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I\u2019ve been trying to figure out what common trait binds Clinton supporters together. As far as I can tell, the most unifying characteristic is a willingness to bully in all its forms.<\/p>\n
If you have a Trump sign in your lawn, they will steal it.<\/p>\n
If you have a Trump bumper sticker, they will deface your car.<\/p>\n
if you speak of Trump at work you could get fired.<\/p>\n
On social media, almost every message I get from a Clinton supporter is a bullying type of message. They insult. They try to shame. They label. And obviously they threaten my livelihood.<\/p>\n
We know from Project Veritas that Clinton supporters tried to incite violence at Trump rallies. The media downplays it.<\/p>\n
We also know Clinton\u2019s side hired paid trolls to bully online. You don\u2019t hear much about that.<\/p>\n
Yesterday, by no coincidence, Huffington Post, Salon, and Daily Kos all published similar-sounding hit pieces on me, presumably to lower my influence. (That reason, plus jealousy, are the only reasons writers write about other writers.)<\/p>\n
Joe Biden said he wanted to take Trump behind the bleachers and beat him up. No one on Clinton\u2019s side disavowed that call to violence because, I assume, they consider it justified hyperbole.<\/p>\n
Team Clinton has succeeded in perpetuating one of the greatest evils I have seen in my lifetime. Her side has branded Trump supporters (40%+ of voters) as Nazis, sexists, homophobes, racists, and a few other fighting words. Their argument is built on confirmation bias and persuasion. But facts don\u2019t matter because facts never matter in politics. What matters is that Clinton\u2019s framing of Trump provides moral cover for any bullying behavior online or in person. No one can be a bad person for opposing Hitler, right?<\/p>\n
Some Trump supporters online have suggested that people who intend to vote for Trump should wear their Trump hats on election day. That is a dangerous idea, and I strongly discourage it. There would be riots in the streets because we already know the bullies would attack. But on election day, inviting those attacks is an extra-dangerous idea. Violence is bad on any day, but on election day, Republicans are far more likely to unholster in an effort to protect their voting rights. Things will get wet fast.<\/p>\n
Yes, yes, I realize Trump supporters say bad things about Clinton supporters too. I don\u2019t defend the bad apples on either side. I\u2019ll just point out that Trump\u2019s message is about uniting all Americans under one flag. The Clinton message is that some Americans are good people and the other 40% are some form of deplorables, deserving of shame, vandalism, punishing taxation, and violence. She has literally turned Americans on each other. It is hard for me to imagine a worse thing for a presidential candidate to do.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ll say that again.<\/p>\n
As far as I can tell, the\u00a0worst<\/b><\/i> thing a presidential candidate can do is turn Americans against each other. Clinton is doing that, intentionally.<\/p>\n
Intentionally<\/b><\/i>.<\/p>\n
As I often say, I don\u2019t know who has the best policies. I don\u2019t know the best way to fight ISIS and I don\u2019t know how to fix healthcare or trade deals. I don\u2019t know which tax policies are best to lift the economy. I don\u2019t know the best way to handle any of that stuff. (And neither do you.) But I do have a bad reaction to bullies. And I\u2019ve reached my limit.<\/p>\n
I hope you have too. Therefore\u2026<\/p>\n
I endorse Donald Trump for President of the United States because I oppose bullying in all its forms.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
I don\u2019t defend Trump\u2019s personal life. Neither Trump nor Clinton are role models for our children. Let\u2019s call that a tie, at worst.<\/p>\n
The bullies are welcome to drown in their own bile while those of us who want a better world do what we\u2019ve been doing for hundreds of years: Work to make it better while others complain about how we\u2019re doing it.<\/p>\n
Today I put Trump\u2019s odds of winning in a landslide back to 98%. Remember, I told you a few weeks ago that Trump couldn\u2019t win unless\u00a0\u201csomething changed.\u201d<\/p>\n
Something just changed.<\/p>\n
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