Well, I'm hoping he doesn't get reelected. The next president will still have to do a lot of damage control, even after 4 years.
And of course, if they don't try and fix everything fast enough to people's satisfaction, they'll probably get yelled at for it.
I want to hang on to my optimism and hope and believe we can make it through this nightmare of a presidency and come out of it better. Given the other things this country has survived, I like to think we'll be able to get past this, too, though I don't argue that getting back to any semblance of normal will take a while. I hope like hell I'm right, and I continue to also hope Trump's time in office ends as soon as humanly possible. I also hope, that whenever we do finally get a Democrat back in office, they change or add laws that can help make it much, much, MUCH harder, if not outright impossible, for something like this to ever happen again.
As for Trump supporters, I'm tired of showing any patience or understanding towards them. They let their ignorance and stupidity put us in this shitty situation, all because they were immature babies who couldn't deal with the fact that the world was changing, and they voted for this guy for the dumbest of reasons. They can deny that racism/sexism/xenophobia were a large part of their support (if not the sole reason) all they want, but their words and actions prove otherwise. They wanted him so bad, fine. They get to own every single one of the crappy things that they allowed and encouraged him to do, then, and they get to own whatever negative aftermath comes of this. The right keeps harping on all the time about how people need to take personal responsibility for their actions, now's the time for them to put their money where their mouths are.
“White nationalist, white supremacist, Western civilization — how did that language become offensive?” Mr. King said. “Why did I sit in classes teaching me about the merits of our history and our civilization?”
Thanks, Iowa!
Luckily I didn't grow up in his district. Des Moines is a much more liberal area of Iowa, surrounded by these types though. But Western Iowa might as well be Nebraska.
I
do live in his district, unfortunately, and you're not wrong (though I think my particular town is not as big on King as other areas are-I saw way more signs for Scholten in the lead up to the midterms here than I did for King). I never hear King supporters openly speak up, though. Anytime I hear or read about people in this state talking about King, they're going on about how they can't stand him and don't understand why he's still in office. I was reading our local paper not long after the midterms, and my favorite letter in response to the state results was one that simply said this:
"Dear Northwest Iowa -
Please evolve.
Sincerely, the rest of Iowa."
The race between him and the Democratic candidate for my district was a lot closer than I think he expected, though, and some Republicans have been starting to pull away from him around here (far too late, mind, but still). And I saw a story yesterday about another Republican who wants to take over his seat. I don't know that King has quite the support he may have had at one point. Hopefully he'll be kicked out of office as soon as humanly possible, too.
