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https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/9/3/2267531/-We-all-owe-Trump-supporters-an-apology?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=webWe all owe Trump supporters an apology...
Tuesday, September 03, 2024 at 3:13:17a EDT
velocityvisual
Why do we owe them an apology? Because beside the following, the first Trump presidency was awesome. In case you forget about his four years in office, here is a quick reminder:
suggested the US should buy Greenland, colluded with Mitch McConnell to push through federal judges and two Supreme Court justices after supporting efforts to prevent his predecessor from appointing judges, repeatedly called the media enemies of the people, claimed that if we tested fewer people for COVID wed have fewer cases, violated the emoluments clause, thought that Nambia was a country, told Bob Woodward in private that the coronavirus was a big deal but then downplayed it in public, called his exceedingly faithful vice president a p---y for following the Constitution, nearly got us into a war with Iran after threatening them by tweet, nominated a corrupt head of the EPA, nominated a corrupt head of HHS, nominated a corrupt head of the Interior Department, nominated a corrupt head of the USDA, praised dictators and authoritarians around the world while criticizing allies, refused to allow the presidential transition to begin, insulted war hero John McCain even after his death, spent an obscene amount of time playing golf after criticizing Barack Obama for playing (far less) golf while president, falsely claimed that he won the 2016 popular vote, called the Muslim mayor of London a stone cold loser, falsely claimed that he turned down being Times Man of the Year, considered firing special counsel Robert Mueller on several occasions, mocked wearing face masks to guard against transmitting COVID, locked Congress out of its constitutional duty to confirm Cabinet officials by hiring acting ones, used a racist dog whistle by calling COVID the China virus, hired and associated with numerous shady figures that were eventually convicted of federal offenses including his campaign manager and national security adviser, pardoned several of his shady associates, gave the Presidential Medal of Freedom to two congressman who amplified his batshit crazy conspiracy theories, got into telephone fight with the leader of Australia(!), had a Secretary of State who called him a moron, forced his press secretary to claim without merit that his was the largest inauguration crowd in history, botched the COVID vaccine rollout, tweeted so much dangerous propaganda that Twitter eventually banned him, charged the Secret Service jacked-up rates at his properties, constantly interrupted Joe Biden in their first presidential debate, claimed that COVID would magically disappear, called a U.S. Senator Pocahontas, used his Twitter account to blast Nordstrom when it stopped selling Ivankas merchandise, opened up millions of pristine federal lands to development and drilling, got into a losing tariff war with China that forced US taxpayers to bail out farmers, claimed that his losing tariff war was a win for the US, ignored or didnt even take part in daily intelligence briefings, blew off honoring American war dead in France because it was raining, redesigned Air Force One to look like the Trump Shuttle...
got played by Kim Jung Un and his love letters, threatened to go after social media companies in clear violation of the Constitution, botched the response to Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, threw paper towels at Puerto Ricans when he finally visited them, pressured the governor and secretary of state of Georgia to find him votes, thought that the Virgin islands had a President, drew on a map with a Sharpie to justify his inaccurate tweet that Alabama was threatened by a hurricane, allowed White House staff to use personal email accounts for official businesses after blasting Hillary Clinton for doing the same thing, rolled back regulations that protected the public from mercury and asbestos, pushed regulators to waste time studying snake-oil remedies for COVID, rolled back regulations that stopped coal companies from dumping waste into rivers, held blatant campaign rallies at the White House, tried to take away millions of Americans health insurance because the law was named for a Black man, refused to attend his successors inauguration, nominated the worst Education Secretary in history, threatened judges who didnt do what he wanted, attacked Dr. Anthony Fauci, promised that Mexico would pay for the wall (it didnt), allowed political hacks to overrule government scientists on major reports on climate change and other issues, struggled navigating a ramp after claiming his opponent was feeble, called an African-American Congresswoman low IQ, threatened to withhold federal aid from states and cities with Democratic leaders, went ahead with rallies filled with maskless supporters in the middle of a pandemic, claimed that legitimate investigations of his wrongdoing were witch hunts, seemed to demonstrate a belief that there were airports during the American Revolution, demanded total loyalty from the FBI director, praised a conspiracy theory that Democrats are Satanic pedophiles, completely gutted the Voice of America, placed a political hack in charge of the Postal Service, claimed without evidence that the Obama administration bugged Trump Tower, suggested that the US should allow more people from places like Norway into the country, suggested that COVID wasnt that bad because he recovered with the help of top government doctors and treatments not available to the public, overturned energy conservation standards that even industry supported, reduced the number of refugees the US accepts, insulted various members of Congress and the media with infantile nicknames, gave Rush Limbaugh a Presidential medal of Freedom at the State of the Union address, named as head of federal personnel a 29-year old whod previously been fired from the White House for allegations of financial improprieties, eliminated the White House office of pandemic response, used soldiers as campaign props, fired any advisor who made the mistake of disagreeing with him, demanded the Pentagon throw him a Soviet-style military parade, hired a shit ton of white nationalists, politicized the civil service, did absolutely nothing after Russia hacked the U.S. government, falsely said the Boy Scouts called him to say his bizarre Jamboree speech was the best speech ever given to the Scouts, claimed that Black people would overrun the suburbs if Biden won, insulted reporters of color, insulted women reporters, insulted women reporters of color, suggested he was fine with Chinas oppression of the Uighurs, attacked the Supreme Court when it ruled against him, summoned Pennsylvania state legislative leaders to the White House to pressure them to overturn the election, spent countless hours every day watching Fox News, refused to allow his administration to comply with Congressional subpoenas, hired Rudy Giuliani as his lawyer, tried to punish Amazon because the Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post wrote negative stories about him, acted as if the Attorney General of the United States was his personal attorney, attempted to get the federal government to defend him in a libel lawsuit from a women who accused him of sexual assault, held private meetings with Vladimir Putin without staff present, didnt disclose his private meetings with Vladimir Putin so that the US had to find out via Russian media, stopped holding press briefings for months at a time, ordered US companies to leave China even though he has no such power, led a political party that couldnt even be bothered to draft a policy platform, claimed preposterously that Article II of the Constitution gave him absolute powers, tried to pressure the U.K. to hold the British Open at his golf course, suggested that the government nuke hurricanes, suggested that wind turbines cause cancer, said that he had a special aptitude for science, fired the head of election cyber security after he said that the 2020 election was secure, blurted out classified information to Russian officials, tried to force the G7 to hold their meeting at his failing golf resort in Florida, fired the acting attorney general when she refused to go along with his unconstitutional Muslim travel ban, hired Stephen Miller, openly discussed national security issues in the dining room at Mar-a-Lago where everyone could hear them, interfered with plans to relocate the FBI because a new development there might compete with his hotel, abandoned Iraqi refugees whod helped the U.S. during the war, tried to get Russia back into the G7, held a COVID super spreader event in the Rose Garden, seemed to believe that Frederick Douglass is still alive, lost 60 election fraud cases in court including before judges he had nominated, falsely claimed that factories were reopening when they werent, shamelessly exploited terror attacks in Europe to justify his anti-immigrant policies, still hasnt come up with a healthcare plan, still hasnt come up with an infrastructure plan despite repeated Infrastructure Weeks, forced Secret Service agents to drive him around Walter Reed while contagious with COVID, told the Proud Boys to stand back and stand by, fu**ed up the Census, withdrew the U.S. from the World Health Organization in the middle of a pandemic, did so few of his duties that his press staff were forced to state on his daily schedule President Trump will work from early in the morning until late in the evening. He will make many calls and have many meetings, allowed his staff to repeatedly violate the Hatch Act, seemed not to know that Abraham Lincoln was a Republican, stood before sacred CIA wall of heroes and bragged about his election win, constantly claimed he was treated worse than any president which presumably includes four that were assassinated and his predecessor whose legitimacy and birthplace were challenged by a racist reality TV show star named Donald Trump, claimed Andrew Jackson couldve stopped the Civil War even though he died 16 years before it happened, said that any opinion poll showing him behind was fake, claimed that other countries laughed at us before he became president when several world leaders were literally laughing at him, claimed that the military was out of ammunition before he became President, created a commission to whitewash American history, retweeted anti-Islam videos from one of the most racist people in Britain, claimed ludicrously that the Pulse nightclub shooting wouldnt have happened if someone there had a gun even though there was an armed security guard there, hired a senior staffer who cited the non-existent Bowling Green Massacre as a reason to ban Muslims, had a press secretary who claimed that Nazi Germany never used chemical weapons even though every sane human being knows they used gas to kill millions of Jews and others...
bilked the Secret Service for higher than market rates when they had to stay at Trump properties, apparently sold pardons on his way out of the White House, stripped protective status from 59,000 Haitians, falsely claimed Biden wanted to defund the police, said that the head of the CDC didnt know what he was talking about, tried to rescind protection from DREAMers, gave himself an A+ for his handling of the pandemic, tried to start a boycott of Goodyear tires due to an Internet hoax, said U.S. rates of COVID would be lower if you didnt count blue states, deported U.S. veterans who served their country but were undocumented, claimed he did more for African Americans than any president since Lincoln, touted a super-duper secret hydrosonic missile which may or may not be a new hypersonic missile or may not exist at all, retweeted a gif calling Biden a pedophile, forced through security clearances for his family, suggested that police officers should rough up suspects, suggested that Biden was on performance-enhancing drugs, tried to stop transgender students from being able to use school bathrooms in line with their gender, suggested the US not accept COVID patients from a cruise ship because it would make US numbers look higher, nominated a climate change sceptic to chair the committee advising the White House on environmental policy, retweeted a video doctored to look like Biden had played a song called F**k tha Police at a campaign event, hugged a disturbingly large number of U.S. flags, accused Democrats of treason for not applauding his State of the Union address, claimed that the FBI failed to capture the Parkland school shooter because they were spending too much time on Russia, mocked the testimony of Dr Christine Blasey Ford when she accused Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault, obsessed over low-flow toilets, ordered the rerelease of more COVID vaccines when there werent any to release, called for the construction of a bizarre garden of heroes with statutes of famous dead Americans as well as at least one Canadian (Alex Trebek), hijacked Washingtons July 4th celebrations to give a partisan speech, took advice from the MyPillow guy, claimed that migrants seeking a better life in the US were dangerous caravans of drug dealers and rapists, said nothing when Vladimir Putin poisoned a leading opposition figure, never seemed to heed the advice of his wifes Be Best campaign, falsely claimed that mail-in voting is fraudulent, announced a precipitous withdrawal of troops from Syria which not only handed Russia and ISIS a win but also prompted his defense secretary to resign in protest, insulted the leader of Canada, insulted the leader of France, insulted the leader of Britain, insulted the leader of Germany, insulted the leader of Sweden (Sweden!!), falsely claimed credit for getting NATO members to increase their share of dues, blew off two Asia summits even though they were held virtually, continued lying about spending lots of time at Ground Zero with 9/11 responders, said that the Japanese would sit back and watch their Sony televisions if the US were ever attacked, left a NATO summit early in a huff, stared directly into an eclipse even though everyone over the age of 5 knows not to do that, called himself a very stable genius despite significant evidence to the contrary, refused to commit to a peaceful transfer of power and kept his promise, and a whole bunch of other things I cant remember at the moment.
But other than that. . .
I did not write this but it was worth a share and author wanted it shared.
Easterncedar
(2,960 posts)And thanks
BoRaGard
(2,170 posts)Do all the people SUCKERED by republican and allied russian bullshit deserve sympathy?
Or are they just LOSERS, not worth a feather or a fig?
I'll have to consult with my spiritual advisors.
Emile
(27,692 posts)Delarage
(2,305 posts)After reading and re-living that
It's horrifying to think that he will get ANY votes---let along make it close. The choice is so clear.
KarenS
(4,490 posts)How did we survive this??
ArkansasDemocrat1
(2,602 posts)Joe saved us.
lees1975
(5,148 posts)Wasn't it Hitler who said, in Mein Kampf that the "masses" have short memories?
Trump thinks most Americans are stupid, and his own followers are the most stupid.
3Hotdogs
(13,127 posts)four years ago.
SheilaAnn
(9,997 posts)babylonsister
(171,417 posts)SheilaAnn
(9,997 posts)Buns_of_Fire
(17,674 posts)Emile
(27,692 posts)niyad
(118,030 posts)face!
djacq
(1,654 posts)Joinfortmill
(15,778 posts)MyMission
(1,947 posts)A very few who are gullible and manipulated, clueless or brainwashed to support him might get my sympathy.
But basically his supporters are a blight on our country.
I'm sorry for that, for our society.
Otherwise I have nothing to apologize for!
Thanks for sharing this.
consider_this
(2,715 posts)reading a synopsis of some of it now was triggering and exhausting. I had to stop 3/4 of the way through and ask why I was putting myself through reliving those memories. Electing Biden was healing and helpful to the people of this country, but that m'effer and his MAGA contingent still had to stay in the game to continue to pound us. We're saddled with his 'won't go away soon enough for me' legacy on the Supreme Court. This rotten apple has stunk up the barrel hardcore.
Like the real trauma that this all was, one may tend to erase it out of mind to survive in sanity, and thankfully, things are so much more sane with Biden at the helm, it makes it possible. But now it is important to not forget the shear amount of ways and means this menace took to destroy us. Thank you for posting this - it needs to be front of mind. Hopefully that will help folks have the same sense of urgency we had in 2020 to do all they can to prevent his re-election. I hope it gets shared widely - and maybe read by some who weren't paying attention to all of it at the time. Knowledge is power.
Oh - and I don't know what MAGA voter deserves any apology - I did not read the link, just the litany of Trump fukery, but they are ones that the owe the world, and all living things in it an apology.
surfered
(1,945 posts)DownriverDem
(6,469 posts)is this election even close? I just don't get it.
Elessar Zappa
(15,141 posts)enigmania
(169 posts)IronLionZion
(46,683 posts)superpatriotman
(6,447 posts)Why he isnt in jail?
PatrickforB
(14,946 posts)I remember one guy on LinkedIn wrote that it was a bad idea and the Trumpies put him down hard.
It is nice to see that now more people are calling him out.
Oopsie Daisy
(4,025 posts)... or how to write in complete (rather than run-on) sentences. Or how to use semicolons, or how to use bullet-points (instead of that mess).
Wonder Why
(4,299 posts)BattleRow
(656 posts)sterling accomplishments.
Hotler
(11,812 posts)wendyb-NC
(3,661 posts)Emile
(27,692 posts)for any public office after trying to overthrow the government of the United States.
Iggo
(48,063 posts)kerry-is-my-prez
(8,730 posts)It will have to be broken down into pieces. Although on my Facebook its mainly preaching to the choir except for a few losers.
Faux pas
(15,077 posts)PurgedVoter
(2,337 posts)Kind of clear that the media is, in general, bonkers and not reliable as a source.
I think the fairness doctrine needs to come back, but I suspect the Supreme Court would declare it unconstitutional. Oh, wait, losing the fairness doctrine going may be one of the few things they can hang on us democrats. Not that they would since it makes their lies less accountable.
SalviaBlue
(2,998 posts)just scrolling thru and catching a few phrases makes me mad.
I do thank the person who took the time to cleverly document all of these trump crimes against Democracy in one place for posterity.
Brainfodder
(7,119 posts)BidenRocks
(897 posts)mdbl
(5,178 posts)It will be useful.
byronius
(7,524 posts)How did we survive?
soldierant
(7,642 posts)They're not in it for the copyroght any more than we are. They'r into spreading the message.
Poiuyt
(18,210 posts)SpankMe
(3,161 posts)RANDYWILDMAN
(2,825 posts)talk about how much damage the democrats are doing by actually helping everybody !!!!!!!!
ArkansasDemocrat1
(2,602 posts)You think the tweet posts are bad here.
Important news or diaries folks worked hard on would get pushed off the recent list fast by 'tweet and a line of text' diaries. They'd then get recommendations that would keep them for a day or two in trending's list, keeping better stuff in the shadows where you might not be aware of them.
Signing in usually meant seeing a wall of Trump pics on the main page. Sometimes his hateful face would be in every diary thumbnail in both trending and recent.
There was censorship. Typing 'MAGAT' would get you bojo'd. Banned. Cliques would gang up on folk with uncomfortable progressive truths and flag them as a group, getting them bojo'd also.
I watched Kos fire talented writers and then invited in the Associated Press in to scab for them - with their Right Wing slanting and no monitoring them by admins to minimize that, unlike they promised.
The constant groveling for money such as chiding you about how many diaries you'd read because you were reading them for free - in every diary.
I haven't gone back at all since Joe quit. Daily Kos was all in on getting rid of him and it pissed me off. I'd been there 12 years, too.
MMBeilis
(300 posts)....then and now, and it's something that really bothers me. We used them as allies and then abandoned them, proving to the world that the U.S.A. can't be trusted. This and his treaty negotiations that obligated us to pull out of Afghanistan, setting up the Taliban takeover of the country (which he blames on Joe Biden and Kamala) are among his worst acts, in my opinion.
LilElf70
(224 posts)I lost a perfectly healthy brother, 62 years old, due to Trumps inaction of Covid. He sat on his hands and ass for months, while people were dying. My brother was real close to being the 500 thousandth person to die.(not like anyone was counting). If you remember, people were dropping like flies at the time. Tens of thousands a day. Trump was completely ignoring the situation. I personally feel Trump was directly responsible for my brother's death, and I will NEVER forgive him. His leadership(if you can call it that) was horrendous. Now, he continues to be the bumbling, village idiot, again, with no concern about you and me. It's still all about him.
This man must go down in history as the worst president, EVER!!!!
That is all. (which in this case, is plenty)
fightvision81
(12 posts)Sometimes it is easy to forget ALL the damn crimes Orange Jesus is responsible for with all his damn gaslighting. If justice exists in this world the only place he'll find himself in after the election is in a prison cell. If it was up to me, I'd toss the key.