Quote of the day...
"MAGAts are freaking out because they are being judged by the content of their character and not the color of their skin."
There's a reason Trump's supporters are labeled racist, homophobic, transphobic, xenophobic, and misogynistic bigots. They have no problem with Trump's racism, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, and misogyny.
Trump’s comments about Haitians in Ohio are anything but funny, and here are five reasons they’re actually worse than you think:
1. They show the Republican Party’s systemic sickness.
2. They illustrate Trump’s desperation and cognitive decline.
3.They are recklessly but intentionally racist.
4. They foreshadow the ugliness of America in a second Trump Term.
5. They won’t matter to any of his followers.
The most tragic (if not unsurprising) reality of Trump’s gross, false, and dangerous comments is that they are unlikely to move any of his sycophantic base from their embrace of him and surely won’t change their vote. I spoke with a Trump supporter the day after the retreat and said, “They’re eating the dogs, they’re eating the cats…” expecting him to at the very least, share some embarrassment at the historically awkward and completely unprecedented moment. He shrugged and simply said, “But it’s true, though.”
And that is the most frightening and disturbing thing of all that we should take away from this moment, amid our laughter and ridicule. What should be an immediate campaign-killer in the eyes of decent, moral human beings, is nothing to the tens of millions who find their identity intertwined with his. Now nine years indoctrinated into this sad, unhinged cult of American whiteness, Trump supporters don’t care about reality, only about the narrative they need to be true in their heads in order to justify their allegiance. There is no bridge too far, no crime or offense too sickening to move them from him, no violence or falsehoods that will be deal breakers.
This is why the vote of every single good, compassionate, and responsible adult matters: because we have to collectively rise up to reject baseless conspiracy, irresponsible racism, lawless political leaders, and cognitively-addled would-be presidents with unchecked power.
We aren’t just voting against Donald Trump and JD Vance, but an entire political party polluted to the point of targeting a group of decent, hardworking people simply living their lives.
We’re voting against our neighbors, friends, and family members who want a political victory even if it means trafficking in lies, racism, and fear.
And as importantly, when we vote for Kamala Harris, we are voting for the Haitian people here, and Americans of color, and Muslims, and people with dark skin, and foreigners, and legal immigrants and refugees.
We all need to make our voices heard at the polls, because as laughable as this latest tirade of Trump’s has been—it’s far from funny. ---John Pavlovitz
