One of the reasons I voted for Trump in 2016 was the rhetoric. Suddenly if you voted for the man you were deemed racist. In fact after he won, Van Jones called it a "white lash". It was like some strange people were telling Independent voters and tax payers how to vote and why they should be ashamed not to vote Democrat.
Now, I frankly didn't pay much attention to politics until then but my kids were in school as they were 6 and 8 and I for the first time in my life noticed how far left many people are and how triggered they were. That prompted me to pay more attention and I did like Trump's policies on immigration, military and America First in terms of manufacturing and such. I also liked that he addressed corporate inversions.
After he won, an interesting benefit was how much he triggered leftists. After he lost in 2020, it was disheartening because the far left had won the culture war. Now we have to agree that gender is a social construct, that whites are racist, that America is systemically racist, that police officers are bad people and if you say anything contrary to that publicly you have the threat of cancel culture.
However, even though Trump lost, he continued to be top of mind to Democrats and to leftists around the country and here on USMB. It is almost as if the Democratic Party needs their villain to hide the problems they themselves have. So Trump continues to trigger leftists even though he is no longer President and has been banned from Twitter. So at what point does the Democratic Party move on from Trump?
Sean Hannity rips Democrats for ongoing obsession with Donald Trump: He lives in their ‘sick brains’
Nearly one month into Joe Biden’s presidency, Democrats are still fixated on former President Donald Trump, "Hannity" host Sean Hannity pointed out Thursday.www.foxnews.com
Everyone will move on from Trump, when he is no longer a danger to the Republic, or a threat to American democracy. Republicans could have achieved that with an impeachment, but they chose not to, which is the same thing as telling him it was OK.
As a result, the few members of the Republican Party which remains in the wake of his attempted overthrow of the government, by implication, favour an anti-democratic authoritarian dictatorship, because the rest are busy starting a new conservative party with actual policy, and real conservative values.
The purpose of government is not to impose conservative ideaology on the American people, by force, while the American people have consistently voted against such policies. The Republican Party hasn't won the popular vote for the White House but once this century - in 2006. Twice the Electoral College has overridden the popular vote, and installed Republican Presidents, both of whom were massive failures.
The only punishment involved in impeaching Donald Trump would have been to bar him from running in 2024, and Republicans refused to do that. So having installed an authoritarian criminal in the White House, over the will of the people, Republicans are now trying to allow him the opportunity to run again. Again, over the will of over the 200 million Americans, whose representatives voted for conviction.
In his closing remarks at the First Impeachment Trial, Adam Schiff warned that, unless convicted, Trump would be emboldened to do it again. That if allowed to remain in the White House, he would do something worse. Republicans contended that Trump would be chastened by the Impeachment, and would behave better. Guess who was right?
So now saying, let's move on, well, you first. When Republicans repudiate Donald Trump and stop lying to the American people. When Trumpism, and the white supremacy movement is no longer threatening the democratic Republic, the Democrats will be in a position to move on.
More charges are coming.