Last year, Panama Jackson, a man who, in the 14 years that we’ve known each other, has become one of my best friends, published a piece on his mother’s support of Donald Trump, and revealed how that ruined his relationship with her.

Deciding to write this was very difficult for him; we had countless email, text, Gchat and phone conversations about how his mother’s politics affected him as he also wrestled with whether to put those thoughts in print.

Included in his piece was a revelation that his mom wore a Make America Great Again shirt in his house.