Many African Americans who voted for Trump claim it had nothing at all to do with race, gender or class. It was all about politics, many of them asserted, adding that Vice President Kamala Harris’s policies did not appeal to them.
Okay, granted you have every right to vote your what you feel, and how your conscience guides, but how in your right mind can you vote for someone who continuously disparaged you because of your ethnicity and whose racist rants are a common part of his rhetoric and harangue? Doesn’t it matter at all what a man thinks about you, no matter what kind of policy he promises? Besides, a close examination of his policies will reveal that the devil is in the details.
We know full well that most voters are unwilling to admit how they voted, and of course they insist that racism and misogyny are not in their vocabulary. And, to be certain, we are reluctant to call an African American person a racist; however, something has to be said for their voting against their self-interest, similarly for many Hispanic voters.
These points can be argued right until the next election, and we have a bet that many of those who plunked down for Trump will have some deep reservations about that decision — in a few shakes. Already Trump is making some firm steps in lining up his ducks, those appointees who will kowtow to his demands, lest they feel the wrath of his autocratic whip.
After all is said and done, leaving America is not an option. We have to toughen our resolve and shore up our resistance once again to thwart a dangerous tyrant, one who has promised to use the military to complete the nightmare for the Dreamers.
How many Latinos, now slated for deportation, voted for such an outcome? Perhaps they were beguiled, and hoodwinked by the snake oil salesman. Whatever the reason, as you line up to leave as many of you lined up to enter, the boot to your rear comes from the same man who no longer needs your vote or vital services, and for that we all will suffer.