I don’t send out one of those year-end summaries some people write at the holiday season, but I have been in contact with relatives, friends, SJSU colleagues, a prof I had at Penn State, and about a dozen former students. I realized tonight that none of them are MAGA people. I do know some–two classmates from the Palmerton High Class of 60, two cousins, a few neighbors–but I would say of that 100% of my friends are anti-Trump.
This is not necessarily a good thing. It does illustrate the polarization of the country. When Bush or Reagan was president, I had lots of friends and relatives who were Republican. Trump changed that. Fox News changed that. January 6 and Jeff Bezos and Epstein and shooting people clinging to a boat in the ocean and rounding up hard-working brown people and supporting Putin changed that. I, of course, am still friends with Republicans, in some cases good friends. The cut-off point is whether or not they are traditional Republicans or MAGA Republicans. If you are still supporting Trump and his cruelty and chaotic actions, then I am definitely not your friend.
Might that mean a de-polarization? A are a lot of people losing faith in Trump? Or more faith in Roy?
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