Posted by Erica

I just need to let this out because I am sitting here stressed and frustrated watching the news again. It feels like every single time something happens, Trump cannot help but twist it, lie about it, or throw some wild blame in a direction that makes no sense. And the worst part is, people just eat it up like he’s handing out candy on Halloween. I don’t know how much more of this I can take without screaming. I know that Putin does not believe anything he says🤣

The story about Tyler Robinson really set me off. Here’s the truth: the kid was a MAGA supporter. It’s right there in black and white. He literally dressed up as Trump for Halloween. Pictures exist. His social media shows it. It’s not something anyone had to dig very deep for. But what does Trump do? He goes on and makes it sound like some “trans crazed person with a gun,” trying to stir fear, rile up people who already don’t like the LGBTQ community, and shift the entire narrative away from the obvious. And I sit here thinking—why? Why lie when the facts are so clear? Why lie when it doesn’t even help his cause?

This is what drives me crazy as a Republican. I can admit that I’ve supported conservative values my whole life. I believe in small government, fiscal responsibility, strong national defense—the basics of what the party is supposed to stand for. But Trump? He doesn’t stand for any of that. He just lies. Constantly. About everything. About things that don’t even matter. He lies the way some people breathe—it just comes natural to him. And then when he gets caught, instead of owning up, he doubles down. He acts like the truth is just a suggestion and his version of reality is the only one we’re supposed to believe.

It makes me feel like I’m going crazy sometimes, because so many people around me refuse to see it. I’ll say, “Hey, but didn’t he just say the opposite of this last week?” or “Didn’t the evidence prove him wrong?” and people look at me like I’m the one who’s blind. Like I’m not loyal because I’m questioning the lies. But isn’t that exactly what we should be doing as citizens—holding leaders accountable? I thought we were the party of truth and accountability, but instead, people are worshiping this man as if he’s a savior. And for what? He doesn’t care about them. He just cares about himself.

The Tyler Robinson case is just one example, but it speaks volumes. Trump could have easily said, “Yes, it’s a tragedy, yes, it’s awful,” and moved on. But no, he had to weaponize it against a community that had nothing to do with it. That’s not just lying, that’s dangerous lying. It fuels hate. It makes people angry at the wrong target. And it creates this nonstop cycle of division that we never seem to crawl out of.

And I don’t say this lightly: it’s exhausting. Truly exhausting. It feels like every single time I turn on the TV, scroll through my phone, or check the news, there’s another Trump lie. Something about crowd sizes. Something about indictments. Something about the economy. Something about an opponent. Something about some celebrity. It’s endless. He lies about the big things, the little things, and everything in between. And after a while, you just sit there thinking—does he even know what the truth is anymore? Or does he just say whatever pops into his head and expect the rest of us to follow like sheep?

I guess what I’m really venting about is the loneliness of it. I’m a Republican, but I can’t ignore what I see. I can’t pretend that his lies are okay just because I happen to vote red most of the time. I feel like I’m stuck in the middle, surrounded by people who either blindly defend him or absolutely hate him, and I’m just here waving my hands saying, “Hello? Can we talk about the fact that he’s lying again?” And nobody seems to care. It’s like the whole country has lost the ability to call a lie a lie.

So yeah, I’m stressed. I’m drained. And I’m tired of feeling like I’m the only one seeing the obvious. Tyler Robinson was a MAGA supporter, not some trans person Trump decided to blame. That’s the truth. And if we can’t even start with the truth, then where does that leave us? I don’t know anymore. All I know is I needed to say it out loud, because holding it in is driving me crazy.