1. As I watched @UPonMSNBC this morning, the always insightful @Dr_CMGreer mentioned the LBJ observation quoted below. Of course, LBJ signed into law the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as well as other important legislation that aspired to level the playing filed & promote . . .
2. equality for all. I had heard that LBJ quote previously but just now realized how it perfectly sums up Trump’s singular agenda & why his anti-immigrant prejudice continues to appeal to & captivate his die-hard supporters. Trump is an across-the-board failure as a president...
3. His only “success” is tax cuts for the rich and corporate at the expense of the rest of us, the federal budget and our national deficit. This, of course, is a not a success at all but rather a slow-moving, long-term failure. Everyone loses, our country loses. So . . .
4. with our country going to h&ll in a hand basket, why in the world does anybody still support Trump? Or, borrowing/modifying a now-infamous refrain (“but her emails”), “But his supporters . . . “ this is where LBJ’s observation comes in, IMO. Trump does his nefarious best ...
5. to keep his supporters focused on the invading Hispanic hoards, the “infested” inner-cities and the prospect of lesser human beings flooding the US from sh*thole countries. Trump’s singular message is that his supporters might be hurting economically . . .
6. but at least they’re better off than - not to mention just plain better than - all these lesser people that Trump spends all his time hating and demonizing every damn day. And yes, all the while, Trump picks his supporters’ pockets and delivers the pilfered proceeds to ...
7. the rich and the corporate, to his family and his cabinet members, to the McConnells and the Grahams. Trump picks their pockets while he urges them to chant, “build a wall”, “deport them all”, “send them back” and the like. All the while, his supporters become poorer ...
8. both financially AND morally. But, if they hold tight to Trump’s message that they are better than the people of color Trump demonizes, than at least they get to feel superior to SOMEONE else. And as they bask in the glow of that faux superiority delivered to them . . .
9. by the ultimate huckster, and while they are distracted by their own maniacal chants of “build the wall” and “send her back”, Trump picks their pockets.
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