I remember when Donald Trump first announced his political run for office. He built his campaign on the slogan: We’re going to Make America Great Again, “reinforced” by his bold claim of “building a wall”. When Trump got down into the weeds with Megyn Kelly during the first Fox News Republican debate, I sensed Donald Trump was a proud and arrogant man. I went on my own campaign against him; making phone calls, writing emails, calling news agencies and talk shows, posting madly to Facebook — whatever I could do to try to stop a really bad person from wrecking the Republican Party and damaging the nation. NeverTrump was my obsession, but it was, at that time, merely political for me. Yet — even then — something else was bothering me.
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People were acting as if they were under some kind of spell. I started to refer to Trump followers as Trump Zombies. This effect was not limited to “the uneducated people” — you know — the ones Donald Trump says he loves. Intelligent people like Chris Christie, Ben Carson, and Newt Gingrich, as well as people in the media, also seemed to be losing discernment, or at least appeared unaffected by things happening right under their noses. I had a title for them as well: Trump Stooges. Reasonable, intelligent people, critical of Donald Trump, would enter a private meeting as opponents and exit as good buddies. Suddenly, they understood him. After Melania Trump’s RNC speech, even Karl Rove got in on the act, commenting that her speech was “warm and authentic”. Yeah — except for the parts where she plagiarized Michelle Obama’s 2008 convention speech.
One person in the news media I have admired is Megyn Kelly. She seems to have resisted the “spell” Trump has been able to put on so many. Early on, she noticed something was not right. Here is a quote from Nick Gass’s article in Politico titled, “Kelly on Trump: the Media Have to Worry About Our
We all …show more content…
People were acting as if they were under some kind of spell. I started to refer to Trump followers as Trump Zombies. This effect was not limited to “the uneducated people” — you know — the ones Donald Trump says he loves. Intelligent people like Chris Christie, Ben Carson, and Newt Gingrich, as well as people in the media, also seemed to be losing discernment, or at least appeared unaffected by things happening right under their noses. I had a title for them as well: Trump Stooges. Reasonable, intelligent people, critical of Donald Trump, would enter a private meeting as opponents and exit as good buddies. Suddenly, they understood him. After Melania Trump’s RNC speech, even Karl Rove got in on the act, commenting that her speech was “warm and authentic”. Yeah — except for the parts where she plagiarized Michelle Obama’s 2008 convention speech.
One person in the news media I have admired is Megyn Kelly. She seems to have resisted the “spell” Trump has been able to put on so many. Early on, she noticed something was not right. Here is a quote from Nick Gass’s article in Politico titled, “Kelly on Trump: the Media Have to Worry About Our