Last week was quite exciting. On Tuesday, as I bided my time and quietly worked all day, like I do every Tuesday, I wondered what would happen as the election results came rolling in. It felt like I was a child on Christmas Eve, awaiting Santa -- a feeling I had almost forgotten.
I prayed that we would have a fair election, and that we would know the outcome within 24 hours.
On Wednesday morning I was happy to wake up and learn Trump had not only won, he had won the popular vote as well, so there can be no doubt about his victory.
On Fox News and on Megyn Kelly's show I was amused to see the many folks who filmed themselves having nuclear hissy fits because Trump was re-elected. Most of the anchors of the so-called news shows on traditional media were having meltdowns. I saw clips of Jimmy Kimmel crying and I wanted to slap him. Kimmel, like so many others, actually believed the crazy lies told about Trump.
For most of us, Trump was the only sane choice. He offered solid positions about things that mattered to most voters - the border and the economy. It's people like me who live paycheck to paycheck and have been upset by gas and grocery prices who elected Donald Trump. I have a friend who is wealthy and she finds Trump boorish, so she told me she was going to write in a vote for the Libertarian candidate. I wanted to scold her a bit, remind her that most people can't afford to jet off to Europe on vacation, but I knew my fussing would do no good. She has never cried because she couldn't afford to pay her bills, or feared losing her home because of not being able to pay the rent. I have.
The biggest public meltdowns over Trump's win came from twenty-somethings who don't have to worry about paying a mortgage, and wealthy celebrities who have clearly forgotten what it's like to wonder if the bills can get paid. Trump won because he understood the economy is uppermost in the minds of Americans right now because it affects our lives every.single.day.
Harris campaigned on basically two ideas: women should be able to get an abortion at any point in their pregnancy and Donald Trump is Evil [fascist, Hitler, misogynist, racist, homophobic, etc.]. Fear and Hatred were the cornerstones of her campaign.
Biden calling Trump supporters garbage didn't help her -- but who can blame him?! He was ousted in a bloodless coup, leaving all of us to wonder who has been running the country for the past four years?!? (Not a senile old man, obviously.)
For anyone reading this who believed Harris in her relentless attacks on Trump, I wanted to throw out some FACTS [not angry campaign slurs] that may surprise you.
- Trump doesn't hate gay people. In his first term, Trump appointed Richard Grenell, an openly gay man with a husband, to be his ambassador to Germany. Grenell will likely have a new post in the new administration too. According to Reuters, "He is also considered a top contender for national security adviser, which does not require Senate confirmation."
- Kellyanne Conaway was Trump's campaign manager in 2016. She was the first female campaign manager to get her candidate elected to the presidency.
- Susie Wiles ran Trump's 2024 presidential campaign. Would a misogynist have named two strong, smart women to run his election campaigns?!? I think not.According to the BBC: In a statement, Trump said that Wiles "just helped me achieve one of the greatest political victories in American history" and "is tough, smart, innovative, and is universally admired and respected". Wiles, 67, is the first woman to be appointed White House chief of staff.
- For this year's win, Trump put together a truly populist voting coalition. If he was a terrible racist that wouldn't have happened. Check out this article: How Trump’s huge gains with Latino and Asian voters and black men landed him back in the White House.
- Trump has said repeatedly that abortion access should be decided by each individual state. Right now, abortions are available in all 50 states. Trump has stated that he will not push for a ban on all abortions. Legally, he couldn't sign a nationwide abortion ban even if he wanted to. He also won't restrict anyone's right to IVF treatment for infertility. Pretty much everything Harris said about Trump and abortion or women's health concerns were lies, designed to scare women.
- The "Nazi" characterization of Trump is laughable. Nazis hate Jewish people. Trump's daughter is Jewish and her children are Jewish. At the Trump rally in Madison Square Garden, there were many Orthodox Jews and flags of Israel were everywhere. Benjamin Netanyahu called Trump after his victory to congratulate him. Mark Levin called Trump the first Jewish president in this article from 2022.
- Trump is the child of an immigrant. His mother came to the US from Scotland, as this article explains. Before marrying Trump's father, she worked as a maid. So Trump is not anti-immigration, he just feels like it should be done legally.
- Harris said Trump was a big proponent of Project 2025, which he repeatedly denied. She characterized it as some sort of horrible, nightmarish blueprint. According to Forbes, that is false. As the article explains:
Project 2025 does have some controversial items within the document, but its overarching theme is that government has become too large, too inefficient, and there are too many agencies whose actions go well beyond their charter. In short, the document makes suggestions that would reorganize the federal bureaucracy, returning agencies to their original mandates.
Democrats have suggested Trump will enact its provisions if elected in November. While Trump may indeed implement some of the provisions of Project 2025, many of them are standard conservative ideals and not something from a horror movie as Democrats have suggested.
- Trump has immense courage. He is the only presidential candidate in history to face assassination twice, before getting elected. I am amazed he stayed in the race, knowing it was putting his life at risk, especially after it became clear that the Secret Service horribly mishandled the situation in Pennsylvania that led to Trump being shot.
- Trump has never said he was going to send military hit squads to arrest and/or kill his political opponents, as Harris said repeatedly. He made some offhand remarks about "radical left lunatics" causing trouble on election day but since he wasn't the president exactly how could he call in the National Guard to quell protests?!? Since the election there have been protests in several cities. Trump hasn't said a word about them. He hasn't threatened anyone.
I know most far left folks who suffer from Trump Derangement Syndrome won't read this, and if they do they will just get their panties further in a wad because when confronted with truth and facts they don't like they just run the other way, unwilling to listen to anyone who doesn't agree with them.
However, I enjoyed researching and writing this blog. Long live bloggers and podcasters! We are the future!
above, the house where I spent most of my growing up years -- so I really WAS a middle-class kid
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