It could seem like conservative wypipo have misplaced their minds since Trump was elected in November, however, if we’re being sincere, they ain’t been proper within the head since 2016.
Bear in mind the Journey Ban and the way people bent themselves into mental pretzels to rationalize an Govt Order that was blatantly unconstitutional and high-key racist? Or what about that anti-Black, antisemitic Unite The Proper rally in Charlottesville, Va. that resulted within the assault of DeAndre Harris and the dying of Heather Heyer? His supporters swore up and down that race had nothing to do with it when Trump mentioned there have been ‘very superb folks on either side.’
Then, after all, there’s what occurred on Jan. 6, 2021.
When full throated, unapologetic (and questionably dressed) Trump supporters stormed the capital, that appeared to scare individuals who put up along with his model of politics however weren’t overzealous. Democratic norms had been shattered that day, and that shook some people to their core. Issues received quiet for a bit after the 42nd president formally left workplace. There have been a couple of years the place it appeared like issues may get again to one thing that resembled normalcy.
Then, like Jason Voorhees in a nasty Friday the 13th sequel, he got here again. Dude is unkillable. He ran for President once more…and nobody stood in his method. He didn’t do a single debate. He didn’t actually have interaction with the Republican Major course of, and he gained the nomination with out breaking a sweat.
That’s when the MAGA trustworthy got here again exterior.
Trump flags, as soon as folded and put within the attic, had been unfurled and place on flagpoles. Throughout America, Trump 2020 billboards, lengthy forgotten, had been up to date, retaining the identify however including 2024.
However it’s completely different this time. The Trumpers are extra aggressive than 2016. Much more brazen than 2020. Their man misplaced an election, however he didn’t keep gone. He completed what few have ever tried…and he gained in a convincing trend.
This man didn’t simply win in Kentucky and Alabama — he flipped states like Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. After all he gained in Sioux Metropolis, Iowa , however he additionally gained over lots of people in New York Metropolis.
This made his supporters fearless. They don’t should solely inform their white buddies who agree with them that they assist him. There may be now nearly no stigma related to voting for a person who was indicted and located responsible on 34 counts of falsifying enterprise information in a courtroom of regulation.
There isn’t a hiding now. These persons are all over the place. There was as soon as a time when people who lived in California or New Jersey might say, “Yeah, there’s a loopy man in workplace, however no less than nobody who lives near me voted for him.”
That’s not true anymore. His supporters are all over the place, and they’re emboldened.
Burn your sage and discover your option to the chu’ch home. You’re going to want all the assistance you will get to make it by means of subsequent 4 years while not having nervousness meds. And even in the event you can sidestep a Xanax prescription, you might need to go to the sanctified home of Mary Jane each now once more.
Maintain tight. It’s going to be a bumpy experience.