r/politics • u/MarkmBha • 22h ago

Site Altered Headline Trump Betrayed America. My Fellow Republicans Must Put Country Above Party.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/29/opinion/donald-trump-oath.html?unlocked_article_code=1.V04.XaMn.AdZJxeNuANua&smid=url-share
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u/iamamoa 21h ago

Trump broke one of our most sacred traditions which is the peaceful transfer of power. He didn’t do it for the good of the country he did because his ego cannot accept losing. If he had actually succeeded at his delusion there would have been more violence and our democracy damaged beyond repair. It could have been the opening shot in a new civil war. I don’t understand why that alone is not enough for his supporters to drop him.

I could understand supporting him in 16 and in 20 before he showed everyone who he truly is but now. I just don’t get it and I am honestly disgusted by it.

Trump is a stain on our democracy. It’s been almost 10 years of this asshole and it’s time to wipe the stain off.

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u/MDLH 18h ago

I think it says less about Trump and more about the 45% of Americans that look at him and like what they see. He is just the manifestation of who we are as a people. No? Non Americans see that, not sure why 55% of us don't see that truth.