Why are you NOT voting for Trump? (This thread complements the similarly named thread.)

Here are the three main reasons why I am Not voting for Trump.

  1. Trump believes that Article 2 gives him the right to do whatever he wants as President. He doesn’t really understand the Constitution and is an authoritarian.

  2. Trump and his administration have broken laws and ignored the Constitution separation of powers.

  3. The courts. Trump has already nominated a lot of people to the courts. Trump has nominated two people to the Supreme Court. I want Biden to nominate Ginsburg’s replacement for the Supreme Court.

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Well I disagree with his positions on foreign policy and. .nah, I’m just kidding, the man is fundamentally unfit for the office of the presidency on a staggering number of levels.

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Ok, here we go

  1. He doesn’t demonstrate a respect for the dignity of the office of the presidency
  2. He started demeaning people very early in his campaign and has only gotten worse over time.
  3. He shows an unwillingness to learn the intricacies and complexities of dealing in both domestic and foreign policy. This has harmed the US at home and abroad.
  4. Related to # 2, he has insulted POW’s and other military personnel in the past. I come from a family of military personnel, including a grandfather who was a POW. I recall him screaming in the middle of the night while reliving those nightmares in his dreams. This is a particularly important reason for me, and this alone would have determined that I never would cast a vote for Trump.
  5. His silly trade wars could have been handled through agreements we already had in place without the need to disrupt our supply chains.
  6. He has been a divider rather than a uniter. Whoever sits at that desk needs to be an individual capable of bringing people together to get stuff done. That’s not Trump.
  7. He has shown a major lack of leadership throughout the Covid crisis. This has been a particularly nasty problem, leading to over 170,000 deaths so far.
  8. His lack of leadership on Covid is keeping people unemployed and slowing down the economy.

There are others, but I think this covers the major points.

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I can sum it up like this: Because he is a terrible person.

Trump is undeserving of my vote.

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He has zero positions on foreign policy.

At least none that are his own.

Even if all this were true ( and it isn’t), it would still not be a good enough reason to switch to socialism.

and none that are consistent on a day to day basis.

Nailed it! Excellent post!

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Because I know far too much about pathological narcissists. They are incapable of considering things outside themselves when making decisions, regardless of the consequences to others.

Joe Biden, the Senator from Mastercard; Kamala Harris, tough on crime prosecutor.

“Socialist.”

what the hell??

Trump. He is a kind of hell, I guess, in a Sartrian sense.

uh huh. i bet he is. for prancing hissing leftist demon college professor types

Do reveal more, thinker.

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how can i “reveal” what is already so obvious?

the left is slave to searing hate

‘Sartrian sense’ maybe opaque to you?

oh dont start with this crap again with your what…existential atheism or whatever

'L’enfer, c’est les autres. ’ ~ Sartre

(‘Hell is other people.’ [Hell, it’s the others.])