America is at a crossroads. Today, we are a socially and politically unstable democracy. We once stood as the global symbol of democracy, but are now teetering on the brink of authoritarianism since Donald Trump was sworn in as president in 2017. Since then, Trump has praised many former and current dictators.
Trump has a mental condition called narcissistic megalomaniac. This is a person who has an unnaturally strong wish for power and control, and who believes he is more important and powerful than anybody else. Trump’s admiration and praise of authoritarian rulers and how they maintain their power shows us what his preferred way to rule will be.
Donald Trump uses insulting language, false history and lies to harness power. After the 2020 election, Trump tried to parley a losing 46.9% of the popular vote into an insurrection that was supported by 70% of the Republicans in the House of Representatives. Trump refused to peacefully transfer power to Joe Biden in 2021. Our own Doug LaMalfa supported Trump’s insurrection and refusal to peacefully transfer power to Biden. These actions make LaMalfa a traitor to our Constitution and democracy.
Since Trump’s 2020 election loss, he and his supporters and attorneys have continuously professed widespread election fraud based on lies and fake data. At a March 2, 2024 campaign rally in North Carolina, Trump said that 82% of Americans understand the 2020 election was rigged. This is a lie. Recent unbiased surveys show that today, 57-68% of the MAGA followers believe Trump’s lies about election fraud. Surveying Americans as a group showed that 30-36% believed in Trump’s election fraud lies.
Trump has told his MAGA believers that the only reason they have lost power is because their enemies, such as illegal immigrants, minorities, liberals and progressives have cheated them out of their power. Trump and his loyal Republican politicians reinforce their followers’ fantasized self-image and control them using lies. It does not matter when many of Trump’s ramblings are proven to be lies, because the MAGA believers don’t care. People support Trump because they see themselves in his words, actions, behaviors and beliefs. They believe Trump is their savior.
Trump and Fox News have provided MAGA true believers freedom from the constraints of truth and equality that dictates they respect and treat as equals, people of color, LGBTQ people, and those of other faiths. Trump’s followers believe his illusions and lies rather than truth.
President Lincoln’s, “government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth” has been aggressively fought against by the southern and northern states controlled by the current Republican party. The Trump controlled Republican party is actively working to end Lincoln’s dream.
If the people elect Trump as President on November 5th, the Trump controlled Republican Party will undermine our democracy enough that it will cease to exist. They already control the Supreme Court. All that matters to Trump is his belief that a dictatorship will give him ultimate power and his sought-after equality with the other world dictators he idolizes.
In Dec 2022, Trump posted on his Truth Social media site, the following: “A Massive Fraud of this type and magnitude allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution”. Trump believes the Constitution is a barrier to him achieving total power, so he will discard it. This is his ultimate goal.
This November, we have to decide who we trust to protect our democracy. We have two choices, Kamala Harris or Donald Trump.
I believe Kamala Harris will do what is necessary to protect our democracy, our freedoms and our rights. She will put the people first.
I also believe Donald Trump always puts himself first, will do anything to increase his profits, is addicted to power, actively creates chaos, protects rich people and corporations, while the people’s needs will be last.
Last year, Trump said he would only accept the 2024 election results if he believes no voter fraud occurred. We know he won’t accept losing a fair election just as he did in 2020. If Trump loses the 2024 election, he will naturally blame his loss on voter fraud. His mental condition won’t allow him to accept losing.
His loss would signal his MAGA followers to be ready for action.
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He didn’t say anything about what he thought our future was going to be. The title was just a hook to get people to read his Trump bashing. Trump is the only thing that is keeping our country from sucumbing to socialist, communist, marxist, controls and the New World Order. Those of you that don’t think NWO is a problem, really need to research the subject.
Sounds like you don’t want anything to do with socialism. If that’s true then you can’t accept Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid. You can’t use public beaches, parks and libraries. You can’t send your children to tax-supported schools or take advantage of food programs. Drive only on toll roads. Do not call 911 unless you intend to pay for services rendered. If you want the police, fire department or call 911, they will first ask for your credit card information, before they respond, so they can charge you for their help. Withour democratic socialism, life would suck.
I am not voting for Kamala. I am simply using my vote against Trump.
Sex/Gender aside, Kamala is still grossly unqualified/inexperienced. Glad Tulsi Gabbard shut Kamala down and exposed her corruption during their debate: Everyone should watch that video.
I can’t wait until this political spectacle is over, and hopefully won’t ever have to hear about irrelevant political figures again, like Trump.