Here’s what I had to say in July 2016:
Now imagine if it’s the President of the United States who says these things and adopts that tone. How many Muslim, Jewish, transgender and female Americans will suffer because of things that President Trump says? How much subtle bigotry will they experience through bullying, being denied jobs and educational opportunities, being made to feel oppressed in their own neighborhoods?..How much violence against minorities will be sanctioned? How much tilting of the justice system? How much sexual assault? How many financial shenanigans?
Maybe the Democrats would be swept in after a Trump Presidency. But what if the truly ugly Trump rhetoric creates a truly ugly America? How are we going to regain sanity and bipartisanship after four years of a President who supports and encourages individuals to treat each other with such contempt?