Stop Blaming Trump: Start Blaming His Voters

For years, the focus has been squarely on Donald Trump—his lies, his corruption, his endless circus of scandals. But here’s the truth too many people still dance around: Trump didn’t elect himself. He doesn’t govern in a vacuum. He is there because millions of Americans put him there, and millions more are eager to do it again.

And those voters? They knew what they were signing up for.

It Is Not Just Trump's Problem

When Trump adds $5 trillion to the deficit, that’s not just “Trump’s deficit.” That’s Trump voters’ deficit.

When a child battling cancer is deported, that’s not just “Trump’s cruelty.” That’s Trump voters’ cruelty.

When 13 million people lose their health coverage, that’s not just a line in a CBO report—it’s Trump voters ripping away health care.

When public lands are sold off to billionaires, that’s not “Trump’s deal-making.” That’s Trump voters selling America piece by piece.

These aren’t just policies floating in the ether. They are direct consequences of millions of ballots cast by people who knew full well what they were endorsing.

We Stood By and Did Nothing

And yet, time and again, we let them off the hook. We treat them like passive bystanders. As if Trump hypnotized them, tricked them, duped them into supporting him. No. They weren’t fooled. They weren’t hoodwinked. They weren’t victims of some elaborate con. Trump told them exactly who he was—every day, loudly, proudly, shamelessly—and they loved it.

That’s the part too many are afraid to say out loud. The cruelty isn’t a byproduct. It’s the selling point. His voters wanted it. They voted for the walls, the bans, the deportations, the deregulation, the billionaire tax cuts. They knew millions of lives would be upended. They didn’t care.

And so when hospitals close in rural America, when wages stagnate, when prescription drug prices soar, when schools are gutted, when our climate crisis accelerates—it’s not just Trump who’s responsible. It’s his voters. Every single one of them.

Accountability

Accountability doesn’t end with the man in the Oval Office. It lies with the people who handed him the keys. Until we start saying that plainly, his base will keep hiding behind the myth that they’re powerless bystanders in his wreckage. They’re not. They’re the ones driving the car.

They own this. All of it. The deficit. The deportations. The cruelty. The destruction.

Trump may be the face of it, but his voters are the engine. And they don’t get to wash their hands of the damage anymore.

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