Editor, The Beacon:
Trump supporters claim they support him because “he’s like us.” Are they like him? I hope not.
In 1990, when his father died, Donald inherited $413 million. That’s $961 million in today’s money, almost a billion dollars. Donald used his money to go bankrupt six times, with a dozen other companies dying. Are his supporters serial business failures?
The 4,000+ lawsuits against Donald speak to his long ugly history of not paying his debts. Are Donald’s rallygoers not paying their bills?
Donald ducked the draft with bone spurs. Did his supporters avoid serving? Do they agree with Donald that those who serve are “losers and suckers”?
More than 20 women have accused Donald of sexual assault. Several accuse him of rape. He brags about grabbing women by their p****. Is that how Donald’s typical male supporters treat women? Do his female supporters like this from men?
Donald praises the world’s worst dictators while trashing world democracies, including our United States. To hear Trump talk, the U.S. is on the level of Haiti. It’s puzzling why so many immigrants go to such extremes to come to this hellhole. Russia, China and North Korea are fine places to live if you’re a dictator. Do Trump’s supporters want to live as common folks in a dictatorship?
Everyone is socialized into some degree of prejudicial attitudes and discrimination. We deal with our flaws in different ways.
Twice found guilty of housing discrimination, Donald’s defense was basically, “Why pick on me? Everyone’s doing it.”
Donald purchased a full-page ad demanding the non-white Central Park Five be executed. When DNA found them innocent and matched the white man who confessed, Donald doubled down, still insisting they should be executed. Do his supporters agree with this?
Have you ever told someone, “I’m sorry”? Donald hasn’t and brags about never apologizing. We all make mistakes. Apologizing and saying “I’m sorry” isn’t easy. We do it because it is the right thing to do and goes a little toward righting a wrong. When you mess up, admit it. Say “I’m sorry. I made a mistake.” Don’t be a Donald.
I don’t believe most Americans or even most of Donald’s supporters are like him. If I’m wrong, America is the hellhole Donald claims it to be.
Sam Sloss
DeLand
I wonder if Biden’s supporters are like him? They don’t say Biden lies but he might be telling a lie, like the first member of his family to go to college, his grandfather all American in football while in college, I guess he went to college before his grandfather. I think he also likes to smell little girls hair and there was a woman that came out and accused him of unwanted advancement. Also the big guy made a few bucks along with his son from China He also was caught with papers that should not have been taken, but Joe did nothing wrong.Maybe the DNC. should check their own people before they start throwing stones.
I think you missed the point of this article, and that’s ok. He was just pointing out the weak argument that some claim that Trump is just like them. The sad reality is he’s not. Honestly, no politician is like their constituents. But to the author’s point, do his supporters act and do some of the despicable things he has been proved to do? Has Trump ever been a blue-collar worker? He would never know what it’s like to burn yourself with a stove. So why pretend like he is just like his supporters? Regardless of your political bias, it’s a valid point.
Also, none of those things are even approximately equivalent. Trump stole classified material, lied about, actually got caught, lied more about it, refused to return it, and then tried to destroy evidence. Biden found he had some (less classified and fewer in number) documents, cooperated, asked for a 3rd party to oversee things, and voluntarily returned them. Can you not see the difference here or are you simply trying to make both men seem equally bad?
Yes, they are. It’s a cultural phenomena. The “me first, to hell with everyone else, especially anyone that gets in my way” birds. They flock together. There are no socio-economic boundaries. The politics is just window-dressing. This is all territorial at the core.