I'm not voting Republican

Can we make America great again by not electing Donald Trump? Article from The New York Times about how Trump's slogan and hat no longer means anything because hipsters are wearing it "ironically."

Is it any surprise I'm not voting Republican? I've been a registered Democrat since I was 18 and I feel like I've actually gotten more liberal since college which is perfectly normal. It happens to everyone. Nothing to worry about. Nothing to worry about except my rage towards Republicans.

The second Republican debate was held at the Ronald Regan Presidential Library a few days ago but watching it was pointless. I like to consider myself a politically savvy person but I don’t know half the Republicans who are running. Why are there so many running? Who put you up to this? Where did you all come from? There were 11 candidates present at the debate this month and the infamous Donald Trump was there. I hate living in a world where people take Donald Trump seriously and think his ideas for this country could actually work.

The beginning of the debate included the candidates trashing Trump and somehow trashing President Obama at the same time. Scott Walker stated that we didn’t need another apprentice in the White House because we already had one. Ouch. Trump talked about his success as a businessman and how he’s actually been in politics his entire life (what?). Jeb Bush admitted to smoking marijuana while in high school 40 years ago then tweeted “Sorry Mom.” Is that supposed to help me relate, Jeb?

This debate was uninteresting. Trump wasn’t in high spirits and didn’t really yell at anyone. I respect Carly Fiorina for being the only woman amongst the male canidates but she left me uninterested as well. Bush attempted to get Trump to apologize to Bush’s wife, who is Mexican-American, as Trump recently tweeted about her and is extremely anti-immigration.  

There was a time when I was genuinely scared that Mitt Romney would become president but now I'm starting to feel that again. It makes no sense to me when kids my age, "millennials," (a term I HATE) are Republicans and now it blows my mind that anyone in their right mind could ever vote for Trump. 

I didn’t learn much from the Republican debate. I already knew I wasn’t voting Republican and this debate just enforces my thoughts. A lot of issues, like gun control and racial justice, were ignored at the debate and it seems like those issues will stay ignored. It was Republicans who helped me realize my hippie, liberal ways when Obama ran again in 2012. It was Republicans who helped me realize I was a crazy, deranged feminist and those are probably the only things I can ever thank a Republican for.