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Trust: MAGA Republicans Don’t and Democrats Do

Trust is at the root of everything… abortion, book bans, education, trans kids… it comes down to who you trust and who you don’t

Fay Wylde
Bouncin’ and Behavin’ Blogs
8 min readSep 1, 2024

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Photo by Resume Genius on Unsplash (fearful distrust) and Photo by Joel Muniz on Unsplash (happy trust)

I watched a bit of a focus group. Six ordinary people were asked to voice their opinions of Kamala Harris.

Two Democrats, two Independents, and two Republicans.

I was mostly interested to hear the Republicans.

They raised valid issues, broadly speaking.

One of them — a Black woman, and yes, there is such a thing as a Black woman Republican, though that did admittedly surprise me — said she is tired of what she called “identity” politics.

Even though I would point out that Kamala herself is making no big deal about her “identity,” I believe that is an honest and fair debate to have with Democrats. I would disagree it is a problem, but it is still fair to debate, and that woman seemed sincere in her frustration.

The other Republican — a Latino man — voiced a general cynicism about Democrats always making all sorts of promises they can’t realistically keep. I might point out that is something Republicans do as well, but again, fair issue to…

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Fay Wylde
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