Democrat hatred for America showed up last night. It was clear that Democrats hate everything that is the USA:
- Parents of two girls killed by gang members honored
- Our Military
- Lower taxes
- Fair and reciprocal trade
- Low black unemployment
- Fixing the infrastructure
Democrats want none of that.
Shameful.
As you're aware, it's a lie to say "Democrats want none of that."
Democrats support fixing the infrastructure, for example. What they take issue with is the way Trump is proposing to do that -- not primarily by way of government spending on infrastructure repair, but instead largely by way of privatizing national infrastructure so that repairs are covered by regressive use fees instead of progressive income taxes (e.g., high tolls to use highways).
Democrats also have no issue with low black unemployment -- as you're probably aware, in fact, just about every time we have a Democratic president, the unemployment rate for blacks plummets (something we certainly can't say for most Republican presidents). It's just that people on the left have to chuckle when Trump pats himself on the back for the fact years of momentum of a plummeting black poverty rate didn't stop in Trump's first year.
As for fair and reciprocal trade: everyone supports that. The question is one of details. For example, is NAFTA somehow not fair or not reciprocal? If so, in what way? Is the WTO not fair or reciprocal? If so, what specific changes should be made. Trump has feasted on the credulity of right-wing dummies, by way of making perfectly vague assertions about some kind of unfairness in trade policy. But it's the details that matter.
Also, as for lower taxes, Democrats will gladly get on board with some kinds of tax cuts (e.g., they're traditionally the ones who push EITC). Republicans, by comparison, tend to push for tax changes that shift the burden downward -- e.g., tax changes that focus primarily on lowering taxes on corporations, income tax rates, and eliminating estate taxation.
Also, Democrats don't hate our military. In fact, many of them are veterans themselves (Max Cleland, Tammy Duckworth), etc. They just tend to be more skeptical about military overspend. Keep in mind that the US currently spends more than twice as much on its military as Russia and China COMBINED. Democrats have also, at least in recent decades, been more skeptical about half-baked uses of US military force such as the catastrophic invasion of Iraq.
Wouldn't it be better to engage with these issues honestly?
