A couple of days ago a friend of mine posted on Facebook the following: “Trump is a jerk but I vote on policy not personality.” I can identify with deciding for policy positions most of the time, but not now. I know who she will be voting for in November and I took her statement to mean she will disregard his all-around disgusting and illegal behavior.

I respect her right to think and vote the way she does, but I am mystified. Why would anyone want a convicted felon, convicted woman abuser, serial liar, misogynist, narcissist, and someone facing a litany of other criminal indictments leading or representing any organization, let alone the highest office in the country. I can’t imagine how he could be trusted to do anything that is not solely in his best interest first. If his rhetoric can be believed, he will be a revengeful autocrat at the very least and probably worse.

But then she is not alone. Many of those that worked closely with him when he was president have said he is unfit for office, but are now saying they will vote for him again. I just don’t understand that dangerous thinking.

Ken Kaiyala
8-29-2024