I have struggled to write a blog over the last week. I wrote three, actually, none of which suitably came together for me to post.
When I set it all aside to see if my scrambled thoughts would coalescence into something coherent, I finally realized that my problem was that I needed to scream, so beware, here goes.
Donald Trump is a lecherous, dishonest, self-absorbed autocrat who tried to end our democracy by persuading Republicans to ignore the Constitution and declare him the winner of the 2020 election.
We all know the reason he said they should was because the election had been rigged against him, a proven lie many times over, a lie he began to suggest before the election was even held.
On his current campaign website he promises that if elected again he will purge the government, colleges and universities, and all institutions of what he describes as the “radical Left and Marxist maniacs”. Anybody with any sense knows his words are code for using the powers of the presidency to exact revenge on everyone who has criticized and opposed him.
But here is my real rage. According to a recent ABC News poll nearly half the country says they will vote for him in 2024 if he is the Republican nominee.
What I want to say to anyone who is in that group is that you are a traitor to your country. You are supporting a man who tried to pull off a coup the last time he was in office. That makes you a part of his effort to destroy our democracy.
If you say Trump was just trying to right a wrong because the election was fraudulent, you are as dishonest as he is. When the evidence of something not being true is overwhelming and comes from difference sources in different forms and you still say it is true, you are using a lie to cover up your un-American and anti-American political opinions.
If you believe he cares about you, you are the biggest chump in the world. Trump wouldn’t give you a drink of water if you were dying of thirst. He doesn’t know your name and doesn’t want to. When he tells you if they come after him, they will soon come after you, he’s telling you a lie. Nobody is coming after you and nobody is coming after him.
If the government did come after you, you can bet Trump wouldn’t be around to help you. He’d be playing golf at one of his lavish country clubs without giving you a thought.
We know what Trump did to stop the peaceful transfer of power. That is not in doubt. The only question now is whether or not he will be held legally responsible for what he did.
I believe he will be. In fact, I believe he will go to jail for it. If he does, you can bet he will ask you for money to fight to have the verdict overturned. But what matters is, he did what he did regardless of the legal side of it. That is no more in doubt than the fact that his claim that the election was rigged is a bald face lie.
If you are a Trump supporter, you have given up your right to enjoy the privilege and advantages of living in a free nation because what you’re doing is trying to destroy freedom for everyone but yourself.
That makes you as self-centered as he is. You want freedom for yourself, but not for anyone like me who finds your views and actions contemptible.
That is not what it means to be an American. It’s call fascism, a word whose meaning you should learn because it’s what you have chosen to be a part of with Trump.
I realize that nothing I am saying will make any difference to you, mainly because you will never read it. But I hope people who share my views will read it and realize even more just how dangerous you have become to your own country.
Donald Trump is a traitor, a former president who betrayed his oath of office in an attempt to establish himself as president in perpetuity. In other words, he tried to replace American democracy with a Trump dynasty.
The very fact that he can run again is a testimony to the democracy he and you hate and want to destroy. So is the fact that you will be able to vote in 2024. It’s why you haven’t been arrested and put on trial for criticizing the government and calling for its overthrow.
This democracy you decry as corrupt and overreaching, this democracy you say you want to leave you alone, is the same democracy you go running to for help when the wind blows your house down, a flood drowns your crops, an ambulance takes you to the hospital, your medical bills get paid by Medicare or Medicaid, you get a Social Security check.
Trump will go down in history not only ranked as the worst president the United States ever had, he will be listed among the tyrants of the world he admired and wanted so badly to be like. And you will have the distinction of having been right there with him all the way.
The truth is, neither you nor Trump deserves the freedoms you abuse to your own selfish ends. Both of you will go to your graves having been known as people who spit in the face of your own country while living under the protection of a democratic freedom to do so again and again.
That’s a legacy of shame I wish I could scream about from the rooftop.
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Jan,
Thanks for allowing yourself to scream. All that you say here about Trump is true — disgustingly so! He should, in fact, be tried and convicted for treason!! Sadly, he will not be. His pathetic, moronic supporters will not allow that to happen!! MAGA Republicans — indeed the party in general — would rather side with Trump than lose the presidency and control of Congress!! This is what our democracy has come to. I fear for our nation!
Stay strong my friend,
Bill Blackwell
Bill, I become more convinced every day that Republicans really do want to win at any cost, including destroying American democracy. It makes no sense, but, then, insanity never does. Staying strong together!
Thank you. Agree.
I think your brother would agree as well, Willie. Glad to be in good company.
You are exactly right! Thanks
Thank you, Bob.
Jan— I will scre
The more the better. Thanks, Gay!
Jan,
I share your frustration. Every point you make about the T-supporters is valid as a focussed laser. I, too, hope to see him, if not in jail, at least fully convicted; that hope is one of several reasons I want to live much longer . . . it’ll take time.
The most frustrating thing is that it is impossible to change with reason the mind of one who got there by no sense of reason. That’s the key frustration.
But we can use the energy of frustration to bolster those who see the unreasonableness of that sad, frustrating faction.
Be well.
Gene
As you have heard me say before, Gene, I used to tell my students a version of what you said about reason. It’s also why I think it is a waste of time to try to talk to Trumpers. Their prejudices are too strong for them to hear anything that challenges them. The nation must move on without them. That is our only hope.
I hope you did not watch Trump’s CNN “Town Hall” last night. I watched less than 5 minutes and left the room to watch anything else. He lied from the very start and I simply refused to listen to him for a single minute more!
I hope others were not as incensed as I was. But I am sure you were not among them!
No, Anne, we didn’t watch any of it. I didn’t want to throw-up before going to bed. Besides, given that Trump does nothing but lie, what’s the point of listening to anything he says? Sorry you wasted even 5 minutes on him.
Well, I did watch the CNN town hall. I wanted to see what kind of lies he would spew or if he had become humbled at all by his recent disgraces. I was literally nauseated. He is such a sick man and how anyone could follow him knowing that he is a liar, a criminal, and a narcissistic sociopath……I will never understand. It is frightening to think that half the country believes in him. WHAT IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE!!!!!!?????? I am so dismayed by the state that we find ourselves in…..all because of one man……who is leading his followers to drink the kool aid. He has changed the trajectory of our country and made the abnormal seem normal to some. It makes me want to scream as well, and to cry. Most of all it makes me sad.
Jackie, you did what too many people are not doing, naming Donald Trump as the primary source of our country’s political chaos.
Of course, it existed before him, but he has taken it to the worst level ever, and that is on him. History shows one man can change a nation, usually for the worse, and we are living it right now in the U. S. Thank you for the comment.
Thank you Jan, for screaming out loud, what most of us in America have been wanting to do for the last 8-10 years. You are spot on in every sense with your emotional, but accurate and intelligent release of truth.
As a writer like you, I have been “screaming loud and clear” similar thoughts as yours in my still unfinished book: “What Caused the Great Divide in America”. Screaming like we do tends to allow us to take a deep breath and then figure out how to move on, despite the serious dilemma we still face.
As we move on, I am optimistic like you that Trump will be held accountable for his actions. He has already lost his first civil law suit invoving his sexual pusuits. And I have to believe that within the next 3-4 months there will be 3 criminal indictments against him. (If he is not indicted, we are doomed). Trumps croonies did not fare well in the midterms, and the progress that has been made in the last 2 years will support further erosion of Trump and his base. And if the inditements do come, it will force the Republicans to re-group in some way. But I don’t see how they can recover in time for the 2024 elections.
On the other hand, he and his croonies in Congress, and in conservative media, and his massive financial donors will create further chaos and will not give up easily. They still have enormous power. And, it is mistifying to me how Biden’s approval ratings continue to tank.
So, as we have said before, we still have a lot of work to do.
John
John, I was sure you were screaming with me. Your last sentence is one that has me perplexed as well. It makes no sense. I can think of only two explanations. The first is that the polls are wrong again because they get the results because of the way they ask the questions. Also, people simply lie to pollsters these days. The second is that people are woefully uninformed and don’t care. I saw one poll that rated Trump higher than Biden on managing the economy. Only someone totally ignorant of the facts could say such a thing with a straight face. Because of the uncertainty of all that is going on, we cannot take anything for granted. Always good to hear from you, John.