Written by: BAJ
The current President, Donald J Trump, called dead American soldiers “losers,” according to unnamed sources quoted by the Atlantic. However, when the mainstream media quote anonymous aides critical of Trump, you always immediately discount everything they say because they are “unnamed” and, therefore, unreliable. When Donald Trump claims that mail-in ballots encourage voter fraud... that injecting bleach cures coronavirus... or that there were 3 to 5 million fraudulent votes cast for Hillary, do you ignore everything he says because he’s using “unnamed sources”? No? Why not? Does Trump have a solid history of telling the truth? Is Trump noted for his bipartisanship and lack of political bias? Do Trump’s statements typically align with what his own experts and agency heads are saying? Does Trump retract his statements when they are proven false by fact checkers? No, no, no, and no. Even Trump’s supporters admit he is dishonest, but they support him anyway because of his conservative agenda. If you’re going to support him no matter what, why do you refuse to accept a story that is critical of him? Back in 2015, you already heard him disparage John McCain, claiming “he’s not a war hero…. I like people who weren’t captured.” This didn’t come from an “unnamed source”, it came straight out of Trump’s mouth. You can watch the video on YouTube. You voted for Trump anyway. So, why do you now refuse to believe that he made other similar comments disparaging fallen soldiers and POW’s? Would that really be out of character for Trump, who openly disparaged a Gold Star family in 2016? Again, I’m not quoting “unnamed sources”, I’m quoting Trump’s own Twitter feed. You love Trump for his political incorrectness. He says things that no one else would dare to say out loud. Sometimes, he even says things that make his own supporters cringe. If you’re cringing now, is it because The Atlantic used unreliable sources, or is it because in your heart, you know Trump probably did call dead soldiers “losers”? Is The Atlantic politically biased? Maybe. But, consider this: in their 163-year history, they have only endorsed 3 presidential candidates—one Republican and two Democrats. Those candidates were Abraham Lincoln in 1860, Lyndon Johnson in 1964, and Hillary Clinton in 2016. When a magazine is that reluctant to make an endorsement more than once every century, you should listen to them when they do. You didn’t, and you’re already going to vote for Trump again no matter what. Just come out and admit that The Atlantic was right, that Trump insulted those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country, and that you simply don’t care. If you won’t admit it to me, at least admit it to yourself when you look in the mirror. I’m not trying to change your vote. I just want you to be honest with yourself about why you are voting for Trump and what threshold of behavior you are willing to tolerate. Don’t vote with your eyes closed, and don’t tell me a year from now that you had no idea what Trump was capable of.
