For months, we heard all about the joy Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) were bringing to the campaign trail. Contrasting their opponents, their ticket represented a less vitriolic approach to politics. Harris-Walz supporters attempted to emulate that. In defeat, the niceness quickly evaporated, revealing bitter leftists who want the other side to suffer.
On The View, co-host Sunny Hostin joined the post-election meltdown by saying not being around family who voted for President-elect Donald Trump is understandable.
“I really do feel that this candidate, you know, President-elect Trump, is just a different type of candidate. From the things he said and the things he’s done and the things he will do, it’s more of a moral issue for me, and I think it’s more of a moral issue for other people,” she said. “We’re just, you know, I would say it was different when, let’s say, Bush got elected. You may not have agreed with his policies, but you didn’t feel like he was a deeply flawed person, deeply flawed by character, deeply flawed in morality.”
Co-host Whoopi Goldberg chimed in, saying “that while she respects the will of the voters, if she had an LGBTQ+ child, she wouldn’t want to put her in a position ‘where she has to sit with someone who doesn’t understand her,’” according to Fox News.
The extreme reactions to Trump’s win are not surprising given how critics on the Left have repeatedly compared him to one of history’s greatest monsters, Adolf Hitler. Along with that narrative are the exhausting, baseless claims that during his new administration, women of reproductive age will die due to the lack of access to abortion, birth control will be banned, and LGBT individuals won’t receive basic protections, among other things. These claims play on people’s worst fears, and these communities are more than happy to use them in support of their childlike behavior.
Trump is certainly a polarizing individual, but this doesn’t mean those who supported him with a vote should be cut off from family and friends who disagree with them. An unknown number of voters quite simply believed him to be the lesser of two evils on Election Day. That doesn’t mean they support everything he says and does. But even those who do approve of him are not the sum of their votes.
For Hostin to say it’s “a moral issue” is ironic, considering the glaring morality issues on the Harris-Walz side of the aisle. For example, Harris made abortion a major part of her campaign platform. For those who are pro-life or, at the very least, favor restrictions of some kind, abortion-supporting Harris voters fit the definition of amoral. Yet, many still interact and have relationships with family or friends who voted for her. Politics, even the issues we hold dear, is still of much less importance than those with whom we have familial bonds. Nothing can replace family members — certainly not temporary elected politicians or any loyalty we have to them or a party.
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Goldberg’s insistence that she wouldn’t put an LGBT individual in a situation where someone “doesn’t understand her” only serves to highlight how intolerant the “tolerant” crowd actually is. Many liberals believe existing in the same space as someone who holds differing views should be avoided at all costs. Considering how vast and varied Americans are, it’s a skill that must be learned. We must coexist in a world — and, yes, even in families — where others hold opposite views. It’s necessary for our personal, mental, and societal health. If there’s anything we need in a divided culture, it’s this.
It’s safe to say if the tables were turned and Harris voters were celebrating a win they would collectively scoff at this kind of absurd behavior from Trump voters. Instead, they are presenting their behavior as self-care. In reality, it is nothing but a temper tantrum.
Kimberly Ross (@SouthernKeeks) is a contributor to the Washington Examiner’s Beltway Confidential blog and a contributing freelance columnist at the Freemen News-Letter.
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