nez has made many poor choices. The biggest one might be selecting Myron Lizer as his Vice-President because Lizer just committed political suicide by aligning with an unpopular outgoing president’s racist characterization of the Covid-19 virus. Lizer called the virus the “China virus”, as Trump calls the virus. Why would Lizer characterize the virus in that fashion and jeopardize the Navajo people by doing so? During his term as President of the US, Trump destroyed many relationships with foreign countries. That is exactly what Vice-President Lizer is doing now, destroying the Navajo Nation’s relationship with foreign countries, particularly China, a world superpower. Lizer is bad for global diplomacy, and President Nez is not saying anything about his selection. As a leader for the Navajo Nation using racial terms, Americans and other countries can now say that Navajos are racists, even though I don’t think most Navajos hold that view. In fact, most Navajos (82%) voted against Donald Trump in the recent American election and many attribute Biden’s victory to the Native American vote. (article) Based on that, most Navajos probably disapprove of the Nez Administration and probably would rather see a President with real leadership who makes good choices. It’s time to recall the Nez administration before he digs us deeper.
