Questions for Trump Supporters
Our deficit was over $1 trillion dollars in 2019. That is 68% higher than when he took office. On top of that U.S. manufacturing activity just fell to the lowest level in more than a decade. Does that mean we are on track with your leader’s promise to eliminate the deficit in eight years?
We have paid farmers billions of dollars more in subsidies in the last two years than the net cost of the auto industry bailout. All but $10B was paid back by the auto industry. We are already at $28B in farm subsidies, none of which will ever be paid back. Are you good with this?
Personal attacks motivated by bias or prejudice reached a 16-year high in 2018. There is no indication that the trend upward is slowing. The president continues to fan the flames of hate. Is this the right thing for a leader to do?
In the U.S. people spend, per person, nearly double on pharmaceutical drugs – $1,443 – compared to the average of other countries, $749. Why other than drug companies have their hands in politicians’ pockets are you willing to ignore this?
We spend more on healthcare than other countries, get worse results and many people have no health care. “Despite paying $8,000 more a year than anyone else, American families do not have better health outcomes, the economists argue. Life expectancy in the United States is lower than in Europe.” So where is our better health care for less that we were promised?
“Government data show that an unprecedented 69,550 migrant children were held in US government custody over the past year - enough infants, toddlers, kids and teens to overflow the typical professional American football stadium”- often with devastating results. Is caging children what America should stand for?
Over 95 environmental protection rules have been rolled back under this administration. Do you really like dirty water, polluted skies and rivers that catch fire?
Wage growth has been mostly driven by states raising the minimum wage to $15. “The federal minimum has been stuck at $7.25 an hour since 2009. In July, the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives passed legislation to raise it to $15 by 2025, but the Republican majority Senate has refused to debate the bill.” Henry Ford (certainly no saint) rightly assumed unless workers could afford goods, no one could be successful in the long run. Have you figured out some sort of magic that you have yet to share which keeps everyone happy, healthy and well-fed with plenty of food on their table while making perennially low wages?
We continue to pull out of treaties that were good for the country and because of that we are on the verge of war with Iran and another arms race. Do you really believe we can go it on our own without allies and NATO?
“The So-Called War on Terror Has Killed Over 801,000 People and Cost $6.4 Trillion”- we still have not figured how to kill more terrorists than we create with each military strike. By all measures, we are closer to a war with Iran than ever. Do you really like war?
We have an administration abetted by a spineless party that has launched unprecedented attacks on our constitution and the separation of powers. They have become a cult and will do anything to stay in power- many are resigning because they cannot take the moral stench. Do you really believe in the constitution and if so, how do you sleep at night?
Religion has become mixed in politics. That is never a good thing. See Puritans and Oliver Cromwell. For that matter see what Ronald Reagan had to say about it. Our country was founded on the idea that our government shouldn’t tell us how to worship. We have a whole group of people who believe that they have the right to force us to adopt their values. Do you believe that I have adopt all your beliefs to be an American?
Scientists and experts have become devalued- I believe advances in science are one of the reasons we have the better lives that we live today. Do you believe in vaccines and that science has improved our lives? Do you think it is right to force scientists to not report the truth? Is okay for the government to ban certain words from reports?
Corporations, their CEOs and executives have too much power and inequality in income no longer driven by intelligence or hard work, it is now driven by tax policies, crony capitalism and corporations owning our government. It has led to the destruction of the middle class. So show me how trickle down has worked for anyone besides the people who already are doing well?
“Manufacturing employment across the Midwest is now in decline. The two most manufacturing-intensive states in the nation, Wisconsin and Indiana, both have fewer factory jobs than at this point in 2018. Both Michigan and Ohio are six months into decline and have fewer jobs than at the end of 2018. Only Illinois experienced factory job growth in 2019, and is up 400 jobs over the start of the year.” Where is the manufacturing boom your tax cut for the rich and corporations promised?
Trade wars do not work- “These (midwestern) states are ground zero in a trade war that has reduced the demand for steel and autos and led to a crushing, nearly 17% collapse in recreation vehicle sales this year.” Do you believe in free trade. Are tariffs something you love?
Then there is climate change. The position of the US is to stick its head in the sand while the sand is melted into glass around our head. We have to change and one party is still denying what is clearly happening. The idea of doing something that would upset their big donors just won’t go anywhere. Is money for your campaign or your party more important than the world where we live? Do you really think Australia catching on fire is random?
Truth and the freedom of the press are under attack every day from the highest levels of our government. Thugs and dictators are praised. Individuals who tell the truth, honor their oath of office and faithfully do their job are attacked. People who are trying to get things done don’t handle disagreements with attacks, especially personal ones. The idea that something is true because someone keeps saying it is foreign to everything that I have learned in my life. Did I miss something in the first grade?
The idea behind our success, that diversity fueled by immigration is our greatest strength, is under siege. Do you really believe this country would be better off without immigrants? Are you willing to do the work they are doing?
The wealthiest 10% of households control 84% of the total value of the stock market. Current tax policy has done nothing to change inequality. Do you enjoy seeing people unable to pay their bills or put enough food on the table? You do understand that sitting on a pew in church does not remove the obligation to help the poor?
“Broader measures of the overall job market and wages show the economy continues to follow the steady, upward glide path that began under Obama.” Since you claim this is Trump’s success, will he also own the downturn?
Our president continues to coddle authoritarian, murderous governments and distance us from our friends. Do you believe in democracy, freedom of the press, and the right of people to live without fear of sudden death from their government? Do you think foreign powers should be held “responsible for extrajudicial killings, torture, or other gross violations of human rights.”? If so how do you feel about doing nothing about Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman who our own intelligence agencies believe killed the U.S. based journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, who has two children who are U.S. citizens?
Russia is valued more by the president than our own intelligence agencies. Do you really trust Russia more than NSA and the CIA? Is it right for the president to tell guests at Mar-A-Lago about his drone strike in Iraq that killed Iran’s top military general Qassem Soleimani before he told Congress?
We have an attorney general and a Senate majority leader who are blatantly partisan and ignoring their oaths of office. Do you think it is right for a jury foreman to announce that he is coordinating with a defendant. What part of an independent attorney general do you not understand?
Newt Gingrich made politics war with only winners taking all. This administration is the culmination of it. Is this broken political system really what you want to leave for your grandchildren?
Trump has made 19,127 false or misleading claims over 1,226 days as of June 1, 2020. Is that the kind of person you look up to?
Do you honestly think a wall is going to solve our immigration problems? The people in Texas don’t even want it.
Do you believe it is right for the president to personally attack people including teenagers?
Do you believe white nationalists are “good people?”
“By the end of 2019, there were 417 mass shootings in the U.S., according to data from the nonprofit Gun Violence Archive (GVA), which tracks every mass shooting in the country. Thirty-one of those shootings were mass murders. A mass shooting is defined as any incident in which at least four people are shot, excluding the shooter. The group also tracks mass murders as defined by the FBI — incidents in which at least four people are killed.” Don’t you think Congress should do more than talk about this?
The republican party has become the party of voter suppression. Disenfranchisement is never a good long-term strategy. Is disenfranchising voters really how you want to stay in power?
Given the killing of Iran's Qassem Soleimani in Iraq - Do you believe it is right to attack a member of another government in a third country (without that country's permission) while presenting no evidence that your target was an imminent threat? We all agree he was a bad guy, but how does murder from the sky move us towards peace? Do you hear the drums of war yet?
Can you explain to me why the whole Federal government wasn't mobilized when the government learned about the Coronavirus in January?
Can you explain why the White House ignored the National Security Council's 69-page playbook for responding to pandemics?
Why was invoking the Defense Production Act a last resort instead of a priority?
Why should we believe the president when he has been wrong so often including saying the coronavirus would weaken “when we get into April, in the warmer weather—that has a very negative effect on that, and that type of a virus.”
45 said this “It’s going to disappear. One day it’s like a miracle—it will disappear.” on February 27 and is still saying it 140,000 deaths later, is that helpful in this crisis?
45 said this on June 17 before his rally in Tulsa The pandemic is “fading away. It’s going to fade away.” Everyone knew that was wrong. Why did he say it?
45 said this on July 4, “99%” of COVID-19 cases are “totally harmless.” Do you really believe that?
Do you believe as the president has said multiple times that taking hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19 is safe?
How do you reconcile the president praising China in tweets he sent in late January and early February with his attempts to blame the whole crisis on China? In one, he highlighted the Chinese government’s “transparency” about the coronavirus outbreak.
Why did it take until July 20 for the president to endorse wearing masks? Why is the president pushing to reopen schools when it isn't safe yet?
Do you think the attacks on Dr. Anthony Fauci that came out of the White House are ethical and helpful?
Do you think it is right for the president to pardon Roger Stone just because he refused to testify against the president?
Do you think it is right to use federal forces against our own citizens in cities just because they have Democratic mayors?
How do you explain the president when asked during a White House press briefing Tuesday about the federal prosecution of Ghislaine Maxwell for her alleged role in recruiting, grooming and sexually abusing underage girls, saying, "I just wish her well, frankly."
Explain to me what was right about police in riot gear firing pepper balls and flash-bang grenades at demonstrators Protesters, reporters, and clergy in Lafayette Park which at the time of its clearing everyone says was peaceful
How do you justify the president saying he might not accept the results of the November election and attacking voting by mail even as he, his family and others in his administration have used voting by mail?
Do you think it was right for the president to ignore the report that Russia offered bounties for the killing of our soldiers?
Joe Biden has released 21 years of his tax returns. Why is the president fighting the release of his in court? Don't the American people deserve to know who if anyone is bankrolling their president?