We the People
“This is our 1776 moment.” — Vivek Ramaswamy
The coalition that Trump has attracted under a big new GOP tent is nothing short of breathtaking. He says there has never been another political movement like MAGA, with huge crowds and joyous spirit. I have covered politics for a long time, and I have never heard crowds spontaneously erupt into shouts of “We Love You,” and “USA!”
But there was a moment, at the founding, when the revolutionary principles of “we the people” and “the consent of the governed” also attracted a huge and diverse public. One historian called it “the contagion of democracy.” On hearing Thomas Jefferson’s magical, “all men are created equal,” Native Americans, African American slaves and women all resonated to the call. One black slave was inspired to go to court to seek her freedom. She won, and Mum Bett changed her name to Elizabeth Freeman.
All over X are affirmations from Americans who once hated Trump, or at least distrusted him, who are now voting for him. Black men are especially prominent in this string of online testimonials. Some call themselves Black Dudes for Trump. Black women are not silent, some calling out Barack Obama for telling them how to vote.
I have been collecting these declarations for weeks, and the breath of the coalition is striking: Amish farmers, lesbian couples, Christians, rappers singing “President Trump you got love in the streets,” Gen Z, Hispanics who are furious about the open border, auto workers who worry about the economy, many who resonate to Bobby Kennedy’s call to rid our food and medicines of toxins, and even Never Trumpers.
Plus transgender voters and detransitioners. This while Trump’s biggest applause line is his promise to “get men out of women’s sports and stop this transgender insanity.”
In the Muslim-rich state of Michigan, imams who object to Israel’s policies support Trump because they believe he will bring peace. They spoke at a recent rally, praising his pledge to ensure strong borders, his vow to bring world peace, and the hand of God who spared him from not one but two assassination attempts.
It’s as if Trump — reviled as Hitler, persecuted by a weaponized Justice Department, vilified by all those regime TV talking heads — is now the coolest kid in school. He has won voters with his closing argument: if you want an economy that hums, if you want to close the border to Fentanyl and crime, if you want world peace, vote Trump. Something no one saw coming, except maybe Trump: he is surging in popularity.
And here’s the math. If Trump, who won 12% of the black vote in 2020, gets 20% or more, he will take votes away from Kamala in a lot of blue cities — like Philadelphia — that could flip states. If Trump, who won 41% of Hispanics in 2020, gets a majority of Latino support, some states could turn red. And if Jewish voters, who usually split 65%-35% for Democrats, and who waved the Israeli flag at the Madison Square Garden rally, if they turn to Trump in record numbers, it’s a political upheaval.
Meanwhile the #TrumpTrain has attracted a rainbow of support that would astonish the founders, some of whom thought rights were just for British WASPs. We the People have become a loving, welcoming nation, thrilled that Trump has arrived at “such a moment as this.” One woman at a rally in Las Vegas attracted Trump’s attention. He invited her up to the stage, and she fairly exploded with happiness.
This is no longer the Grand Old Party — in fact I wonder if the Republicans might ponder a new name. With MAGA Nation’s help, Trump has restyled Republicans as the Party of Common Sense. Men out of women’s sports. No more DEI or transgender insanity. Once the home of the country club elite, it is now the voice of the aspirational class, people who work for a living, while the Dems — who always gave lip service to minorities — are now the elitists who drive around in their luxury vehicles and private planes and tax the rest of us to pay for their excesses. In his wealth, Donald Trump might be one of them, but in his heart he prefers McDonald’s.
And that is perhaps the greatest aspect of the The Trump Train. If feels now like as if MAGA has defeated what the Far Left has been teaching our children since Obama took office — that white people are oppressors, that black and brown people are victims. This insidious ideology has poisoned us. It ridicules Western Civilization as colonization. It insists on emptying the jails while decriminalizing crimes. And it demands that racism is at the heart of all controversies.
Let’s prove them wrong. Let’s vote.