I'll pray for the families of the 280,000 Americans who have died while Republicans have made fun of, ignored, or thumbed their noses at this pandemic, while Rudy has attacked a free and fair election and prevented us from moving forward.
I have compassion for the victims of this president, his Administration, his party, his surrogates, and his supporters, who show zero concern for the greatest loss of life during this short a span in our lifetime.
I have deep empathy for the people who will continue to get sick and die as a direct result of this anti-mask, anti-Science, anti-decency MAGA movement, and Republicans who insist on protecting a sociopathic despot who has never given a damn about other’s suffering.
Despite not following protocols that millions follow, he will receive a level of care that most people can only dream of. After he recovers, he will continue working to undermine this nation's election and perpetuate a party that sees healthcare as a luxury. It's a disgrace.
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In the 2016 presidential campaign, then-candidate Donald Trump dropped the phrase fake news into the national lexicon to tremendous (and disastrous) effect. He understood how much people value the truth as an idea, and how much they despise being lied to.
Trump knew if you can cast doubt in someone about another entity (a person, a politician, party, a segment of the population), if you can make someone believe they’re being misled, they will revolt against the perceived offender and won’t require much, if any, evidence to do so.
Their visceral response to the mere suggestion of deception will be so great that it will supersede both clear logic and measurable proof.
I wish Sasha Obama wasn't ignoring a pandemic, suggesting Martial Law, and holding COVID aid hostage over her ego.
Oh, wait...
Apparently, not everyone...
Taking this tweet down, not because I'm embarrassed of it, but because it's depressing me to see how many people on the Left are able to miss the point, and then double down even after several people have explained that they have, and how.
Given the work I do and how explicitly I've already shared my thoughts, you already know where our family is regarding this Tuesday's election, but I need you to hear this from me.
Recently, our 11-year old said of the current president, "He hates us. Listen to the way he talks about us." She is internalizing the horrible partisan rally rants and the incessant, baseless, incendiary attacks on Liberals, Democrats, and the Left.
And you are collaborating with him.
Our children are not stupid. They are social media-savvy and politically informed. They see the videos. They read the news stories.
On a neighborhood message board, parents were talking about the anxiety of the coming school year. A supporter of the president asked, "If other countries can send their kids back to school, why can't we?"
Here's why:
Because the United States is having one the strongest and most sustained outbreaks in the world and now lags behind nearly every developed nation.
Because many states have governors who won't enforce mask requirements.
Because we have not even made it through our first wave.
Because the president just this week, wore a mask for the first time (at 137,000 death) who refuses to publicly distance, and who is peddling conspiracy theories about this virus and pimping beans instead of working on virus response.
Last night my 10-year old daughter showed me the backpack she picked out for back to school. I pretended to be excited but I wanted to throw up.
It doesn’t seem right on an elemental level to be sending our children and teachers and school staffs into close proximity for extended periods of time with hundreds of people, when cases are skyrocketing and when so many businesses aren’t open because of the danger.
I want my and all kids to have the normalcy of school and of peer community, but I want them to be healthy and safe, and right now I don’t have confidence they will be, given our leadership and its like-minded base.