‘Not Even My Wife Knows’: Secret Donald Trump Voters Come Out Of The Closet

[Purveyor]

We asked Guardian readers who are voting for Trump why they support him. From firm conservatives to fed-up liberals, their answers were revealing

The Hispanic attorney (29, Florida)
‘He has demonstrated that he is, at heart, a caring person’

On paper, I probably look like a guaranteed Cruz or Rubio vote. I’m a millennial woman, my parents immigrated from Castro’s Cuba, I work as a trial attorney in Miami and I’m a born-again Christian. But I’m voting for Donald Trump, and I’ve convinced all my friends and family to do so as well.

My sister worked for him and has spoken glowingly of him for years, just like everyone else who actually knows the man. I trust her judgment more than any random pundit’s. Actions speak louder than words, and he has demonstrated that he is, at heart, a caring person through his manyrandom acts of kindness . His peers say there are “two Trumps” – the brash character he portrays himself as, and the decent man they know behind closed doors. It’s clearly a strategy; his proclamations have kept him on the front pages for a sustained eight months.

Before he ran, the left’s stranglehold on the national conversation of what is or isn’t tolerable was getting stronger by the minute. It was the year of Caitlyn Jenner. Rachel Dolezal. Black Lives Matter. Anyone who even hinted at disapproval was exiled. Every week, someone would dare to blurt out something un-PC, and the media would absolutely crucify them. It had me thinking this was it. We’ve lost. How on earth can we hope to defeat these people, with their complete domination of the national conversation and relentless narrative of “Progress! Tolerance! Acceptance! Feels!”?

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http://www.rawstory.com/2016/03/not-even-my-wife-knows-secret-donald-trump-voters-come-out-of-the-closet/

[Kip Humphrey]

1. "relentless narrative of “Progress! Tolerance! Acceptance!"... ooooh, this bad!!!

tRump... this gooood.

(if needed

[bananas]

2. Good article, variety of viewpoints.

I'm hearing similar things.

[sufrommich]

3. So brogressive comes out as OK with racist.

Check.

[Brickbat]

4. M-hm.

[procon]

5. Surprised to see many progressives planning to vote Trump as a "wake up" call.

Several people freely admit that a president Trump would be as bad as Hitler, but hope his brand of vulgar bigotry, fascism and misogyny will somehow shock Americans into doing some sort of undefined something that is not Republican in the next election. That rationale was indeed a shocker in its naive simplicity.