Chinese and Japanese from our economy, and getting rid of Common Core. Not once did I hear how any of this was going to happen. There was zero mention of policy.
He seemed less presidential than anyone we could pick off the street. He used curse words, condemned international leaders like the Pope and Mexican president, and spoke of how greed is a good thing.
But I was surrounded by more bigotry and hate than ever before. Standing side by side with 10,000 other people who on the outside seemed so similar to me, but who devoured every hate-filled word spoken to them made me feel ashamed and isolated. I really did lose some faith in humanity.
Outside, vendors sold memorabilia with slogans like Bomb the hell out of ISIS accompanied by pictures of Muslims on fire and KFC Hillary Special 2 Fat Thighs 2 Small Breasts 1 Left Wing. Everything was red, white and blue, but it was less patriotism and more bigoted supremacism.
We all share this high school students revulsion with what she saw and heard. The only good thing to come out of this is that she has seen the true face of the republican party, something many of her friends have willingly not seen.
I agree about uniting after our primary. I much prefer Bernie. The drop off from him to Hillary is IMHO significant. But the drop off from her to Donald or Marco or Ted would be like falling off a cliff - a huuuuuuuuge cliff.
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