Diane Kroeze: We elected a racist, misogynist who disparages veterans and the disabled

Once upon a time we taught our children to succeed in this life by studying hard in school, respecting and obeying the laws, being kind and helpful to those who have less and treating the Earth and its creatures with respect.

Now people have elected a man who is a racist by his own actions. By his own words and actions and testimony of many women, he is a threat to women. His own words and actions show his disrespect for the disabled and veterans. He spreads known fake inforomation for his personal gain. This same man is filling his cabinet with people who agree with his bigoted version of reality. Many are rich people working for the big financial firms that helped or caused the disaster in 2007. He’s rich and racist. Trump brags about not paying taxes. He lied to his followers and now to us.

This is our role model? He doesn’t even bother to listen to daily intelligence briefings. Would you have voted for him if he had killed someone? How corrupt would he have needed to be not to get e elected? Is the next cabinet selection Vladimir Putin?

This story was originally published December 13, 2016 at 1:03 PM with the headline "Diane Kroeze: We elected a racist, misogynist who disparages veterans and the disabled."