About Trump’s fans

Trump calls mainstream news “fake news.” If you listen to Fox TV and Fox Radio for your news, it must seem like an alternate universe when you try to watch mainstream news and commentary on PBS, CBS, NBC, CNN, ABC, and almost any channel that does not have “Fox” in front of it. I believe that most college graduates get their news from mainstream news media. Fox News is the outlier—the real “fake news.”

It seems Trump’s base is wired differently. What do they have in common? Fear of the unknown and hatred for all who threaten them. That includes immigrants, homosexuals, Muslims, liberals, and black and brown people. They find common ground with people who are against abortion, same-sex marriage, gun control, and the liberal side of the cultural divide. Many of them want to send black and brown people back to where they came from.

If they heard it on Fox TV or radio, they believe it. It is the “gang mentality.” They hide behind the Old Testament, paying little attention to what Jesus actually preached: love for all people and animals. Jesus said not even a sparrow can fall without God caring. They fear the rising national debt will bankrupt our country. They worship a holy God who will send many of us to hell for eternal torture. Be very afraid!

They think there are only two ways to balance the budget: Raise taxes, which will hurt the economy (GDP), or cut Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, which will also hurt the GDP. There is a third way, which grows the GDP: investments with borrowed money and taxes on the rich.

RUUD DuVALL Fayetteville