Better late than never, says the adage. I guess it is far preferable to see Republican voters wake up finally then to never see them wake up at all about the monster they put in the White House. Read an excerpt from a young Trump voter who wrote a piece for the Cincinnati Enquirer on how disillusioned he is about Donald Trump. Raw Story:
“The office itself is supposed to be larger than the person holding it,” he added. “It’s not a brand to expand or defend. It’s a stewardship of something that belongs to the country. A president is supposed to be the leader of the entire nation.”
Maddox wrote that Trump had squandered his support on immigration and border security by unleashing “chaotic” enforcement focused “more by spectacle than strategy,” and he faulted Trump for trying to govern through executive order rather than building support for his proposals and getting them passed by Congress.
“As a young Republican who voted for Trump − even after being disappointed by his behavior in 2021 − I spent years defending him!” Maddox wrote. “I defended him in conversations, debates, and writing because I believed the larger project he represented was bigger than the controversies surrounding him.”
“But over time, it has become harder to ignore a simple truth: Many of the voters who stood up for Trump now feel he no longer stands up for them,” he added.
Trump ran as an outsider who would break and reform the system, but Maddox said he barely recognizes the candidate he backed.
“The voters who stood up for Trump expected him to stand up for the country,” Maddox wrote. “Too often now, it feels like he only stands up for himself.”
It sounds like this young guy, a college senior, has a good mind. How he got swindled by Trump to begin with is a wonder to me, but at least he seems to be coming out the other end and realizing that he’s been conned. That’s no small thing. As Mark Twain said, “It’s easier to con somebody than to convince them they’ve been conned.”
“Better late than never”
But not much better after all this time.