Posted on 01/28/2021 4:35:55 AM PST by MtnClimber
Who can explain the sadistic glee with which certain conservatives cheered Trump's departure from office?
Five to six years ago, I was corresponding online, on a regular, frequent basis, with several strong conservatives. We all advocated for policies like smaller central government; lower taxes; First, Second and Tenth Amendment freedoms; restrictions on abortion; strict control of our borders, including merit-based immigration; and many other standard conservative positions.
That was then.
Along came the 2016 presidential campaign, and the finalists were Hillary Clinton and Donald J. Trump. As expected, most conservatives, as described above, were enthusiastically supportive of Trump. Unexpectedly, however, there was a significant proportion of conservatives, or those who claimed to be, who were not only opposed to Trump, but vehement "NeverTrumps." "Anybody but Trump" was their mantra. And they meant it. Anybody.
Why this is so is a mystery not yet fully explained.
In recent encounters (online) with some of them, I was amazed at their glee, caustically expressed, that Donald Trump had left the White House. According to them, Trump was the devil. He did nothing right. He made everything worse. He locked children in cages, then went golfing. He was Islamophobic and xenophobic. He was destroying the environment. He was recklessly risking nuclear war with North Korea and Iran. He was colluding with the Russians. He sold much of our scarce uranium to the Russians (oh, wait — that was Hillary, but even so, Trump was bad).
There is so much more and so little room here.
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Which is what too many people want Trump to do today.
I don’t think there’s much of a mystery about it. Propaganda works.
They are conservative with their money, after that they fit right in with the Democrats. They are R’s to try and retain their $$$.
Trump fights. Because he fights he wins.
And fightin’ ain’t meant to be pretty.
I agree with those who say he got things done. And the things he got done I agree with. And yes, he had to be direct and even combative, but not necessarily insulting.
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