According to a CBS News poll, 57% of Republican voters think the deaths of 176,000 Americans (and counting) due to COVID-19 is "acceptable" compared with 43% of GOP voters who do not.
By contrast 90% of Democratic voters believe this number is unacceptable as do 67% of independent voters.
I cannot say the results of this poll surprises me. Back in April, after Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick declared "there are more important things than living", I argued that conservatives aren't really pro-life.
In the grand scheme of things the views expressed by Texas Lt. Gov Patrick and by the Wisconsin protester more then 1200 miles away are antithetical to conservatism. But most conservatives aren't really conservative. At least not anymore. They gave up their conservative stand to bow down and worship at the altar of Trump. And with it they also gave up any illusion that they give a damn about the sanctity of life evidently including their own lives. I'm sure many of these people would still identify themselves as conservative. But they sure as hell aren't pro-life.
So when Republicans speak of the sanctity of life at the RNC Convention this week let us throw these facts back in their faces.
As abhorrent as these views may be they are the views of nearly half of all Republican voters and a third of independent voters. Under these conditions, President Trump could prevail in November without his shenanigans with the USPS.
In which case, it would be as if nothing had happened this year. Should this come to pass I don't think I could remain in this country. There is time. It doesn't have to be this way. But our work will be cut out for us.
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