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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have extremely nice, caring Christian neighbors with a completely disabled adult son (doesn’t walk, talk, or feed himself.) They are truly some of the kindest people you could ever meet.

And they are openly Trump voters. And I just can’t wrap my mind around it. They don’t strike me as stupid either.

We just avoid the topic entirely but I will never look at them the same. It was one thing in 2016. But this time around I just can’t get past it. [/quote]

You might want to direct them to the book by Trump's nephew, or this essay, wherein he details how his uncle Trump told him he should let his completely disabled son (same condition as your neighbors') DIE so he could move to Florida.

https://time.com/7002003/donald-trump-disabled-americans-all-in-the-family/

[quote]“Hey, pal,” Donald said. “How’s everything going?”

“Good,” I said. “I appreciate your meeting with us.”

“Sure, happy to do it.”

He sounded interested and even concerned. I thought he had been touched by what the doctor and advocates in the meeting had just shared about their journey with their patients and their own family members. But I was wrong.

[b]“Those people . . . ” Donald said, trailing off. “The shape they’re in, all the expenses, maybe those kinds of people should just die.” 
[/b]
. . .

I said I’d heard the fund for William was running low, and unfortunately, the expenses certainly were not easing up as our son got older. In fact, with inflation and other pressures, the needs were greater than they’d been. “We’re getting some blowback from Maryanne and Elizabeth and Ann Marie. We may need your help with this. Eric wanted me to give you a call.”

Donald took a second as if he was thinking about the whole situation.

[b]“I don’t know,” he finally said, letting out a sigh. “He doesn’t recognize you. Maybe you should just let him die and move down to Florida.”[/b]

Wait! What did he just say? That my son doesn’t recognize me? That I should just let him die?

Did he really just say that? That I should let my son die . . . so I could move down to Florida?

Really?

I’m usually pretty good at getting my head around things that other people say, even when I don’t agree with them. But this was a tough one. This was my son.

Maybe I shouldn’t have been surprised to hear Donald say that. It wasn’t far off from what he’d said that day in the Oval Office after our meeting with the advocates. Only that time, it was other people’s children who should die. This time, it was my son.

I didn’t want to argue with him. I knew there was no point in that, not at the same time I was calling for his help. I tried to keep my cool.

“No, Donald,” I said. “He does recognize me.”[/quote][/quote]

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