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Hey, Trump supporters!
Let’s apply common sense to some things you’ve heard recently.
Unlike those silly politicians who just call each other names, let’s think about who asks you to believe ridiculous things — things that insult your intelligence.
Donald Trump says that he won the election in 2020. Trump says, among other things, that Dominion Voting Systems rigged its machines to throw thousands of votes to Biden from Trump. That’s the only reason Trump lost the election; the Democrats cheated. Trump wants you to believe this; some of you do.
I spent my career as a litigator. When you get retained in a new lawsuit, you frequently ask yourself a question: Does the lawsuit make sense? If a neutral person heard the facts, would that neutral person naturally believe the plaintiff or the defendant? Common sense can help you think about a case.
Let’s apply common sense to Trump’s allegations of cheating in the 2020 election. Supposedly, voting machines switched thousands of votes from Trump to Biden. But in the down-ballot races — the races for lower federal and state offices that appeared on the same ballot as Trump and Biden — Republicans performed spectacularly well in 2020. Democrats did not flip any of the state legislative chambers that they’d targeted. Republicans gained seats in the House of Representatives. In some competitive districts, incumbent Republicans won reelection at the same time that Trump was losing those areas.
I’m assuming that you support Trump, and you hate Democrats. Democrats are all lying, thieving, scums of the earth. But could anyone — no matter how stupid — really have rigged voting machines to change votes for Trump into votes for Biden without simultaneously rigging those machines to change the results in the down-ballot races? As long as Democrats were going to steal elections, why didn’t they steal a bunch of them?
Trump has never explained that to you because, of course, he can’t. But he wants you to believe it. If Trump thinks you’ll believe that nonsense, he must really think that you’re an idiot, huh? It’s a good thing that people other than Trump respect you.
But that was how Trump treats your memory of the past. How does he view your intellect as it relates to tomorrow’s election?
Trump says that tens of thousands of undocumented workers are registering to vote to cast illegal ballots in tomorrow’s election, making the election results fraudulent (if, and only if, Trump loses). Let’s apply the common-sense test to this.
Millions of American citizens who actually have the right to vote simply don’t bother. Voting is a pain in the neck, it takes time, no individual’s vote makes a difference anyway, whatever. So lots of American citizens don’t vote. But tens of thousands of illegal aliens are supposedly champing at the bit to vote. I guess for those folks, voting is not a pain in the neck, it doesn’t take time, their votes, unlike yours, really do matter.
Remember: Those undocumented workers are not only itching to vote, when many American citizens are not, but they’re itching to vote illegally at risk of terrible penalties if they’re caught. These undocumented workers, who presumably traveled a fair distance to get into this country, face the risk of deportation or imprisonment (or both) if they’re caught voting illegally. Trump wants you to believe that millions of American citizens who could vote without risk don’t bother casting a ballot, but tens of thousands of illegal immigrants will insist on casting illegal ballots at risk of being punished in a life-altering way.
Trump says that crap, and he expects you to believe it. He must really think that you’re an idiot, huh?
Tomorrow, don’t vote for the guy who thinks you’re deplorable. Either vote for Kamala Harris — who shows you some respect — or just stay home. The whole system’s fraudulent anyway, and your vote doesn’t really count. Why bother?
Mark Herrmann spent 17 years as a partner at a leading international law firm and later oversaw litigation, compliance and employment matters at a large international company. He is the author of The Curmudgeon’s Guide to Practicing Law and Drug and Device Product Liability Litigation Strategy (affiliate links). You can reach him by email at [email protected].
