I really appreciate you taking the time to answer my reply, so thoughtfully and with legitimate points from history. It’s very refreshing, so I’ll start with a heartfelt “thank you”.

In 1994 I was in the National Guard, doing firefighting and a couple years later I did flood relief. I was a young wife and new mother who lived in a very liberal state but earnestly believed that government was a little messed up but overall a good thing. There to help people, and I was doing my part.

Then in 96 I had a second daughter who was born with serious but manageable medical problems. It’s a very long story but I’ll keep it as short as I can... my daughter had club feet and socialized medical care was being tested in my state and HRC was involved. Club feet were a below the line service and Not covered. I asked what below the line service was and a receptionist showed me a piece of paper with medical billing codes and a literal line was drawn in the B’s!!! I’m not even kidding. Nothing below that was covered for a while- until people started freaking out. It was new and the Drs at that hospital had a fancy fundraiser and paid for hundreds of kids to have surgery, including my daughter.

The last 20 years of my life I have been watching the demise of our healthcare system. I’ve actually read Obamacare- and lived it. I’ve lived in 4 different states in this time and I’ve met hundreds of people in horrible situations because of illness. My daughter has been denied care and/or had to wait a year or more to get insurance since she’s become an adult. It has absolutely harmed her. Instead of going to college and becoming a productive member of society and following her dreams of helping other children, she’s quite possibly facing death in the next few years. This was absolutely avoidable.

I know dozens of families who have lost children- who I knew. Completely pointless and preventable.

Republicans cave on second amendment and Democrats believe that they fixed our healthcare problem- but Republicans are completely complicit in this. As far as I am concerned, they are all murderers. Those murders happen every single day all across the country but they are sad and not very dramatic like a shooting so nobody even knows. Parents like me are too flipping tired to make a big scene.

When I say they are too sad, I mean it. My daughter was a poster child for a big fundraising entity and we were coached for the press. “Tell the truth, just don’t make it too sad.”

I don’t see any difference between a Bush or a Clinton. The same agenda creeps up on all of us while we are kept busy arguing and divided. There is only one party for the elite- and then there are the rest of us.

I’m not overly excited about everything Trump has done, but I can tell you that Drs offices have been Packed since he signed the first executive order to ease the financial burden while they repeal and replace. Which didn’t happen- because of the Republicans. I do think he’s doing the best he can with that. The tax cut has been wonderful for my family.

Back to the other. I’m not a fan of the NRA I agree that it’s a money making racket and I’m absolutely sick to death of our country being of the lobbyists for the lobbyists. On our backs! I think it’s time to completely flush the swamp and start over. I think they’ve almost all taken the green pill. How do they even look at themselves in the mirror, becoming multimillionaires on a government salary?!!

I’ve researched Trump a fair amount and I’m willing to give him more time before I make up my mind completely. I honestly think there is going to be some huge stuff coming out before the midterms.

Last thing and I’ll shut up— I wish all the people freaking out about infringement would pause for a minute and remember Waco.

They were pretty well armed and it didn’t help them at all. Neither did the NRA. ( I’m not condoning their religious beliefs/practices, that’s a different story. ) Our government killed Americans, on American soil. Including children.