Why Trump is Unfit

(In Republicans’ Own Words)

Trying to understand why so many who voted for Trump are ready to do so again makes me wonder if it can be chalked up to a kind of “subconscious shame.” Perhaps it’s easier to blindly continue their support than to admit they’ve been misled (as much to themselves as to their extended circle). Maybe their brains are unable to reconcile their vote with the uneasy accountability connected to it.  It’s only human to not want to assume even the slightest responsibility for an act with such a regrettable outcome.  

I could try to forgive their vote when Trump was an unproven entity… but not when 45 months have proven him so dangerously unfit for the job. Hopefully, his supporters will finally be swayed by the growing list of influential Republicans who’ve come to that same conclusion:

• Former National Security Adviser, John Bolton, argues that Trump cares little about human rights.

• One-time Pentagon chief, James Mattis, says Trump lacks "mature leadership" and is engaged in a "deliberate effort" to divide the country.

• Former Chief of Staff, John Kelly, agrees with Mattis’s assertion that Trump is, "The first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the American people."

• Former Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson declares he’s "undisciplined."

• Former Homeland Security adviser, Tom Bossert, has called Trump’s insistent focusing on debunked conspiracy theories,  "deeply disturbing."

• FOX’s Sean Hannity (one of his most vocal supporters) privately describes the President as "batshit crazy."

• Maryanne Trump Barry, Trump's sister (and a retired federal appellate judge) was recorded railing at, “[his] phoniness and cruelty. The change of stories. The lack of preparation. The lying. Holy shit."

• Ex-DHS official, Miles Taylor, accuses Trump of heartlessness (for endorsing the use of tear gas at the border), and of using Taylor’s office for political gain.

With the August departure of Kellyanne Conway, there are few in the West Wing left to defend him—and a growing number of its former ranks who find Trump indefensible.

It bears repeating that these allies-turned-critics were not hired during Obama’s tenure, but personally chosen by Trump himself. And when no less than President George W. Bush breaks rank to rebuke Trump for the “bullying and prejudice that provides permission for cruelty and bigotry,” attention must be paid.

Dismissing such defections as sour grapes, Trump called Taylor a "lowlife" (when he backed Biden); and attempted to silence his own sister’s comments by stopping the publication of his niece’s book (which details them). "Every day it's something else,” he moans. “Who cares."

Clearly, voters should.

I doubt ANY Trump supporter would let someone bully them this way. And they shouldn’t let the President. Stand against his tyrannizing of public servants AND private citizens who don’t show him blind devotion. Stand up for what—deep in your heart—you know is right. And know (thanks to these fellow Republicans) that you do not stand alone.

Remember: “It's never too late to do what’s right.” (But your LAST chance to do it is November 3rd!)