I Found Trump's Biggest Fan

[ProudLib72]

The day after the 2016 election, Lynette Villano, a 72-year-old widow and clerk for the Wyoming Valley Sanitary Authority in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, sent her grandson Connor Mulvey a text message:

“I guess you can probably figure out that I’m very happy today,” Lynnette began. “Donald Trump is to your generation what Ronald Reagan was to ours. I am so fortunate to have been part of both. … He defied conventional wisdom at every turn. … Hopefully, I will be going to the Inauguration.”

Connor, who was then starting his senior year as an undergraduate at Tulane, replied almost immediately.

“Donald Trump is a bigoted imbecile who tapped into the racism and ignorance in America,” he texted. “You’re right, he is like Ronald Reagan. He’s going to leave this country in ruins and completely ignore minorities’ problems. The fact that he ‘won’ this election is a blemish on the history of the United States. I will not be recognizing him as my President, because much like George W. Bush he failed to win the popular vote. The only difference is that I believe Bush was a good person who was manipulated by those around him. Donald is an arrogant asshole with a history of abuse, mistreatment, and greed. He and his supporters should be ashamed of themselves, but it’s evident they lack the self-reflective capabilities to do so. I want you to think long and hard about what you’ve aided in. My LGBT friends are scared. My Muslim friends are scared. My Hispanic friends are scared. My female friends are scared. I’m scared. The fact that you’ve gone along with his disgraceful rhetoric the entire way through disappoints me to no end. Congratulations, you’ve damaged America. I hope it was worth it.”

While Lynette concedes Trump made the unifying pledge, she now thinks that he has too many enemies to follow through on it. “There is just as much responsibility from the Never Trump people, the Hollywood Left, CNN, MSNBC, the New York Times, the swamp in D.C., late night TV, Black Lives Matter—I could go on and on,” she says. “Half of the country hates the president. Do you really think there is anything he can say or do that that will bring us together? I’m all for promoting civility, but we are so divided and people are so dug in, it’s hard to have a conversation.”

More at link: https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/10/03/trump-supporters-luzerne-county-ben-bradlee-jr-220841

Well, Lynette, I hope it was worth losing your grandson and your country. I will not be reaching out to you.

[guillaumeb]

1. Age only means being alive for a set number of years.

Wisdom and intelligence are not guaranteed simply by living a long time.

[AuntPatsy]

2. Excellent reply from grandson...

[ProudLib72]

4. Yes, I thought that was well worth the price of admission

But can you just imagine a grandson laying it out there like that to his grandmother?!

[Funtatlaguy]

5. Yeah, and your store bought chocolate chip cookies sucked too.

[dalton99a]

3. She'll go to her grave singing His praises

[Solly Mack]

6. Ignorance galore.

“In my era, you respected authority,” Lynette says. “Today, a lot of the standards we grew up with are gone—the church, the flag. And these police shootings. I’m extremely sensitive about that. I’m trying to understand this Black Lives Matter movement. But I’m not black, and I grew up in a Catholic girls’ school, so maybe I can’t.”

She's human isn't she? That's all that is required to understand Black Lives Matter - that and not being a racist piece of shit.

I think her grandson was more than polite in his response.

[ProudLib72]

9. She's a lost cause

As are all who still support the Rump. At this point there can be absolutely no excuse.

[maryellen99]

10. And I'm sure since she's old school Catholic she doesn't believe the victims of the Pedo priests nt

[pstokely]

11. when he was her age

[Solly Mack]

12. heh

[FM123]

7. "Thanks to you and your kind, hatred and bigotry have been normalized and legitimized."

She has a very insightful young man for a grandson.

[TheBlackAdder]

8. Paraphrase: She likes Trump, because unlike Hillary, he doesn't talk down to them. (which he does)

[Laura PourMeADrink]

13. Is this real? Doesn't feel like it.

[ProudLib72]

14. It's actually a book

I know this piece is from Politico, but it's actually a review/glimpse of a book that follows rump supporters over the past two years.