We’ve known it was coming for months,
but that doesn’t make today any easier. Donald Trump is the official presidential nominee of the Republican Party.
The Republican Party has officially
embraced a racist, corrupt, liberal fraud, all because 40% of the primary
electorate—containing a large proportion of Democrats and independents—decided
that they were so angry at the political establishment that they wanted someone
who could stride into Washington like a conquering emperor and burn it all down.
Now they’ve gotten their wish, and the
country will suffer for it.
Contrary to the delusions of many
Trumpkins, the Orange One has almost no crossover appeal. Independents and
minorities find his blatant racist and sexist comments to be nonstarters, and Democrats
are almost uniformly opposed to his every utterance and policy proposal,
erasing any doubts many have about supporting Hillary Clinton. What few
moderates might be won over are easily outnumbered by the legions of
conservatives and otherwise loyal Republicans who see Trump as inherently unfit
for the Presidency.
Much like his running mate Mike Pence
managed to do with his handling of the Indiana religious liberty bill in 2015,
Trump has managed to alienate liberals and conservatives alike, only on a far
greater scale. The two of them surely belong on a ticket together.
And if he somehow wins, Trump will
surely erode the Constitutional guarantees of individual liberty and separation
of powers. This is not just empty rhetoric, but part of his pitch to voters—he
promises that, if elected, he will carry out his will be executive fiat,
forcing Congress to go along with his demands and openly threatening them if
they do not, and challenging the safeguards of the First, Fifth, and Tenth
Amendments, among others.
Ladies and gentlemen, the Republican
nominee for President of the United States.
Meanwhile, just look at who the
Democrats are about to nominate, fresh
off a grilling by the FBI director.
Scared yet?
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