Donald Trump is a liar, a criminal, and a danger to all of us
…everyone who is sane knows that. He is a draft dodger. He is a racist. He sexually assaults women and brags about it. He violated the Cuba embargo. He has long been linked to organized crime. He condones violence against those who disagree with him. He’s had multiple bankruptcies. His ex-wife says he raped her, and treats his current one like dirt. He attacks press freedom. He has used the undocumented workers he maligns. He lies about his wealth, which is why he doesn’t release his tax returns. He hires anti-Semites. He steals. He discriminates against blacks in housing. And so on and so on.
Most of all, he is a liar who was helped by Russia to cheat his way into power. He’s a traitor to the United States and its allies.
So why – why, why, why – does his vote stay with him? That’s the question everyone is asking: his core voters can’t be that clueless, can they?
The talk we attended this week, by Professor Justin Gest, generated a lot of response here, on Facebook, and elsewhere on the Warren-related Internets. Gest was asked the same question a couple times by bewildered Canadians.
In answering, Gest distinguished between two kinds of Trump voters: the Nationalists, who are white supremacists, more or less, and who will never abandon Trump because they subscribe to his racist conspiracy theories. Then, there’s what he calls the Exasperated, who aren’t lifelong Republicans, aren’t necessarily racist, and who are just simply weary of politicians lying – and won’t stay with Trump if he continues to lie.
Here’s a synopsis of Gest’s response, taken from the huge thing he did in Politico:
See? There’s opportunity, however slim. Not with Trump’s bigots: they’re always going to stick with him, and who wants to coddle them, anyway? But the so-called Exasperated? They want to feel they are being listened to, and that change is possible. They’re gettable vote.
My personal advice? Shut down Washington until you get an independent prosecutor, properly funded. Fill the the streets. Take the momentum of the Women’s March and the science demos, and demand an independent prosector, now.
The best way to show Trump is a liar, with evidence, is to empower someone to find the evidence. So do it, America.