Before you start in on me for criticizing Trump, note that I expect to vote for him in November, barring an event that keeps him off the ballot.
Given the alternative, that is a super-easy choice.
But now that the presidential candidates for both parties are chosen, can we conservatives all admit that Trump blew COVID policies and that we should pressure him to abandon his defense of the worst public policy mistakes made under his administration and some of the worst made in recent history?
It's appalling. His COVID policies ruined lives, small businesses, etc., and he won't admit his responsibility. Fauci was terrible, but Trump did his bidding and, to this day, doesn't see anything wrong with it.
— A Milwaukee Catholic (@CCityCatholic) March 6, 2024
Trump can't let go of his defense of his COVID-era policies, and it's not some super-ninja 4-D chess that motivates him. He is simply incapable of admitting he made a mistake.
This is a pattern with Trump and one of his most annoying qualities. I'm not going to spend the next few months bashing him for his ugly personality, unwillingness to take responsibility, and utter inability to hire anybody to work with him for any length of time. There is no point, as he is the candidate, but now that he is, can we at least be honest with each other that the man has flaws?
COVID-era policies were a world-historical disaster, and almost every Trump supporter knows that in their bones. You may even have noticed that in the video linked above the audience, who normally are boisterous to the point of euphoria, were utterly silent. No applause. No "Hell Yeah!" Total silence.
Because the truth is that Trump handed the country over to some of the worst people in the world and allowed them to destroy the economy, damage an entire generation of children, lie constantly to the American people, build a censorship regime that has metastasized into a threat to America, and, ironically, to pervert our electoral system in a manner that cost Trump the election.
If the election was rigged, Trump helped the Left do it by empowering the Fauci fascists.
I have seen Trump supporters trot out a nearly infinite number of excuses for why Trump did this. He needed to back Fauci to win the election... How'd that work out? He exposed the "deep state." Yeah, well, empowering the Deep State was what he promised NOT to do. He allowed them to defeat him and us.
Trump could be excused for the initial missteps because everybody but Fauci was caught flat-footed. Fauci knew what COVID was and that it was coming, and he executed a plan to empower himself and his colleagues. But when it became clear that the policies were a disaster, Trump attacked Sweden, Kemp, DeSantis, and all dissenters and backed Fauci.
He stood next to Fauci for months. He used Fauci in a campaign ad. And, to this day, brags about his COVID policies.
Why does this matter?
Simple: the people who did this to America must be exposed, rooted out, shamed, and, when possible, prosecuted. And if Trump is still defending his policies, he is defending them.
This was one of the biggest reasons I backed DeSantis. He vowed to do the right thing because it was the right thing. Trump promises not to do the right thing because it would make him look bad.
Yes, I will be voting for Donald Trump because the alternative is to give even more power to the worst people in America, but every time Trump opens his mouth and demands credit for his COVID policies, I cringe.
If, during the primaries, his supporters had pushed him to recant, we would be better off.
I'm still voting for Trump, and Greg Price explained succinctly why I and others should:
Here's what I would say to somebody like this: A vote for Donald Trump is not just a vote for the man. You're also voting for an entirely new executive branch. You're voting for a new Attorney General, a new DHS Secretary, and thousands of new government bureaucrats.
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) March 6, 2024
Right now… https://t.co/bW9X7tje7x
This election isn't just Joe Biden vs. Donald Trump; it is the entire Establishment vs. the American people, and if Donald Trump is the only champion the American people have, as flawed as he is, I will stand up and vote for him.
Whether Joe Biden is the most corrupt president we have had or not doesn't matter, really. What matters is that his administration corrupts every institution our Republic depends on. Not just our Republic, actually, but all of Western civilization, which is being replaced by a Marxist regime run by a technocratic elite.
Trump is a jerk. Our country can easily survive being run by a jerk who is usually right on the big things.
