I mean, the irony is unreal. I’ve never known people to care so much about a billionaire and a politician. I mean, the level of compassion people are having for Donald Trump, and all of his self-inflicted political, criminal and civil woes, self-inflicted, is astounding. Where was this compassion, where was the nuanced conversation, where was the “That’s not fair, that’s too much, that’s too heavy handed!” Where was that when there was a 17-year-old child who made a dumb mistake and got a life sentence or damn near. And then a DA comes out, a chief of police comes out, they say something like, “We’re going to make an example out of these thugs!” intentionally making sure that the punishment is not only exacting, but it is, let’s just say, extreme. Nobody blinked.
Nobody had compassion. But because of the self inflicted wounds of an adult, of a person who is allegedly learned, a great businessman, a great negotiator.
All of a sudden, that individual can do no wrong and when they do wrong, you just make excuses as to why it seems they did wrong. But really everybody else is doing wrong to them.
What happened to pull yourself up by your bootstraps? What happened to taking responsibility for your actions? What happened to the conservative agenda, to conservative ideology? I’m no conservative. But there are some things that I used to respect about you guys. I’m no conservative, but there are some things that I could understand. No more. No more.
I think Don Jr. said it best when he said there is no Republican Party, it’s only MAGA now. Well, what the hell is MAGA? What are we talking about? What policy does MAGA support other than just rhetoric and fear-mongering and trying to make people think the world is going to end if a person of color or a woman or God forbid member of the LGBTQ community has a position of leadership?
The reality is this. They have no answers. And to the conservatives who keep saying, well, we’re not Trump, Republicans or Trump conservatives, we’re real conservatives. The hell you say, if you’re a real conservative, you would not have allowed them to hijack your party, hijack your platform, hijack everything you said you believed in.
So what do you do now? It’s too late. Trump has taken over your party. Trump has taken over the hearts and minds of many of the voters inside of your party. The man did not have to debate anyone in the Republican primary. He’s a landslide victory guy heir apparent to the throne again. The voters
were primed for this. You can blame Trump Trump definitely is part to blame here. But remember, Trump is a Johnny come lately to the political scene.
The politicians who decided to gaslight who decided to manipulate who decided to indoctrinate voters. We know them allies.
And we started to expect every politician to lie to us. And when you get the chief liar, what happens? He becomes number one in the Republican primary. You trained your conservatives quite well.
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Donald Trump faces a range of potential criminal charges across numerous cases, from minor civil suits all the way up to sedition and conspiracy against the United States. The former president has consistently portrayed himself as a victim of political “witch hunts” and has sought to delay his court dates to avoid criminal sentencing prior to the election. While many liberals see this as a cynical ploy to evade legal accountability, some of his supporters genuinely sympathize with him and see him as a victim or even a martyr.
Straight Arrow News contributor Dr. Rashad Richey commends those supporters for their sympathy and compassion toward a man who Richey says did nothing at all to deserve it, but then asks them where that same compassion is when it comes to the plight of ordinary American citizens. Dr. Richey also contends that Donald Trump and the MAGA movement have betrayed traditional conservative values, and wonders where all of the “true” conservatives went who once professed belief in the values that Donald Trump has destroyed.
I mean, the irony is unreal. I’ve never known people to care so much about a billionaire and a politician. I mean, the level of compassion people are having for Donald Trump and all of his self-inflicted political, criminal and civil woes, self-inflicted, is astounding. Where was this compassion, where was the nuanced conversation, where was the “That’s not fair, that’s too much, that’s too heavy-handed!” Where was that when there was a 17-year-old child who made a dumb mistake and got a life sentence, or damn near? And then a DA comes out, a chief of police comes out, they say something like, “We’re going to make an example out of these thugs,” intentionally making sure that the punishment is not only exacting, but it is, let’s just say, extreme. Nobody blinked. Nobody had compassion.
But because of the self-inflicted wounds of an adult, of a person who is allegedly learned, a great businessman, a great negotiator, all of a sudden, that individual can do no wrong. And when they do wrong, you just make excuses as to why it seems they did wrong. But really, everybody else is doing wrong to them.
What happened to pull yourself up by your bootstraps? What happened to taking responsibility for your actions? What happened to the conservative agenda, to conservative ideology? I’m no conservative. But there are some things that I used to respect about you guys. I’m no conservative, but there are some things that I could understand. No more. No more. I think Don Jr. said it best when he said there is no Republican Party. It’s only MAGA now.
I mean, the irony is unreal. I’ve never known people to care so much about a billionaire and a politician. I mean, the level of compassion people are having for Donald Trump, and all of his self-inflicted political, criminal and civil woes, self-inflicted, is astounding. Where was this compassion, where was the nuanced conversation, where was the “That’s not fair, that’s too much, that’s too heavy handed!” Where was that when there was a 17-year-old child who made a dumb mistake and got a life sentence or damn near. And then a DA comes out, a chief of police comes out, they say something like, “We’re going to make an example out of these thugs!” intentionally making sure that the punishment is not only exacting, but it is, let’s just say, extreme. Nobody blinked.
Nobody had compassion. But because of the self inflicted wounds of an adult, of a person who is allegedly learned, a great businessman, a great negotiator.
All of a sudden, that individual can do no wrong and when they do wrong, you just make excuses as to why it seems they did wrong. But really everybody else is doing wrong to them.
What happened to pull yourself up by your bootstraps? What happened to taking responsibility for your actions? What happened to the conservative agenda, to conservative ideology? I’m no conservative. But there are some things that I used to respect about you guys. I’m no conservative, but there are some things that I could understand. No more. No more.
I think Don Jr. said it best when he said there is no Republican Party, it’s only MAGA now. Well, what the hell is MAGA? What are we talking about? What policy does MAGA support other than just rhetoric and fear-mongering and trying to make people think the world is going to end if a person of color or a woman or God forbid member of the LGBTQ community has a position of leadership?
The reality is this. They have no answers. And to the conservatives who keep saying, well, we’re not Trump, Republicans or Trump conservatives, we’re real conservatives. The hell you say, if you’re a real conservative, you would not have allowed them to hijack your party, hijack your platform, hijack everything you said you believed in.
So what do you do now? It’s too late. Trump has taken over your party. Trump has taken over the hearts and minds of many of the voters inside of your party. The man did not have to debate anyone in the Republican primary. He’s a landslide victory guy heir apparent to the throne again. The voters
were primed for this. You can blame Trump Trump definitely is part to blame here. But remember, Trump is a Johnny come lately to the political scene.
The politicians who decided to gaslight who decided to manipulate who decided to indoctrinate voters. We know them allies.
And we started to expect every politician to lie to us. And when you get the chief liar, what happens? He becomes number one in the Republican primary. You trained your conservatives quite well.
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