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Outraged

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  “I am outraged over the lack of outrage from others due to the outrageous statements someone made in response to another person’s outrageous statements.” Where was your outrage when he called us, “vermin?” Where was your outrage when he called us, “the enemy within?” Where was your outrage when he called us, “absolute garbage?” Where was your outrage when he called us, “scum?” Where was your outrage when he called us, “bad, evil people?” Where was your outrage when he called us, “stupid and vicious?” Where was your outrage when he called us, “sick and deranged?”

The GOP hates Trump

 This is a small list of truths and/or public statements some of today’s most prominent GOP members have made:   “If we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed.......and we will deserve it.”  - Lindsey Graham (R), US Senator, South Carolina “He’s a race baiting xenophobic religious bigot, who doesn’t represent my party, who doesn’t represent the values that the men and women that wear the uniform are fighting for.”  - Lindsey Graham (R), US Senator, South Carolina “Fellow Christians, everyone is watching us when we apologize for this man. Lord help us.” JD Vance (R), Vice Presidential Candidate and US Senator, Ohio "I go back and forth between thinking Trump is a cynical asshole like Nixon who wouldn't be that bad (and might even prove useful) or that he's America's Hitler,"  - JD Vance (R), Vice Presidential Candidate and US Senator, Ohio “Donald Trump is a “morally reprehensible human being.”   - JD Vance (R), Vice Presidential Candidate and US Senator, Ohi...

Another week in the life of Donald Trump, leader of my former party, the GOP.

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Just this week, October 13-20, 2024 Said he was the “father of IVF.”   IVF was introduced in the late 1970’s. Said “…Harvey Wienstein got schlonged…”   Harvey is a serial sexual assailant with multiple convictions. Had a serial sexual assailant and bankrupt former NFL player speak at his rally in Latrobe, PA.   Birds of a feather, no doubt. Stood on a stage and swayed back and forth for 39 minutes playing music during a “Q&A town hall.” Abandoned and stranded his followers in Coachella, CA, (the desert) for many hours, some of whom had to walk nearly 5 miles back to their cars. Recounted a story about a locker room shower and Arnold Palmer’s large penis size.   Arnold Palmer, according to his family, was a life-long democrat and was repulsed by Trump. Referred to the violent mob that attacked the capitol as “WE” and the capitol police as “THEM.” Mocked Amber Thruman’s  family, who was holding a competing rally to bring awareness about Amber’s death, saying “...

The GOP’s odd and new stance on abortion.

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For all 51 years of my life the Republican platform included as its core value, life begins at conception. The fight to end Roe v. Wade has/had been going on for as long as I have been alive. Because of this core value, Republicans have stood strong as the “pro-life,” party with no exceptions. In the past, Donald Trump has said about abortion in an overturned Row world “there has to be punishment for the woman.” But after Florida passed their 6 week abortion ban, he criticized Governor Desantis calling it “a terrible mistake.” Trump has recently said of the Florida law that, “6 weeks is too short.” Huh? The leader of the “pro-life” Republican party is now “pro-choice?” JD Vance has stated and written on multiple occasions that he wants a national ban on abortion. In fact, his former public statements on abortion allow for no exceptions. He’s referred to pregnancy that results from rape as an “inconvenience.” During the VP debate he said he would NOT sign a nationwide abortion ban and d...

It’s personal.

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  My friend will call this post performative. He may be right, but as you can see from the picture below I prefer to call it personal, deeply personal. Donald Trump made fun of and mocked a handicapped reporter. He also told his cousin, Fred that severely handicapped people “should just die,” that they were too costly and expensive. I believe Fred Trump and I believe my eyes and ears. Donald Trump told a reporter that because he was famous he could grab women “by the pussy.” He was adjudicated as a rapist for shoving his hand into a women’s vagina. I believe E. Jean Caroll and I believe my eyes and ears. This election is not about policy. It’s not the “Crest vs Colgate” elections of the past, rather this is a “Toothpaste vs Napalm” election for our future. Trust what you see and hear with your own eyes and ears.