My sit down with a Trump supporter [View all]

[Ohioboy]

I'm making an effort to sit down with Trump supporters and discuss our differences and maybe get a little common ground to start some understanding. My first sit down was today over coffee. Here is my takeaway.

The positives:
The person I talked to was not aware that Trump had ever made a comment about "terminating the Constitution". I took it as a positive when the person agreed that such a comment would be un- American and against the Constitution. We agreed that I would send him a link to the quote.

The person I talked to was totally unaware that the Mueller Report found that Russia had interfered with the 2016 election, and that it was done to the benefit of Trump. He had only heard Trump's version of "total exoneration". I agreed to lend him my copy of the report with the appropriate pages marked.

The person had not listened to Trump's infamous call to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, and was not aware of it's threatening nature. He agreed to listen to it with an open mind.

The person agreed that presidents should not have full immunity, and that such an idea runs opposite to what the Founding Fathers would have intended.

The person agrees that Putin is bad and should be stopped from taking Ukraine.

The negatives:
The person I talked to thinks there is a diabolical plot to groom kids through "wokeness". I couldn't get him to budge on this notion.

The person I talked to thinks Trump is "just saying things" when it comes to talk of "retribution" and comments about not protecting NATO allies. He thinks Trump is just full of harmless bluster. When asked if he would excuse such bluster from Biden, he got uncomfortable and claimed it would be different because "Trump is Trump" and coming from him "everybody knows it's just bluster".

The person I talked to thinks the fake elector scheme is just part of some legal debate.

The person I talked to thinks the border is "wide open" and criminals are just pouring in.

Worst of all the negatives: so far this person is still going to vote for Trump if he is the nominee.


For what it's worth that's how it went.