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I don’t “hate” President Trump
It seems common in President Trump’s community to assume that anyone who doesn’t support him must “hate” him.
I, for one, have never “hated” Donald Trump, but today I “fear” him. I fear him and his team because their actions are accelerating our nation down a path we have been on for decades. They are moving us closer and closer to trading what is left of our democracy to an autocratic government.
I also “fear” Attorney General Barr, who is carefully dismantling many of the laws that protect us from such an autocratic government and that guarantee the civil rights of those outside the president’s community.
I am neither a Republican nor a Democrat and would not be welcomed or comfortable in either setting as I am more conservative than progressive. However, since the rise of the Tea Party, the Democrats appear the only ones who will work with me at the local level to build a compromise that protects those who need protection. There is not much room for compromise when dealing with members of the Republican Party. And, unfortunately, since Trump came on the scene, the Democrats are also setting up moats to protect their interests and lockout those who don’t pass their purity tests.
