As a police officer, you worked for a time in the hate crimes division. Youve seen the horrible things that prejudice and ignorance can do. I remember you once told me that the way the Ku Klux Klan recruited people in our hometown was by convincing white people that they were being attacked and that their way of life was under siege.
Cmon Dad, is that not eerily similar to some of Trumps campaign tactics? Why else would he have refused to immediately disavow the support of David Duke and other white supremacists? What possible purpose did he have to insinuate that President Obama was a Muslim, that he was not born in America? Or question a Mexican-American judges loyalty to the law and to the Constitution?
A few years ago, Donald Trump went on live television and talked about nice his daughter Ivankas body was, saying how if he wasnt her father, hed probably be dating her. It was disturbing then, but we all say things that come off utterly differently than intended. Except last year, speaking to a Rolling Stone reporter, Trump said the exact same thing again. Yeah, shes really something, and what a beauty, that one, he told the journalist. If I werent happily married and, ya know, her father...
You have a daughter (and now a daughter-in-law). Can you imagine saying anything like that about them? What would you say to one of your friends who uttered something half that creepy? Youve been married for thirty years. You taught me about respecting women, about the importance of marriage and fidelity. This man, he doesnt stand for any of that. On the contrary, he refers to women he doesnt like as fat pigs and dogs. He attacks them and when they press him on the issues, says its because theyre probably menstruating.
