Posted on 05/08/2017 11:03:12 AM PDT by SJackson
Couples are fighting over President Trump more than ever, and many are turning to divorce court to get out of their politically ravaged marriages.
New data from Wakefield Research found that one in 10 couples, married and not, have ended their relationships in a battle of Trump. For younger millennials, it's 22 percent.
And nearly one in three Americans said that political clashes over Trump have "had a negative impact on their relationship," said the report provided to the Washington Examiner.
"Since Donald Trump's election, political discourse in the U.S. has been more tense and divisive than ever," Wakefield said.
Call it the end of the Carville-Matalin era, when relationships like Clinton adviser James Carville's marriage to Bush family adviser Mary Matalin were celebrated.
"Passionately opposing points of views are not only driving wedges between strangers and even friends, but we are now seeing evidence that this dissent is having a detrimental impact on Americans' marriages and relationships," the report said.
In fact, 24 percent of Americans in a relationship or married and 42 percent of millennials told the survey that "since President Trump was elected, they and their partner have disagreed or argued about politics more than ever."
Two unrelated online dating reports confirmed the rise of political incompatibility. They showed that Democrats are especially unlikely to date a Trump-supporting Republican, but Republicans are more inclined to give Clinton-supporting Democrats a try.
In confirming those reports, Wakefield found that even Americans not in relationships would consider divorce if their partner didn't agree with them on politics.
"Among Americans who did not vote for Trump and who are not in a relationship with a partner who voted for Trump, a third (33 percent) would consider divorce if they had a spouse who voted for Donald Trump. This number jumps to 43 percent among Millennials who did not vote for Trump or have a partner who voted for him," said Wakefield.
Virginia "super lawyer" Grant T. Moher, managing partner of Fairfax-based family law firm Curran Moher Weis, said political divisions have "never" become so bad that divorce was the answer. "But," he told the Examiner, "in the wake of the whole Trump phenomenon, people have gotten to the point of divorce over political divisions."
He cited one potential client, a Muslim who immigrated to the United States a child, who was married to a white American woman for 20 years. Neither was political until Trump hit the scene, and "all of sudden she developed a real affinity for Trump."
Part of that was her questioning her husband's Muslim background. "She was questioning his patriotism. It was a huge rift in their marriage," said Moher.
Moher said the Trump effect is the talk in divorce courts and that it's also driven couples to marriage counseling. "Yes, this is an issue," he said, giving a simple and blunt reason: "You're either with him or against him."
Cops blame 'turnstile justice' for rise in attacks on them
Police are blaming the national movement to decriminalize illegal activities for the sharp increase in attacks on law enforcement, saying that assailants believe they can strike or even shoot a cop and get off with a slap on the wrist.
A new internal FBI report said that police are having more run-ins with convicts released early from jail, the product of "turnstile justice."
The FBI report, provided to the Washington Examiner, said, "Assailants who experience this 'turnstile justice system' know they are going to receive a lighter sentence than they would have in the past and will be released early, if incarcerated at all. This may lead to a belief by the assailant that consequences no longer exist for criminal acts, especially drug offenses."
It's a vicious circle, said the FBI, explaining that drug convicts get out early, return to drug use and eventually have a face-off with police. And it usually doesn't go well.
In interviewing police who've been attacked, the FBI concluded that attackers feel desperate and will shoot to stay out of jail. Cops, the FBI said, feel that their attacker "would not have used deadly force against the officer if the assailant was sober."
White House chef is the 'presidential taster'
It's been a state secret forever, but the former Clinton White House chef has revealed that there really is a "presidential food taster." And it's the executive chef.
The late White House chef Walter Scheib revealed the secret to Adrian Miller, author of the new book In The President's Kitchen Cabinet, shortly before he died in a freak hiking accident in 2015.
"He said, 'Yeah, the chef is the taster. We are the last ones to taste it before it goes out,'" Miller said of his talk with Scheib.
What's more, he said, the White House has an elaborate system to keep food for the first family and even state dinners safe. Primarily, the kitchen works with companies that have undergone background checks.
"Discretion is valued," he said. "If you find somebody bragging about that, you shouldn't trust them," said Miller.
Then there's the Obama-era White House garden, used to supply fresh veggies and berries.
And, he added, "Sometimes the most secure thing for them to do is to just go to the store and shop at the last moment." Don't tell anyone, but one local fave for White House chefs is Whole Foods on P Street.
The late White House chef Walter Scheib revealed the secret to Adrian Miller, author of the new book In The President’s Kitchen Cabinet, shortly before he died in a freak hiking accident in 2015.
You obviously do not know what unequally yoked means. For many people being politically or religiously incompatible is too large an obstacle to be overcome.
And exactly how does that affect you or I?
I disagree with her on that point, if in fact she did deny Christ, but that’s a personal matter.
I believe in religious liberty even for those who disagree with me.
Men and women have a different outlook on life. It has to do with their gender differences.
There are some things you can overcome, and some things you can’t.
Not exactly
Marrying someone who insists you dump your heritage and beliefs in order to be good enough to marry his royal highness
That’s the issue for me
Why bother?
She’s not as independent of a woman as she pretends is she
First date went something like this?
Me:So, what’s your sign?
Girl: Gemini.
Me: (thinking to myself “strike one.”) Ah, you following the election?
Girl: Oh yeah. I think Bernie is the greatest.
Me: (thinking strike 2.) Oh, you like Bernie. I suppose that means you’re Pro choice.
Girl:Oh yeah, right up until delivery.
Me:His $10 for your glass of wine...see ya!
Yeah, freak accident.................sure it was..................
Too true...
What about Joe and Mika?...........................
My Mexican fiancee, from Mexico, likes him. If the people you’re debating with aren’t insane and ate up with TDS, once you show that he’s not a fire breather their news makes him out to be and actually explain this $h!t clearly, it falls into place. I got her entire family on board.
Any marriage that cannot survive a presidential election wasn’t worth saving anyway.
I can barely stand dealing with flaming libtards outside of the home.
It would be hell on earth to be married to one!
On the other hand, I have made several new friends because they are Trump supporters.
Now there is an ugly pair, not just their looks but their voices.
My wife of many, many years...from Mexico, voted for him. lol. She has assimilated and does NOT buy into the leftist philosophy.
I know of a guy that is a much-millinaire and bought his daughters and wife everything they wanted, including homes, but now they want nothing to do with him. The reason? He is a “White Male Trump Supporter”.
Spiritually, God will help you.
Politically, you're on your own............B^)
Not Much But Multi
“Democrats are especially unlikely to date a Trump-supporting Republican, but Republicans are more inclined to give Clinton-supporting Democrats a try”
There’s that old Evil Party/Stupid Party thing again.
And yes, giving a Clinton-supporting Democrat a try is monumentally stupid.
If this is even true, they were many problems before a divorce came around and they are using it as an excuse. Most people know where they are politically before marriage.
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