First and foremost, my apologies for not posting in a while. Also, I did not want to contribute to the bashing and mudslinging of American Politics yet, after much thought… I feel a strong need to explain Donald Trump.
Please note, I say explain, not justify or defend. Maybe bash, just a little. Donald Trump is by far the publicized candidate currently. With the outlandish, sexist, racist, and all together universally offensive statements it causes someone to wonder “How are on earth could he still have a base of supporters?” Let’s break it down the best we can, shall we?
- The idea that Donald Trump funds his own campaigns is a start. If he did not, then backers, special interest groups, and other financial donors would most likely pull their money from him. Unfortunately, Donald Trump does not have to tip toe around his supporters for hefty checks for his campaign. He doesn’t have to worry about the financial consequences of his campaign ending due to his large mouth.
- Strategy. It’s all about strategy. There have some recent articles in Washington post and other media outlets claiming that Donald purposely times his “practice of his first amendment rights…” to continue to stay in the polls. As they say, Negative press is better than no press. Considering most polling data at this point in the campaign is not whether people truly support his ideas on policy, but whether they are just paying attention to him. Well, one could say he definitely steals the spotlight (cue sarcasm)
- I say this with a heavy heart, but people actually like his brash tone. It’s unfortunate considering most people did not like President Obama in the 2008 primary because he did not have any “real political experience.” Now, American views are shifting. They like his political incorrectness and may even see it as a fight against the massive establishment known as the American Government. (The Irony: He’s running to be in command of said establishment…) So he says something about building a wall or banning a certain religion and people think or even say “At least he’s telling it like it is” — when in reality, there is little to no data backing that up. Fivethirtyeight.com reported:
“It’s not obvious what Republican voters will think of Trump’s proposal — no pollster, as far as we can find, has directly asked about a “total and complete” ban on Muslims entering the U.S.”
(http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-republicans-and-polls-enable-donald-trump/)
SOME IDEAS TO RESTORE THE FAITH THAT YOU’RE TOTALLY NORMAL FOR DISLIKING TRUMP:
His own party, The GOP, does not condone his behavior. They also don’t condemn him for his comments, but they never back him 100%… which is slightly comforting. Also, MANY Presidential candidates in history had a strong lead early and never made it to the primary, let alone the Oval office. On specific issues, such as building the wall, Congress has the purse strings and does not have to fund it (nor should they really since we’re spiraling in debt, but that’s another post entirely. And lastly, you cannot ban one religion. There is not a way to identify one religion, unless they self identify or teeter on Hitler-like behavior (i.e. Lists of Jews, Jewish stars on coats… Ringing any bells?) The United States also has agreements of the International sort that wouldn’t allow us to reverse to mass segregation. And the biggest of them all… THE FIRST AMENDMENT. That one thing in the Bill of Rights that give Donald Trump to say what he pleases can also be applied to freedom of religion. Therefore, it goes against America’s very FOUNDING and VALUES AS A NATION (the one that he wants to represent no doubt) We simply just don’t do that. Literally, by law. (cue Millennial tone) And in reality, I truly believe people will realize (hopefully the media as well) that he is using fear to manipulate people into liking him. Kind of like a bully. A tragedy happens and he monopolizes on it (deplorable) and eventually people will stop looking at the train wreck he is and start moving on to something else.
Sincerely, Savannah
Liberty Jezebelle 