Blaming everything on Trump ignores a core issue. There is a large portion of our country that feels left out and forgotten. The mid to low wage earners that pay taxes but get few benefits, that fight our wars but get little recognition besides an occasional “thank you for your service”. They don’t have the time or energy to ponder their gender identity or critical race theories because it takes two jobs to keep food on the table. They finally felt they had a champion and, flawed though he is, he was working for them. Wages among the most disenfranchised in our country, the working poor, rose for three years straight until the Chinese gifted us with a virus.
But they remember. They remember the lies of the past. The lies of the Republicans and the lies of Democrats so they upset the establishment by turning out to vote en masse for their champion.
Now they have been sent home, except for their daughter who lies dead in the morgue. Continuing to focus on the evil orange man is a mistake. Ignoring the forgotten men and women for whom he was their only hope is a mistake. Continually insulting and ridiculing them for their choice of leader is a mistake.
This isn’t about Donald Trump, this is about the people who grow our food, truck it to market, package it and stock it on shelves for us. The people who own and operate the small businesses where we get our clothes cleaned, have a cup of tea with a friend or have our car washed. These people are not rich, not famous, not powerful. But they are important. But they are forgotten.
And Ashli Babbitt lies dead while politicians pretend to take the higher moral ground.