In Trumpistan, Is There Such a Thing as Enough?
When will enough be enough?
When will enough be enough?
When will even Trump voters cease to be Trump supporters? When will they declare that a strongman with fascistic tendencies doesn’t reflect our democratic norms and values?
It wasn’t when Trump called Mexicans “murderers” or “rapists.” Or when he lied about President Obama’s birth certificate. Or questioned Judge Curiel’s impartiality because he’s “Mexican.”
It wasn’t when he denigrated the Gold Star Khan family. And John McCain’s POW captivity and heroism. And the wives of American soldiers who gave their life to an ill-fated mission in Niger. Or how about when he openly mocked a disabled reporter for being disabled?
It wasn’t when we banned entry to America to a specific group just because of their religion.
It wasn’t when he created a moral equivalence between White Nationalist Neo-Nazi protesters and those who opposed them.
It wasn’t when he pulled out of the Paris Climate Change Accord and the Iran Nuclear Agreement. And sought to disrupt traditional trade and security alliances with Canada, Australia, England and Germany.
It wasn’t when he stripped legally-obtained health coverage from 9 million Americans in need in order to pay for a tax cut for billionaires and corporations.
It wasn’t when he knew that our most pernicious foreign adversary indisputably interfered with our sacrosanct electoral system and literally did nothing to safeguard it from happening again.
It wasn’t when he waged war against a free unfettered press. Or the intelligence and security agencies within our own government.
It wasn’t after mass shootings in Las Vegas and Parkland and Santa Fe, Texas, which only led the President to more vigorously defend the NRA’s circumvention of calls for more sensible gun legislation.
It wasn’t when he rescinded DACA, a promise made to millions of migrant children seeking to live out their American Dream.
It wasn’t when he glibly admitted on tape his predilection for sexual predation. Nor was it his full-throated endorsement of a known pedophile for the Senate.
It wasn’t his policy of separating migrant children from their parents. And placing many of the children in cages. Because even after this policy came to light, Trump’s approval rating remained at 90% in the GOP.
It wasn’t the announcement that Justice Kennedy with be retiring and replaced by a conservative hardliner, a move that will instantly and possibly irrevocably place reproductive liberties and marital freedom at existential risk.
If not these things, then what? Truly, is there anything left that will cause the average American to say “No more. This isn’t who we are,”
I keep thinking we’ve crossed that redline day after day. But the capacity for some Americans to accept this behavior as normal is one that leads me to continual amazement.