Well, it’s a pretty low bar, but I’m glad she’s stepped over it.
In the interview with Kimmel previously linked, she said she definitely voted for him in 2016. She said that her dad was a huge Trump fan and she grew up being exposed to that perspective. She is from New Jersey, and I suppose she’d heard Trump’s praises since before Trump was even in politics.
She reportedly went to a Trump rally and got sucked in. She felt a sense of belonging and kinship with the people there. She said it is hard to articulate, but it’s something that you’d need to experience to understand it. She doesn’t regret her service in the Trump administration, but I got the sense that it wasn’t because she thought Trump was good for the country, but rather because she is proud of public service and the hard work she did while there. She certainly had nothing complimentary to say about Trump and his administration, although she was clearly careful not to be overly critical either, just sharing anecdotes that cast Trump (and McCarthy/Gaetz later) in a negative light. Sort of like, “This is what happened, draw your own conclusions, I don’t want to be seen as being a Trump-basher.”
She definitely seems disillusioned now. As much as she avoids being a Trump-basher, she has made it clear she no longer has any feeling of loyalty. She articulated to Kimmel that she went through a crisis of conscience, torn between her sense of loyalty (that everyone is compelled to feel when in Trump’s “circle of trust”) and her disgust at the lack of accountability, the bad actions that Trump and his people were taking, and the desire to get the truth out. She made her decision that loyalty wasn’t worth it and that’s when she testified in front of the January 6 Committee.
I have to admit, I think it’s wise on her part not to go full anti-Trump. It makes what she says more compelling. By keeping a neutral stance she comes off as more sincere and doesn’t give the impression that she’s making things up out of a sense of bitterness or need to attack the former president. I assume she’s being coached well; she’s intelligent but also very young, and in particular when you watch her interview with Kimmel it’s easy to remember how young she is; she has the mannerisms I’d expect from a woman in her 20s, especially one who isn’t constantly in the public eye.
If there was prof, Rock solid prof, that he was secretly funneling monies to the NAACP, NOW, the Dumb Friends League, Planned Parenthood and on, and on…
I still could not vote for him. There is no remedy for the destruction that he has left in his wake.
And AND he wants to turn over our sovereignty to the U.N., just like Obama did!!
To me it is just the opposite. Being from NJ and the entire NYC Metro area in general means you knew what kind of asshole and snake oil salesman Trump was before 2016. I was technically a Republican up until 2008*. I knew what Trump was. I had heard all the stories of his screwing over contractors and tricking investors. I heard him talk. That should have been plenty to know not to support him.
* long off-topic explanation to go with this statement, but I went from being a Young Repub that campaign for Reagan to a Vet for Obama.
That’s because you’re not the nutjob her dad clearly is.
I don’t excuse anyone who continued to support him after his birtherism bullshit. That right there was mega-racism on full display.
There’s something wrong with anyone who could overlook it and continue to believe he was a good or viable choice to lead our nation.
That sentence (fragment) makes me want to hurl. As in, not food against the wall, but the contents of my stomach. I’m sure Biden is a fairly typical type as politicians used to be, he finds being in power somewhat satisfying, he pays lip service sometimes to things he may not actually believe in, he hides things from the public that are “better for them not to know” and so on. Try this one on for size:
Biden isn’t as bad as Pol Pot.
How does that make you feel (look up Pol Pot if you’re too young to know who he was)?
It makes me feel like not voting for Pol Pot.
I find this hard to believe.
Well, okay, maybe if someone dished him up some vegetables. Certainly not his cheeseburgers.
Why?
If someone is ready to bring you another lunch immediately, then why not?
Also add in his weird quirks, where he hates anyone seeing him eat, and his constant paranoia about being poisoned, and you get the idea that he has some, let’s say “eccentric” ideas about food. He won’t treat it the way a rational person would.
Sorry, that was a joke. Like he would never waste a cheeseburger.
Oh, got it.
He’s not worrying about waste, there’s always another cheeseburger and he’s probably not even the one paying for it.
What good is sitting in a high chair when you eat if you’re not gonna throw food around.
If I was a hamberder, Trump is the last person I would want to be eaten by.
Have you seen the size of his McD’s bags? I had no idea they came this large! Even Fox News was throwing shade on him about this.
Who she wrote was mesmerized by “The Apprentice”.
He bought lunch for members of the jury.
Oh, wait…
I will erect a wall of hamberders between the jury and me and the jury is going to pay for it!