A Sad Moment in U.S. History
I know the majority of Americans share the viewpoint of the author of the meme here.
My father was a B-17 pilot in WWII, who, after 29 successful missions bombing oil refineries in Germany, was shot down, and, with his crew, spent the last six months of the war in a POW camp. He died in 2010, and so, regrettably, I couldn’t ask him how he regarded Trump’s antics post the former president’s loss in the 2020 election.
Dad was a deeply conservative, life-long Republican, but he was a man of honor. Moreover, he lived and died before the right-wing became so unhinged with its hate, ignorance, and embrace of fascism.
I’m quite sure, if I had been able to ask him about Trump 2024, he would have said, “Under no circumstances would I vote for someone who tried to overthrow the U.S. government. It’s that simple.”
This is, most certainly, a deeply regrettable point in our nation’s history.
I would say the answer is a combination of greed and tribalism.
At left we see how far American politics has shifted–from something that actually made sense just a decade ago, to something that is now completely insane.
Is this really “huge?”
As the entire electorate knows, Trump has made numerous attempts to set aside the U.S. Constitution in order to retain power after his loss in the 2020 presidential election.
If you’re a Republican politician and you’ve lost Fred Upton, you’re in deep fertilizer.
Making a statement, regardless of how stupid and obnoxious, wouldn’t disqualify a person from being president, though it should dissuade anyone who cares about this country and understands the principles on which it was founded from voting for him.
What I noticed about this is that the name “Donald Trump” didn’t arise once in his endorsement, nor did any of the phrases commonly attached to the former president, e.g., “criminal sociopath.”
I think I speak for at least 99% of progressives when I say that I care about the safety and well-being of police officers. At the same time, I resent the efforts of the extreme right-wing to suggest otherwise.
This is a reference to things like the costs of increases in mental health treatment, violent and nonviolent crime, and ultimately, lower productivity of the individuals in the workplace.
