Dave Kerst: Trump was a liberal long before he turned against them
It is amazing and extremely sad for our nation’s future to see so many Republicans supporting Donald Trump. Instead of looking at his record, they appear to be lamely trusting his words.
Barack Obama supported the Obama stimulus, the bank bailout and the auto bailout. So did Donald Trump. Trump supported the very policies the Tea Party arose against and stood with Obama in their defense.
A New York liberal for four decades, Trump told Sean Hannity in 2011 that “I was (Obama’s) biggest cheerleader.”
As if standing against the Tea Party wasn’t enough, House Democrats once summoned the liberal Trump to Capitol Hill to testify about the alleged adverse effects of Ronald Reagan’s 1986 tax reforms. Trump called Reagan’s tax cuts an “absolute catastrophe for the country” and said the Reagan policy made the U.S. “no different than the Soviet Union.” This man is nuts.
The Reagan tax cuts produced a sensational 92-month economic expansion, with robust 3.5 percent annual growth in the gross national product and the creation of 20 million jobs. Conservatives are mad at Democrat policies and the GOP establishment, but a vote for Trump is a vote for poking yourself in the eye. Don’t trust this guy.
Dave Kerst, Tracy
This story was originally published April 27, 2016 at 6:32 PM with the headline "Dave Kerst: Trump was a liberal long before he turned against them."