All Donald Trump MAGA supporters, individually and collectively, at the Republican convention are dishonest people who know they are perpetuating lies. They lack the moral honesty or integrity to be considered in any way “Christian” or even “decent human beings”. They are not. They have the ethical values of concentration camp guards. They know very well what they support, and while they do not care, strangely, they actually have enough vestigial shame to try to hide their moral bankruptcy behind blatant lies.
Donald Trump told an audience that he would fight for the average worker in Amerika. The audience cheered. This is more proof that they know he lies, and they do not care. According to Huffington Post (https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-populism-agenda_n_669acc7ae4b07f2755f47891):
“Donald Trump and his allies spent a lot of time at the Republican National Convention this week proclaiming that they are on the side of everyday Americans in an ongoing, existential struggle against a wealthy, corporate elite.”
There was not a sanitary-ear-pad wearing person in that auditorium who didn’t know he was lying. How do I know this? Easy. Each and every one of them would be hurt financially if Trump and the Republicans actually did anything to help the working class and “everyday Americans”.
Any legislation or regulation designed to improve working conditions is rejected by Republicans, including mandatory breaks in hot working conditions. Project 2025 calls for scrapping the 40-hour work week and, in its place, instituting a 160-hour work month. To do that will allow employers to demand two 75-hour weeks from an employee, and then give them no additional shift work for the other two week of the month, so no overtime is paid.
“Right to Work” (the refusal to accept unions and ability to fire at will, especially anyone who wants to form or join a union) is a violation of the UN Convention on Human Rights to which the US of Amerika is a signatory. Republicans love “Right to Work”. Why? Because organized workers lower their profits.
They love undocumented migrants these people will work for less, cost them less, and ensure that they, the owners of the businesses, will continue to profit. They know it is a lie that millions of illegals will be rounded up and deported. But it is a lie that they will use to continue to exploit illegals through the threat that if they get out of line in any way, they will be reported and deported.
Every single one of them knows that they would get their daughter or granddaughter an abortion if she was raped, or pay for the abortion of their son’s girlfriend or victim. Every one of the men in that auditorium will pay for their mistress’s abortion, and most of the wives there will agree to pay for that abortion. Every one of them. Yet they oppose abortion not for the “unborn child” but to subjugate women and remove women’s rights. Women scare them, so women must have their rights removed.
Every single person in that auditorium knows perfectly well that Project 2025 is all about wealth generation and protection for them, suppression and oppression of others, and not in any way to “stand up for” the average worker in Amerika.
Everyone in that auditorium knows that Donald Trump will put Putin before Amerika, but as long as they keep making money, they don't care. They know that Trump will continue to impoverish workers and their families and degrade the environment, but as long as they can live in their protected gated communities, they don't care.
As good as any column I've read in NYT or WAPO. Better. No lie.
ReplyDeleteBarry Feldman