My brother surprised me

[Squidly]

He and my SIL are huge tRump backers...they are even attending his rally tonight in MN. The atmosphere is so toxic I have to limit my time in their presence just to remain sane.

Tonight he told me something that I did not expect.

He said that he could not wait till this election was over so the country could start to heal. He realizes the division in this nation and that we are going down a dark path.

While I don't understand his logic, how he thinks that even if tRump wins, that he will be out of the picture in 2028. He asked me if he could be elected a 3rd time even if the terms were served non sequential.

I just did not feel like going there to tell him that if he did win there would not be a 2028 election.

Even though the events of this last week should have lifted my spirits beyond words, I'm just so run down and exhausted from everything prior. It's a depression I am really trying to fight through but finding it daunting.

Without trying to go into his logic how he can support such a monster and him being one half of a mixed marriage, which makes it even more perplexing, I do have some hope because he at least sees beyond what I thought he was capable of seeing.

Maybe attending that rally and seeing the insanity in person without the filter of Fox and Newsmax will open his eyes further? Maybe Shady and tRump will go so completely off the rails that something might click in his head?

I know a lot of this is babble, but I need to find some light here.

[Skittles]

1. stick with us, Squidly

we will get through this

[uponit7771]

2. Its about identity not politics at that point, they feel a connection with Trump supporters not supporting on policy.

Once you go to policy they run for the hills ... every last one of them.

The connection is about belonging, they belong to a group who thinks just like them ... that's what most Trump supporters "Think" but he hates them

[Squidly]

5. Agreed

With my brother for certain.

We came from a lower middle class family. Food stamps, assistance, mainly due to my medical issues when I was very young along with my mother's refusal to work. She had that attitude that it was the husband's duty to earn while the woman should stay home....but that's a whole different bag of worms.

But now that my brother is fairly well off hes the type that likes to flaunt it. Everything has to be a show and a proof that he "made" it. Cars, golf memberships, big home on a golf course, season ticket holder for multiple pro teams, etc, etc.

I'm not jealous of him at all...other than he never went to a class in his life beyond 12th grade and I spent 6 years in college...lol...he earned it, but please dont act better than others.

[uponit7771]

6. What field did you study in college? Yeah, it's better to know where you come from

[Squidly]

7. Education

Social Studies with a History major.

[BaronChocula]

3. the least we can hope for

is that he's among the droves of people we see leaving the rapist rallies early.

[Squidly]

4. That very well could be

But honestly I doubt they even get in.

Sounded like the venue opens at 6 and they dont plan on getting down there till close to that. There were people I'm sure that have been camped out waiting to get in for days.

He said, "but I have a ticket to get in"...like that matters. Venue only holds 25k normally but they reduced the capacity to 14k from what I have read.

I really do hope they do get in so they can see it and hear it for themselves instead of through sound bites.