Dear Republican Leaders,
As more and more of you are lining up to support Donald Trump, I just wanted to remind you of one very small, but important concept: Donald Trump is not a Republican. Trump has spent the majority of his life supporting liberal ideology; yet, has won the hearts of many white, terrified, Republican men by reminding them that their place in society is changing. The more support he has gotten from engaging with these men's fears -- pitting them against the other -- the more radical his beliefs have become. In turn, these men have come out to vote in large numbers, frantically attempting to preserve their social status, allowing Trump to become the presumptive Republican nominee for President of the United States. Now, many of you are just going to blindly follow along because he has the title, Republican, attached to his name?
As a moderate democrat, I want to cheer you on, and encourage you to continue in your support of Mr. Trump. I see the big picture of what your support is doing, and will do to your party. But is this really what you want? If you jump into this rabbit hole, there is no returning... I know some of you know this... Paul Ryan? The percentage of Americans who support Trump is very small, as most of America is no longer white and male.
I find myself wondering what would've happened if Trump went down this exact same path, spewing the same demons he is now, but with the title, Democrat attached to his name. Would these same, fearful, white men be laughing at the foolishness of his rhetoric? Would the Republican party have sealed the deal for the White House? And, I find myself wondering why we, as Americans, support our party more than OUR Country, when we know the consequences of that support?
Abraham Lincoln once said, "My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure." Dear Republican leaders, my concern, as a United States citizen, is not whether or not you have failed to find an adequate leader to represent OUR Country in a sane and functional way, but whether or not you are content to continue moving forward with your failure?
"It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled." Mark Twain
Thank you for your time, and remember, in time, regret is harder to overcome than failure.
Save time: see it my way,
G. Henry
a southern poet and concerned citizen
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