Looking Beyond Donald Trump

For John, BLUF:  It isn't DJT, it is his voters, who were here before the Escalator Descent and will be here after the flag is folded over his casket. .  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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"No one’s been harder on Trump than me.  But I get it, and I’m bored with it. And there’s a different way to do this...."

From Ann Althouse Blog, by Professor ann Althouse.

Here is the lede plus three: "No one’s been harder on Trump than me. But I get it, and I’m bored with it. And there’s a different way to do this...."

"Not to defend Trump, but to defend the people who still vote for him. Because what they see on the other side, to them, is even more dangerous. Because it’s closer to home: 'My kid is coming home from school and he thinks he’s a racist? He’s five, what have you been telling him? My son thinks maybe he’s not a boy.' And maybe that’s true, that happens. Those kind of things are what they say. 'That’s why I’m voting for Trump.'"

Said Bill Maher, criticizing the mainstream commentators who endlessly express negativity toward Trump, quoted in "Bill Maher Defends Trump Voters in Contentious Katie Couric Sit-Down" (Daily Beast)(video at the link).

Maher is right. The media pundits should not be aiming disrespect and contempt at the millions of Americans who support Trump. They are voters, and they are human beings. The self-important experts ought at least to pretend to care about understanding and reaching them.

Enigma's Comment:

The Woke Democrat era ends not because of Trump, but because the do-or-die zealots force a critical mass of principled/center/sane Democrats out of the Party. Tulsi Gabbard, Joe Rogan, Bari Weiss, Matt Taibbi, Elon Musk, every Jew that doesn't want to be killed, Mr. "I am a Berliner" at NPR, and now the turtle-slow (but everyone saw it coming) Maher.

Wa St Blogger's Comment:

The self-important experts ought at least to pretend to care about understanding and reaching them.

No. What a stupid thing to say. That would be unconscionable. These people are evil and racist and Nazis. No option should be dismissed that would rid ourselves of these Neanderthals that infest our country. Thank God Biden is jailing them and importing better citizens. Hopefully we can create a permanent majority of enlightened people who are immune to the misinformation spewed by these reprehensible excuses for human beings.

Even my Progressive Brother understands that one needs to look beyond President Trump and view the people who support him, from the Tea Party on.

Hat tip to Ann Althouse.

Regards  —  Cliff