General Discussion

It makes me sad to hear of family members - especially parent/child - becoming alienated due to the cult of Trump.

I've been somewhat lucky. All members of my immediate and extended family who have voted Republican or are otherwise center-right, have not only abandoned Trump completely, but they're all talking like mainstream Democrats these days. I even have one cousin from Texas who used to ask me why I would ever vote for Obama, as if it was some way-out thing to do.

But, in 2016 he sent money to and voted for Hillary. He knew what Trump was before it really even hit ME about the full gravity of Trump. He saw Trump as so bad that he never described is vote for Hillary as a vote against Trump. It wasn't a protest thing. He articulated that it was a vote for Hillary. And this is a Texas pro-gun conservative. He wasn't reluctant or embarrassed to talk about Hillary, either. It was somewhat strange, but satisfying.