Swing voters overlooked a lot before turning on President Donald Trump. For more than five years, they left pollsters with the unmistakable impression there was no such thing as a Trump tipping point.
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Then, in a sudden and deadly way, it all fell apart for Trump. Those millions of swing voters began to abandon him on those days in March and April when Trump made it so readily apparent to them that he cares far more about winning a second term than he does about the lives of the more than 328 million Americans he took an oath to protect and serve.
Indeed, it was during those dark days of late winter and early spring when seniors and soldiers and women and young people figured out Election 2016 had produced the most incompetent and morally bankrupt president in its history.
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So here we are, in the country with the greatest health care system on the planet and one of the highest coronavirus death rates. It’s not because hospitals and doctors failed us. It’s because the president lied, passed the buck, dragged his feet and failed to lead. An ABC News/Ispos poll taken in early July showed 67 percent of Americans disapprove of how he’s handled the crisis.
A July 10 editorial in The Washington Post put perfectly: “The nation’s dire situation is made worse by Mr. Trump’s ignorance and denial. He’s still claiming incorrectly that soaring case counts are due to more testing. He falsely and callously says ’99 percent’ of cases ‘are totally harmless.' The president is disconnected from reality.”
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Watch carefully how Gov. Mike DeWine and Sen. Rob Portman react in the weeks ahead when Trump brings his racist roadshow to Ohio. Both know Trump lacks an ounce of empathy, that his unchecked narcissism, along with his lies and cruelty, have harmed the presidency.
