The Far-Right Feel Entitled to Have Trump and His Racism

What the Left in this country don’t get about Trump fans is that they don’t ignore the fact that the President is a lying, cheating, ignorant misogynistic and racist of a bully. Trump fans feel entitled to it. 

This goes all the way back to the Clinton Presidency. Clinton was a lying and cheating bully. But he was so talented with interpersonal relations, go often got away with it. That’s why his nickname was “Slick Willie.”  When women dared to make allegations of sexual impropriety, the enablers around Slick Willie circled the wagons and defended him. When he was caught red-handed lying under oath, Republicans thought they had their moment of victory. Let’s face it, there was substance to the allegations of perjury and obstruction of justice. Otherwise, he would not have been disbarred. 

Perjury and obstruction of justice are valid reasons for impeachment of a president. Feeling justified in their actions, House Republicans impeached Clinton. But again, his enablers rallied around the President, distracted the public from the legal charges against Clinton, and made it about sex, which they called “a personal matter.”  Never mind that sex scandals and infidelity had brought down numerous less talented politicians than Clinton. 

Republicans were angry that Democrats could rally around such an immoral character as Slick Willie. The so-called “Arkansas Mafia” relentlessly attacked the character of the numerous women who came forward. To the GOP, it looked liked the Democrats had hypocritically attacked these women, while simultaneously complaining about the toxic male behavior that underlies sexual harassment and domestic violence. 

Talk show hosts, most notably Rush Limbaugh, ranted day after day about how Republicans are too nice. If there was a sniff of scandal around a Republican candidate, that candidate was dumped. Limbaugh decried that Republicans didn’t rally around a politician who was under attack like the Democrats did. In short, Republican voters, egged on by the likes of Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Mark Levin, convinced themselves that Democrats got away with playing dirty politics. They wanted their own dirty politician who fight the dirty Democrats, blow by blow. 

The party leadership resisted while they could. But honorable men, such as Mitt Romney and John McCain, would win the nomination, only to see the strongest opposition come from their own party voters. Far-Right voters labeled anyone who didn’t tow a hard core conservative line as RINOs, Republicans in name only. 

Then along comes Donald Trump. Unapologetic in being a bully. Throwing nasty names out to all opponents, even Republicans. It didn’t matter that he got his facts wrong. It didn’t matter that his insults were steeped in xenophobia, racism and misogyny. It didn’t matter that many women accused him of sexual assault, or even that he took pride in how easy it was for him, a celebrity, to get away with it. The Left had their Bill Clinton. To the Far-Right voter, it was only fitting and fair that they get their bully who could ignore the moral consequences of his actions. 

Just confront a Trump fan with his abhorrent behavior. Inevitably, a Trump fan will respond with, “What about Clinton!” To them, it’s not about the deep, irredeemable personality flaws in Trump. He fights. He fights dirty. He is their Bill Clinton. 

By: William J. Kovatch, Jr. 

Trump Needs to Keep Tweeting

I hear the refrain all the time. “That Trump needs to stop tweeting,” or “someone needs to take Trump’s phone away from him.”  It’s because Trump’s tweets make people feel uncomfortable.

And why shouldn’t they feel uncomfortable?  Through his tweets, Trump is his most raw self. They are his inner most thoughts. They can be angry, insulting, bullying, vulgar, narcissistic, and above all, ignorant.

Trump’s tweets show that he ignores sources of information that do not fit into his world view. He routinely calls news and polls that don’t flatter him “fake news,” while lauding polls and news that massage his ego, even if the source is objectively unreliable.

Trump attacks his enemies in his tweets, often based on superficial characteristics. He will degrade women often referring to attractiveness or what thinks is their intelligence. He attacks talk show hosts by berating what he thinks is their ratings. But very rarely do you ever see him engage in an intelligent policy debate.

Trump uses his tweets to bully. If he disagrees with a person, that person gets an ugly nickname. He rebukes people for not thanking him. His bullying tweets can go on for days, weeks, months . . . .

Trump tweets most when he’s angry. When he is angry, Twitter becomes his outlet for some of the most vile, vitriolic language he can muster.

In short, Trump’s tweets confess his misogyny, his ignorance, his racism, his lack of intelligence, his lack of understanding of the Constitution, his unstable personality and his narcissism. All in all, Trump’s tweets show that he is more than simply unpresidential; they show that he is a dangerous man to be in the White House.

And that’s the main reason why they make people uncomfortable. People want to go on with their lives, hoping things can just remain normal. But Trump’s tweets are a constant reminder that we elected a totally unqualified, ignorant, horrid excuse for a human being to lead our Government. His tweets make people confront the fact that Trump has strained relationships with our allies, made politics far more combative and ugly than ever, and shown contempt for some of the fundamental principles of our Constitution. His tweets show how no one can continue to ignore politics.

While Trump’s tweets make some people uncomfortable, and anger others, he needs to keep tweeting. He needs to keep showing us just what an appalling person he is. That way, more people can be motivated to get him out of office to restore the prestige of the United States and the Office of the President. Please, Mr. Trump, keep tweeting.

By:  William J. Kovatch, Jr.