I didn’t want to read this, because it involves murders of young women and Trump. But it was worth it. Read the end of it aloud to my husband over breakfast. Thank you for writing well about difficult topics.
Michigan resident here. There are Trump supporters setting up Facebook pages specifically geared forward outing “illegal aliens” living in the county next to mine. They are even going so far as to cite anonymous sources who are telling them local hotels are housing these immigrants. It’s incredibly dangerous and is being driven by Trump’s irresponsible rhetoric. He cannot go away soon enough.
Your column said it all. I, personally, became and have remained disgusted by Trump when he made fun of the journalist with a physical disability and called John McCain a loser for getting captured while serving in Vietnam. There is no moral center to this guy but he has allowed people who have kept their hate and biases locked up for a very long time to let it all come out. It’s scary. What is even more scary is that he may very well be our next president. God help us all because apparently we may not be able to help ourselves.
I'm constantly confronted with the idea that both Democrats and Republicans are just as bad. I haven't found an effective way of convincing people that Republicans have turned against democracy. Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thank you for writing this Will. I often think back to your Nov 2016 post right before the election: "Dad needs this on the record". I feel the same way.
I thought Trump was a repulsive human being back in the 1980s. It still boggles my mind that people would willingly have lunch with the man, never mind vote for him.
Will, I made a bad joke (Life of Riley?) in order to deal with the horrorscape your words dredged up in me. For that I sincerely apologize. I should have just suffered in silence and let my stomach twist in knots again from seeing that man do his thing again. I too have lost a child so this post about that mans actions on this issue merged those feelings with the dread I feel from the potential outcome of the November election. I did not handle those feelings well. I sincerely apologize for that. I will try to do better.
I am glad you wrote this, people need to see it but I probably should not have read it.....
One hundred years from now, historians will write about how foolish the American electorate was, in that (seemingly) the best we could do for Presidential candidates were Donald Trump and Joe Biden, not just once, but TWICE. In my opinion, both major political parties have moved over the last 50 years from (just) being partisan to the fringes of lunacy. So much divisiveness. It will be interesting in the coming decades to see what event or series of events pulls this country closer to the center of the political spectrum. Not sure I will live long enough to see it, but I have to believe that sensibility will once again come into vogue. Doesn’t appear that will happen in 2024.
For me it's the Muslim Ban. He did that a week into his presidency "for 90 days until we can figure this out" and then left it in place for his entire time in office. How anyone can not think he is a raging bigot is beyond me.
It often seems like the only time politicians tell the truth is when they call each other liars. But when it comes to dishonesty, DT is an all-world first teamer.
If Trump were Pinocchio, Earth would resemble Saturn.
His lies are so blatant and so automatic that we've forgotten most of them, and
that's kind of amazing.
There's no question that was a foul at the end of the game, but should the ref have called it in that situation...?
Will a very thoughtful column and a different way to view the way our country is run and may be run if Trump is re-elected. I tend to look at people as people not political pawns. I mourn those that have died tragic deaths but I fear what will happen to the soul of America if Trump is re-elected.
A shout out to the person who said both political parties have lost their marbles. We get to choose between mob boss Trump and war monger Biden. I cannot vote for either. Dennis Kucinich is running as an independent for the House. I listened to him on YouTube's Judge Napolitano channel, and his ideas resonated with me. He says it is past time we stop throwing tax dollars down the rat hole of foreign conflicts that have little to do with American security or prosperity, and a lot to do with pointless empire building. Eight hundred military bases across the globe, and we cannot close a single one, and takeg it off the taxpayer's dime? What nonsense.
I didn’t want to read this, because it involves murders of young women and Trump. But it was worth it. Read the end of it aloud to my husband over breakfast. Thank you for writing well about difficult topics.
Michigan resident here. There are Trump supporters setting up Facebook pages specifically geared forward outing “illegal aliens” living in the county next to mine. They are even going so far as to cite anonymous sources who are telling them local hotels are housing these immigrants. It’s incredibly dangerous and is being driven by Trump’s irresponsible rhetoric. He cannot go away soon enough.
Your column said it all. I, personally, became and have remained disgusted by Trump when he made fun of the journalist with a physical disability and called John McCain a loser for getting captured while serving in Vietnam. There is no moral center to this guy but he has allowed people who have kept their hate and biases locked up for a very long time to let it all come out. It’s scary. What is even more scary is that he may very well be our next president. God help us all because apparently we may not be able to help ourselves.
Will, you can not preach this loud enough…thank you!
I'm constantly confronted with the idea that both Democrats and Republicans are just as bad. I haven't found an effective way of convincing people that Republicans have turned against democracy. Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thank you for writing this Will. I often think back to your Nov 2016 post right before the election: "Dad needs this on the record". I feel the same way.
I thought Trump was a repulsive human being back in the 1980s. It still boggles my mind that people would willingly have lunch with the man, never mind vote for him.
Will, I made a bad joke (Life of Riley?) in order to deal with the horrorscape your words dredged up in me. For that I sincerely apologize. I should have just suffered in silence and let my stomach twist in knots again from seeing that man do his thing again. I too have lost a child so this post about that mans actions on this issue merged those feelings with the dread I feel from the potential outcome of the November election. I did not handle those feelings well. I sincerely apologize for that. I will try to do better.
I am glad you wrote this, people need to see it but I probably should not have read it.....
One hundred years from now, historians will write about how foolish the American electorate was, in that (seemingly) the best we could do for Presidential candidates were Donald Trump and Joe Biden, not just once, but TWICE. In my opinion, both major political parties have moved over the last 50 years from (just) being partisan to the fringes of lunacy. So much divisiveness. It will be interesting in the coming decades to see what event or series of events pulls this country closer to the center of the political spectrum. Not sure I will live long enough to see it, but I have to believe that sensibility will once again come into vogue. Doesn’t appear that will happen in 2024.
For me it's the Muslim Ban. He did that a week into his presidency "for 90 days until we can figure this out" and then left it in place for his entire time in office. How anyone can not think he is a raging bigot is beyond me.
It often seems like the only time politicians tell the truth is when they call each other liars. But when it comes to dishonesty, DT is an all-world first teamer.
If Trump were Pinocchio, Earth would resemble Saturn.
His lies are so blatant and so automatic that we've forgotten most of them, and
that's kind of amazing.
There's no question that was a foul at the end of the game, but should the ref have called it in that situation...?
Thank you for using your platform to explain yet another reason not to deify the former guy.
THANK YOU
Will a very thoughtful column and a different way to view the way our country is run and may be run if Trump is re-elected. I tend to look at people as people not political pawns. I mourn those that have died tragic deaths but I fear what will happen to the soul of America if Trump is re-elected.
Believing in Trump is like believing in a bizarro Santa Claus.
A shout out to the person who said both political parties have lost their marbles. We get to choose between mob boss Trump and war monger Biden. I cannot vote for either. Dennis Kucinich is running as an independent for the House. I listened to him on YouTube's Judge Napolitano channel, and his ideas resonated with me. He says it is past time we stop throwing tax dollars down the rat hole of foreign conflicts that have little to do with American security or prosperity, and a lot to do with pointless empire building. Eight hundred military bases across the globe, and we cannot close a single one, and takeg it off the taxpayer's dime? What nonsense.