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John W Dickerson's avatar

Ross Barkan is too focused on Trump. He ignores how angry people are at the left wings policies, that strike a visceral response. Initiating policies and actions to open the border to a flood of illegal aliens from around the world. Propagating an extreme concept of poly genderism and advocating its teaching to America's children. Allowing our streets and parks to be overrun by deviant lunatics . Ignoring the huge numbers of overdose deaths. Providing at a minimum moral equivalency to the Muslim existentialist enemies of Israel, and their mob actions at US universities. Forcing enormous shifts in energy systems that would not pass a truly democratic vote. Expanding support for a failed educational system. Implementing racist DEI policies in every corner of society. Defying equality by outcome, not opportunity and effort. Demeaning those who support the moral structure underlying the history of Western Civilization. Yes, Trumps has some devoted followers, just as the elite and media has those with Trump Derangement Syndrome. The election will be decided voters who find some of these left-wing policies as beyond the pale and find in Trumps message, not his persona, the hope of ending the lefts vulgar insults to their very being.

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It is your views on some of these issues that "seem deranged to the median voter."

You seem to endorse the framing that objecting to the castration of minors and other irreversible, activist-driven pseudoscience medical interventions without parental consent is "eliminating trans rights." I suggest you look at the most upvoted comments on these matters even in the liberal NY Times to get a sense of where the median voter is on this issue. Look at what is happening in the rest of the developed world where the medical establishments are not captured by activists.

Same thing regarding whether the public is in favor of mass, essentially uncontrolled illegal migration through asylum abuse. Which the Biden administration had no interest in doing anything about until very recently, when they panicked and finally took modest steps to reign it in. Just look at the comments in the Times, look at the polls.

Last, I've never voted for a Republican presidential candidate in my life and I'm appalled by the lawfare against Trump.

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