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Ripping children from their parents and in locking them in cages apparently was not the thing.
Referring to White Nationalists in Charlottesville as "fine people" after one of them killed a woman apparently was not the thing.
Being named or implicated in as many as 18 sexual assaults apparently was not the thing.
Using the office to enrich yourself and your failing properties (to the tune of no less than $16million+ since running) apparently was not the thing.
Using your social media accounts to advance baseless conspiracies, sow discord, and partisan violence among the public apparently was not the thing.
Having your rhetoric shepherd a diluted Ceasar Sayoc to mail improvised explosive devices to media outlets, journalists, liberal donors, and public officials apparently was not the thing.
Having members of your admin use a Saudi arms deal to pressure Saudi and Qatari investors to invest in a failing property at 666 5th Avenue in NYC apparently was not the thing.
Then kicking back as the property is saved and you watch those weapons be used to commit genocide in Yemen, apparently was not the thing.
Ushering in an era of trans-national crypto-fascism and watching as that cancer consumes a half dozen countries apparently was not the thing.
Inspiring mass shooters in Pittsburgh, Christchurch, Poway, El Paso, and a laundry list of under-reported murders along our southern border apparently was not the thing.
Don't get me wrong I'm glad there is now "a thing," but I'm nonetheless heartbroken that the horrors above were not enough to pass the "this is the thing" test.
May this forever serve as a litmus test of our moral fortitude.
