As we reach the home stretch of the
campaign, the inevitable is happening. Many Republicans and independents are
beginning to forget some of the objections they had to Trump, some of the
reasons they had earlier declared themselves to be #NeverTrump. The specter of
a Hillary Clinton presidency has caused them to reconsider, to decide that
Donald Trump is the only vehicle left to stop a second Clinton presidency. The
“lesser of two evils” argument is beginning to gain greater traction.
Enough people have already stripped away
the arguments for the “lesser of two evils”. Either option entails voting for
evil. But there is another simple fact that all those who vote for Trump,
however reluctantly, must be reminded of: To vote for a candidate means to
become responsible for everything that candidate says or does. The same is
doubly true for Donald Trump.
If Trump wins the Presidency, everyone
who voted for him and promoted him must answer for every action, objectionable
comment, and liberal policy he makes or promotes over the next four years. They
will bear responsibility for elevating to the most powerful office in the world
a man who insults women, ridicules and threatens everyone who dares disagree
with him, and believes that Planned Parenthood does “wonderful things”. They
will own it all.
Just as every person who voted for
Barack Obama in 2008 bears some measure of responsibility for Obamacare,
Dodd-Frank, and his two Supreme Court appointments, so too will every person
who supports a victorious Trump campaign in 2016 be in some way responsible for
his every action while in office. If not for millions of people who consider
themselves reluctant Trump voters, Donald J. Trump will not be President come
January 2017.
This is not to say I don’t understand
their reasoning in supporting Trump over Clinton. I do. Hillary Clinton would
be an atrocious Commander in Chief. But just as her supporters must answer for
everything that may come of a second Clinton Presidency, so too must Trump
supporters answer for anything that might emerge from a Trump administration.
Both policy papers and Tweets.
Elections have consequences. Trump
voters, be certain you are prepared to defend your man, his actions, and yours.
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