Was that it with Donald Trump? The question has been asked many times – and then denied by events. During the 2016 campaign, many thought it was impossible for a notorious liar, sexist, and racist to become President of the United States. He became.
During the 2020 election campaign, it was said that all Americans had now seen for four years how disastrous this man has ruled the country. Nevertheless, almost half of the voters stood by him undeterred. They knew what they were doing – and did it anyway.
According to federal law, an accused and convicted Trump would have been disqualified from any office. But most likely the Constitution and its criteria would rank above such a federal law. The constitutional court has a large majority of conservatives and is committed to the wording of the constitution. If it comes to the oath, the verdict should be fixed. This is a hypothetical case. However, it would be negligent on the part of the Democrats not to take him into account. This is especially true because the Trump phenomenon extends far beyond Trump. Many Republicans have now mastered the rhetoric of the Kulturkampf he instigated.
They rail against incompetent socialists who demonize the police, let illegal immigrants in and indoctrinate children in public schools. This happens through the mediation of the “critical race theory”, which takes white children into responsibility for structural racism, and through gender teaching, which turns women into “menstruating people”.
Such demagogy is clearly catching. In arch-liberal San Francisco, three members of the school board were fired after a referendum in February. They wanted to rename schools that bear the names of former slave owners, including Thomas Jefferson and George Washington.
In the state of Virginia, Republican Glenn Youngkin was elected governor in 2021 because of his anti-curriculum abuse. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis introduced legislation earlier this year that bans teachers from speaking about sexual orientation and gender identity issues up to the 3rd grade. Critics call it the “Don’t Say Gay” law.
The progressive forces fighting for liberal values ​​make up only 12 percent of the Democrats. Nonetheless, Republicans have managed to target them and their content. In the field of education, Republicans are now attested to be more competent than Democrats. Consequently, they would do well to give their opponents as few opportunities as possible for further profiling.
Republicans want parents to have more control over their children’s education. The issue has the potential to even decide a presidential election.
