God Bless America: Here Comes Trump!
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GOD BLESS AMERICA!! Now that a 6-times bankrupt real estate shyster has been handed the power to potentially turn back the clock on Roe v. Wade, gay rights, women’s rights, and more, many across the US may soon be saying God HELP America!!!
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With the recently announced retirement of US Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, Donald Trump is in the enviable position to name a successor. Considering how Justice Kennedy has reliably been the voice of reason on the nation’s highest court and how Trump has consistently aligned himself with fanatical Christians, white supremacists, and the NRA, the eventual court pick is expected to be a colossal disaster.
Oh, God Bless America!
The appointment of an ultra-conservative justice (Trump’s 2nd pick in just over a year) will lean the court to the extreme right and wreak havoc on generations of Americans to come. Here are the Top 5 disastrous changes to expect:
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IMMIGRATION REFORM:
Recently, the Supreme Court sided with the Trump administration in upholding his so-called “Muslim Ban” — AKA “keeping the undesirable minorities out of America.” With the addition of a Trump pick to the high court, expect more legalized discrimination against hand-picked races and religions regarding who will and won’t be granted a golden ticket into the US of A.
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ROE v. WADE
For decades, evangelicals and the so-called “pro-life” movement have marked a woman’s right to choose as their #1 target. Unfortunately for them, they never had the votes inside the Supreme Court to turn back the clock on abortions. Now, a Trump pick could return America to the days of women seeking risky abortions in a dark alley from a supposed medical professional with a coat hanger — since a shift in the high court could soon make abortion illegal in America again.
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GUNS, GUNS, GUNS
If you thought the rise of mass shootings in America might force a change to the nation’s lax gun laws, guess again. With Donald Trump deeply in the pockets of the NRA, his Supreme Court pick will almost certainly be NRA-friendly. Or, in other words, more guns and easier availability for angry white male terrorists are likely on the horizon.
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GAY RIGHTS
With the addition of a Trump pick, expect the Supreme Court to revisit recent strides in Gay Rights and Gay marriage. In fact, don’t be surprised if a new right-leaning court waters down or completely eliminates certain advances on behalf of Gay Americans.
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GERRYMANDERING
For years, Republicans have creatively redrawn voting districts to work to their advantage. Or, in the words of The New York Times: “Justice Kennedy was widely seen as the swing vote on gerrymandering in a court divided between liberals, who see the practice as unconstitutional, and conservatives, who regard it as a political problem, not a legal one. “
Expect the Trump court pick to side with conservatives and allow gerrymandering to continue, which will basically help Republicans continue to cheat and hold onto power in all branches of government.
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Donald Trump ran on the promise to “Make America Great Again.” To evangelicals, white supremacists, gun lovers, and other conservatives, this promise was a wink-and-a-nod to return America back to a time when abortions were illegal, guns were aplenty, unwanted foreigners were kept at bay, gays were shunned and prevented from enjoying the basic rights of other Americans, and whites ruled as the majority while Blacks and Mexicans knew their place and stayed on their own side of the tracks.
For those who believe America needs to be made “great” again, the retirement of Justice Kennedy during the Trump years is a dream come true for conservatives who are now dancing in the streets and salivating at the possibilities. However, for the rest of us, it’s an impending nightmare that will set America back to the 1950’s and take a decade or more to undo.
A storm is brewing. The tides are turning. Donald Trump is actually about to remake America. For those of us with a heart and a conscious and a soul, are our best days behind us? Are the consequences of electing Trump as leader of the free world about to come home to roost?
Here comes Trump. Oh, God Bless America!
I’ve highlighted these quotes before….and once again I feel they each speak to what is happening in America today:
“The government you elect is the government you deserve” – Thomas Jefferson
“As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.” — H. L. Mencken
“Elections have consequences” – Pres-elect Barack Obama