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22-05-2025
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"This Is A Sad Day For America" — MAGA Supporters Have A LOT To Say About Trump's "Big, Beautiful" Tax Bill, And It's Not What I Was Expecting
Donald Trump's self-described "big, beautiful" tax bill has officially passed the House of Representatives and is now headed to the Senate. The legislation extends tax cuts that primarily benefit the highest earners, increases funding for the military and immigration enforcement, eliminates taxes on tips and overtime, reduces funding for Medicaid and food stamps, and ends tax incentives for clean energy. Per an NBC report, the Congressional Budget Office expects the bill to add $2.3 trillion to the federal deficit over the next decade, as the cost of tax breaks and new spending far exceeds savings. The bill squeaked through by a single vote (215 to 214). All Democrats opposed it, joined by just two Republicans: Rep. Warren Davidson of Ohio and Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky. Ahead of the vote, Massie warned of the bill's consequences, calling it a "debt bomb ticking." He said, "I'd love to stand here and tell the American people, 'We can cut your taxes and we can increase spending and everything's going to be just fine.' But I can't do that because I'm here to deliver a dose of reality." C-SPAN / @RepThomasMassie / Via Twitter: @RepThomasMassie "This bill dramatically increases deficits in the near term but promises our government will be fiscally responsible five years from now," he continued. "Where have we heard that before? How do you bind a future Congress to these promises? This bill is a debt bomb ticking." To my surprise, Massie was not the only conservative speaking out about the bill. In the hours following the vote, a wave of conservative voices took to social media to express their thoughts — and they're not too thrilled, either. Here's what they had to say: 1."Where's the spending cuts we were promised?" —Vag-etarian Related: People Are Obsessed With Pope Francis's Final, Resounding Message To JD Vance After His Visit To The Vatican 2."So adding to the debt is good now that we're in power?" —Blown89 3."Oh boy, more needless spending." —Nero_Ocean 4."Great. I like how they're just avoiding that it doesn't balance the budget. What are we even doing at this point with that? Just spending ourselves into oblivion? Fine. I'll say the unpopular thing — if that's where we're going, I might as well vote Democrat so it happens faster. I'm so incredibly discouraged at this point." "It's great that we're getting a lot of this culture war stuff; I'm big on that, too, but if we don't get the deficit under control fast, all the rest of that won't matter in relatively short order. I need to start teaching my kids how to farm their own food at this rate because the depression that is starting to look increasingly inevitable with our fiscal behavior will make what happened in the 1930s look like the boom in the '50s." —deadzip10 5."I think Trump could do it, if anyone had the momentum and control to drastically lower the deficit over time, I think it's this administration. Disappointed that isn't the case. The rich continue to get richer, that money exists out there, and it's not 'trickling down' anymore." "We can't fix our country's problems by taxing Elon Musk more alone, but I feel like a change needs to happen in how we approach extravagant wealth. But poor people from West Virginia don't win elections; the rich do. I'm so jaded. Come on, Trump and co., you can do this!" —MapleMonstera Related: From Kamala Harris Back In '01 To Joe Biden As A Youngish Man, Here's What 11 Politicians Looked Like Back In The Day 6."I encourage everyone to read the language of the bill, it feels rather reckless and does virtually nothing to help the middle/lower class." —Simmumah 7."I'm all for lowering taxes, but drastically lowering them AND increasing spending is a recipe for disaster. It's like trading in your full-time job for a part-time job, and at the same time upgrading from a two-bedroom apartment to a mansion. Lowering revenue and raising spending is asinine." —Zaphenzo 8."I'm a strong Republican and, in general, a big fan of Trump, but this is a sad day for America. Adding to the deficit is unacceptable." —r_barchetta 9."This bill won't pass in its current form in the Senate, which is fine, I don't think it should. I don't know why we're masking the increase in spending with cuts to programs that benefit the poor. I encourage people to read the language on the work requirements part, it's very vague and hard to navigate when it comes to reporting." "I'm all for cutting waste, fraud, and abuse on Medicaid and SNAP, but there are better ways to go about it than work requirements (I'm also all for those able-bodied being put to work, but the disabilities listed don't cover anywhere near all disabilities that could prevent someone from working). I think if the Medicaid/SNAP changes go through as is, the GOP will get mauled in the midterms. This bill is pretty reckless and feels like it's just trying to push something through ASAP, maybe Chip Roy was right (even though he folded under pressure)." —Simmumah 10."If we just agreed that Republicans care nothing for fiscal responsibility in 2025, this bill would be easier to swallow. Yeah, a couple nuggets of good for the working class, but by and large, the only thing it really accomplishes is increasing the deficit and spending across the board." —d_rek 11."Unfortunately, this is basically just more tax cuts for wealthy." —superduperm1 12."STOP FUCKING SPENDING! Edit: I love the no tax on OT and no tax on tips." —milezero13 13."I'm extremely disappointed with this bill because it adds [$2.3 trillion] to the debt over 10 years. Our country is heading rapidly into a debt crisis that will crush American living standards." —RedditThrowaway-1984 14."After this bill, we're done spending and we're going to start paying down the deficit for real, right guys? Guys?" —triggernaut Well, I'm glad we can all agree But let us know your thoughts down in the comments. Note: Some responses have been edited for accuracy and grammar. 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Yahoo
22-05-2025
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- Yahoo
"This Is A Sad Day For America" — MAGA Supporters Have A LOT To Say About Trump's "Big, Beautiful" Tax Bill, And It's Not What I Was Expecting
Donald Trump's self-described "big, beautiful" tax bill has officially passed the House of Representatives and is now headed to the Senate. The legislation extends tax cuts that primarily benefit the highest earners, increases funding for the military and immigration enforcement, eliminates taxes on tips and overtime, reduces funding for Medicaid and food stamps, and ends tax incentives for clean energy. Per an NBC report, the Congressional Budget Office expects the bill to add $2.3 trillion to the federal deficit over the next decade, as the cost of tax breaks and new spending far exceeds savings. The bill squeaked through by a single vote (215 to 214). All Democrats opposed it, joined by just two Republicans: Rep. Warren Davidson of Ohio and Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky. Ahead of the vote, Massie warned of the bill's consequences, calling it a "debt bomb ticking." He said, "I'd love to stand here and tell the American people, 'We can cut your taxes and we can increase spending and everything's going to be just fine.' But I can't do that because I'm here to deliver a dose of reality." I'd love to stand here and tell the American people 'we can cut your taxes and increase spending and everything will be fine.'But I can't because I'm here to deliver a dose of reality about the ticking debt bomb known as the 'Big Beautiful Bill.' — Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) May 22, 2025 C-SPAN / @RepThomasMassie / Via Twitter: @RepThomasMassie "This bill dramatically increases deficits in the near term but promises our government will be fiscally responsible five years from now," he continued. "Where have we heard that before? How do you bind a future Congress to these promises? This bill is a debt bomb ticking." To my surprise, Massie was not the only conservative speaking out about the bill. In the hours following the vote, a wave of conservative voices took to social media to express their thoughts — and they're not too thrilled, either. Here's what they had to say: 1."Where's the spending cuts we were promised?" —Vag-etarian Related: If You Get 12/15 On This Honors Vocab Quiz, Your IQ Has To Be At Least 150 2."So adding to the debt is good now that we're in power?" —Blown89 3."Oh boy, more needless spending." —Nero_Ocean 4."Great. I like how they're just avoiding that it doesn't balance the budget. What are we even doing at this point with that? Just spending ourselves into oblivion? Fine. I'll say the unpopular thing — if that's where we're going, I might as well vote Democrat so it happens faster. I'm so incredibly discouraged at this point." "It's great that we're getting a lot of this culture war stuff; I'm big on that, too, but if we don't get the deficit under control fast, all the rest of that won't matter in relatively short order. I need to start teaching my kids how to farm their own food at this rate because the depression that is starting to look increasingly inevitable with our fiscal behavior will make what happened in the 1930s look like the boom in the '50s." —deadzip10 5."I think Trump could do it, if anyone had the momentum and control to drastically lower the deficit over time, I think it's this administration. Disappointed that isn't the case. The rich continue to get richer, that money exists out there, and it's not 'trickling down' anymore." "We can't fix our country's problems by taxing Elon Musk more alone, but I feel like a change needs to happen in how we approach extravagant wealth. But poor people from West Virginia don't win elections; the rich do. I'm so jaded. Come on, Trump and co., you can do this!" —MapleMonstera Related: This Is The Most Colorful General Knowledge Quiz You'll Ever Take 6."I encourage everyone to read the language of the bill, it feels rather reckless and does virtually nothing to help the middle/lower class." —Simmumah 7."I'm all for lowering taxes, but drastically lowering them AND increasing spending is a recipe for disaster. It's like trading in your full-time job for a part-time job, and at the same time upgrading from a two-bedroom apartment to a mansion. Lowering revenue and raising spending is asinine." —Zaphenzo 8."I'm a strong Republican and, in general, a big fan of Trump, but this is a sad day for America. Adding to the deficit is unacceptable." —r_barchetta 9."This bill won't pass in its current form in the Senate, which is fine, I don't think it should. I don't know why we're masking the increase in spending with cuts to programs that benefit the poor. I encourage people to read the language on the work requirements part, it's very vague and hard to navigate when it comes to reporting." "I'm all for cutting waste, fraud, and abuse on Medicaid and SNAP, but there are better ways to go about it than work requirements (I'm also all for those able-bodied being put to work, but the disabilities listed don't cover anywhere near all disabilities that could prevent someone from working). I think if the Medicaid/SNAP changes go through as is, the GOP will get mauled in the midterms. This bill is pretty reckless and feels like it's just trying to push something through ASAP, maybe Chip Roy was right (even though he folded under pressure)." —Simmumah 10."If we just agreed that Republicans care nothing for fiscal responsibility in 2025, this bill would be easier to swallow. Yeah, a couple nuggets of good for the working class, but by and large, the only thing it really accomplishes is increasing the deficit and spending across the board." —d_rek 11."Unfortunately, this is basically just more tax cuts for wealthy." —superduperm1 12."STOP FUCKING SPENDING! Edit: I love the no tax on OT and no tax on tips." —milezero13 13."I'm extremely disappointed with this bill because it adds [$2.3 trillion] to the debt over 10 years. Our country is heading rapidly into a debt crisis that will crush American living standards." —RedditThrowaway-1984 14."After this bill, we're done spending and we're going to start paying down the deficit for real, right guys? Guys?" —triggernaut Well, I'm glad we can all agree But let us know your thoughts down in the comments. Note: Some responses have been edited for accuracy and grammar. Also in BuzzFeed: How Much Basic Medical Knowledge Do You Have? 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Fox News
22-05-2025
- Business
- Fox News
GOP holdouts sound alarm on $36T debt crisis as Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' passes House vote
House Republicans passed President Donald Trump's "one big, beautiful bill" on Thursday morning, working through overnight committee meetings, last-minute huddles in the speaker's office and even a last-minute assist from the president. But while House GOP leadership preached party unity as they passed The One Big Beautiful Bill Act by just one vote, two House Republican holdouts were unwavering in their concerns about the $36 trillion national debt crisis and ultimately voted "no." Reps. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and Warren Davidson, R-Ohio, took their concerns to social media on Thursday, telling their constituents exactly why they bucked the Republican Party on Trump's key legislative agenda. "While I love many things in the bill, promising someone else will cut spending in the future does not cut spending. Deficits do matter and this bill grows them now. The only Congress we can control is the one we're in. Consequently, I cannot support this big deficit plan. NO," Davidson said early this morning before the vote was final. Massie responded soon after, telling Davidson he agreed and "if we were serious, we'd be cutting spending now, instead of promising to cut spending years from now." "I'd love to stand here and tell the American people, 'We can cut your taxes and increase spending and everything is going to be just fine.' But I can't do that because I'm here to deliver a dose of reality. This bill dramatically increases deficits in the near-term, but promises our government will be fiscally responsible five years from now. Where have we heard that before?" Massie said on the House floor. The Kentucky congressman, who regularly sports a national debt clock pin, presented a bleak reality for Trump's "big, beautiful bill" on Thursday as most Republican holdouts rallied behind the final manager's amendment. "This bill is a debt bomb ticking," Massie said. When White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked about Massie and Davidson voting against the bill, she said the president believes they should be primaried. "I don't think he likes to see grandstanders in Congress. What's the alternative? I would ask those members of Congress. Did they want to see a tax hike? Did they want to see our country go bankrupt? That's the alternative by them trying to vote 'no.' The president believes the Republican Party needs to be unified," Leavitt said. Massie, who has been campaigning on Trump calling him a grandstander, even fundraised on Leavitt's comments, writing on X, "The big beautiful bill has issues. I chose to vote against it because it's going to blow up our debt. For voting on principle, I now have the President AND his press Secretary campaigning against me from the White House podium. Can you help me by donating?" Former Rep. Bob Good, R-Va., who served as Chair of the House Freedom Caucus, has spoken out against the country's debt crisis amid House negotiations, piled on the national debt criticism on Thursday, writing, "The Big Ugly Truth is that the Big Ugly Bill will push the Big Ugly Debt over $60 trillion." Good found himself out of the job when he lost the Republican primary to now-Rep. John McGuire of Virginia last year. He was one of just a handful of House Republicans who endorsed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in the 2024 GOP presidential primaries, and then Trump threw his political might behind McGuire. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act is a multi-trillion-dollar piece of legislation that advances Trump's agenda on taxes, immigration, energy, defense and the national debt. While the bill seeks to make a dent in the national debt crisis by cutting roughly $1.5 trillion in government spending, the United States still has over $36 trillion in debt and has spent $1.05 trillion more than it has collected in fiscal year 2025, according to the Treasury Department. "I think the most essential truth in American politics is that nobody actually really cares about the national debt or deficit. It's too abstract to saturate public sentiment," Fox News Digital columnist David Marcus said after the bill passed.
The Hill
22-05-2025
- Business
- The Hill
5 takeaways from the House passing Trump's big bill
House Republicans passed early Thursday a major package to advance President Trump's tax priorities, significant spending cuts to Medicaid and food stamps and a host of other partisan add-ons. The 1,000-plus page bill, which Republicans leaders changed overnight to appease GOP moderates and hardline conservatives, lays out trillions of dollars in proposed tax cuts and well north of $1 trillion in spending cuts over the next decade. Its passage in the House caps off weeks of messy infighting among various GOP factions and leadership, while also setting the stage for a clash with the Senate. Some conservatives are already getting heartburn about a proposal to raise the debt limit by $4 trillion, and have called for breaking up the House measure into smaller pieces. As House Republicans ran up against their self-imposed Memorial Day deadline, Trump visited the Capitol on Tuesday to press his party to fall in line, unleashing some of his ire on GOP critics of the plan. Some moderate Republicans softened their opposition to the package in the days since Trump's visit, as leadership negotiated a deal with Republicans from high-tax blue states to raise the state and local tax (SALT) deduction cap to provide more relief to their constituents back home. It remained unclear if the House bill pass as recently as Wednesday morning, as several in the party's right flank dug in as they pressed leadership for steeper cuts to federal spending. However, that resistance began to ebb after Trump met with the holdouts at the White House to discuss changes to the measure to secure their support. In the end, holdouts were able to secure changes ahead of the Wednesday vote to speed up the timeline for new work requirements for Medicaid, but not some of the more aggressive reforms some hardliners had previously sought. Trump is also expected to address some of the hardliners' asks via executive order. The cost of extending Trump's expiring 2017 tax cuts — a cornerstone of the legislative package — along with measures to nix taxes on tips and overtime pay, are estimated to add trillions of dollars to the nation's deficits over the next decade. The bill includes a slew of cuts to social safety net programs, including new work requirements for Medicaid and a smaller budget for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), estimated to generate more than $1 trillion in savings during the same timeframe. Estimates from federal budget analysts have found the bill would add more than $2 trillion to the nation's deficits, not factoring recent changes made this week. Other estimates from nonpartisan think tanks have projected even higher price tags. The White House has claimed the bill will not add to the deficit and Republicans have sought to discredit estimates from the Congressional Budget Office about the bill's costs. But that doesn't mean others aren't worried about its potential deficit impact. Although Rep. Warren Davidson (R-Ohio), who was one of two Republicans to vote against the bill on Thursday, criticized the CBO's track record on projections, he also cited recent estimates of the bill's potential cost when explaining his opposition to reporters on Wednesday night. 'Historically, their batting average is terrible, they've missed by wide marks on a lot of things,' Davidson said. 'But when you look at the outside groups that do dynamic models, even the most aggressive dynamic models, grow the deficit in this Congress.' Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) is staring down similar challenges to what Johnson faced in recent weeks as his members expect to rewrite significant portions of the bill, giving him little margin for error to get the bill over the line by their self-imposed July 4 deadline goal. Multiple Senate GOP members have already made their dissatisfaction clear with the House bill, giving the party a dearth of breathing room as they look to make numerous revisions in the coming weeks. 'I think there will be considerable changes in the Senate,' Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) told reporters Thursday, pointing to a possible reprisal of what happened in the 2017 tax cut push. 'The House passed a good bill. It came to the Senate, and we made it substantially better.' Cruz added that he expects those changes to occur 'across the board' in the bill. For Thune, he has to balance concerns on the right — headlined by what they believe is a lack of spending cuts — with those held by moderates that could make or break their efforts. The South Dakota Republican can only lose a maximum of three votes, with that number already down to two if Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) remains opposed to the bill over the inclusion of a $4 trillion increase in the debt ceiling. '[It's] very difficult,' Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) conceded. 'But he can do it.' 'It's a matter of building consensus, and he's going to have to basically be in touch with almost every single member,' Rounds added. He will also be forced to walk a tightrope on Medicaid in order to keep his conference lined up behind the bill. A number of his members have already indicated they are uneasy about the House's Medicaid reforms, with Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) serving as the loudest in pushing against cuts to beneficiaries. 'We ought to just do what the president said,' Hawley told reporters, adding that he spoke with Trump about the subject on Wednesday night. 'He said, 'We should do no Medicaid benefit cuts. Zero.'' 'His exact words were: 'Don't touch it, Josh,'' Hawley added. The already-strict constraints on subsidies for climate-friendly energy projects became even more stringent in the last-minute updates to the bill. The low-carbon tax credits were the climate crown jewel of the Democrats' Inflation Reduction Act — providing massive emissions reductions as they were slated to spur a significant build out of wind, solar and other energy sources. And while some low-carbon power is already in the works as a result of those incentives, many more could sputter amid the difficult conditions to qualify for the credit. The legislation's initial text, unveiled last week, included a phaseout of many of these credits, with incentives diminishing between the years 2029 and 2032. Some described the initial text as 'unworkable' however, since it also contained strict provisions barring projects that contained minerals, components or subcomponents from China from being eligible. The final version passed by the house was even stricter. The credits now cease for any project that does not begin construction within 60 days and that is not producing electricity by the end of 2028. The restrictions on Chinese components and minerals are stricter, too. Previously, it would have only applied to companies that began construction a year after the bill was enacted, now it applies to any project whose construction begins after this year. Both energy industry players and climate activists reeled after the changes were announced. Abigail Ross Hopper, president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association, said in a written statement that the legislation would 'upend an economic boom in this country that has delivered an historic American manufacturing renaissance.' Meanwhile, Aru Shiney-Ajay, executive director of the Sunrise Movement, described the bill as 'a declaration of war on our generation and our planet' in a written statement. In addition, the legislation also cuts billions of dollars in grants that aim to lower emissions and other pollution and seeks to make it faster to build up fossil fuel projects and expands opportunities to produce fossil fuels. House GOP leaders made changes to the Medicaid provisions in the legislation in order to win over conservative votes. The bill moves up the start date for mandatory work requirements from Jan. 1, 2029, to Dec. 31, 2026. According to congressional scorekeepers, the original language would have saved almost $280 billion. The bill passed Thursday morning before the CBO could analyze the changes, but the accelerated timeframe could yield even more savings, by pushing more people off their Medicaid coverage. The earlier iteration of the bill was projected to result in 7.6 million people who had Medicaid going uninsured. Those losses are expected to be higher with this new version. Republicans have long sought to impose work requirements in Medicaid, and the provision in the House-passed bill is the strictest that have ever been proposed. There are more stringent reporting requirements, and there are significant hurdles for people to re-enroll if they lose coverage for not meeting the requirement.
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Trump is more delusional, dangerous and corrupt than during his first term
It has become very apparent that President Donald Trump is intentionally looking for every opportunity to enrich himself financially this time around, even at the expense of our country. In his first term, he was given some guardrails by the Republican Party. Not having any experience as a public leader, he usually deferred to the norms of how our democracy worked in the past. But this time? Trump selected a completely unqualified Cabinet that swore its allegiance to him. The Republican Party has consistently shown it will not go on record or vote to stop him (except for a few brave souls like Rand Paul). They see exactly what Trump is doing. To make matters worse, the United States Supreme Court gave Trump a pass by ruling the president cannot be held liable for many of the illegal things he might do. Trump sees this as his green light to do whatever he wants to make himself wealthier and more powerful this time around. From the Qatar "sky palace" to the crypto meme coin, to cozying up to Saudi Arabia to further his Middle East financial relationships, the amount of corruption in the first four months of his term is staggering and unprecedented. More: Ohio's Rep. Warren Davidson introduces bill to study 'Trump Derangement Syndrome' Those of us who voted against him knew what was at risk. Despite Trump saying he knew nothing of Project 2025 (reshaping our government to give more power to the executive branch), it is reported that 40% of this authoritarian movement has already happened. We simply cannot wait until January 2027 for Democrats to take the House of Representatives to address what is going on. The American people need to show more outrage and badger their representatives and senators nonstop until they grow a spine and stand up to this man. Our Ohio senators are useless. They admit nothing about Trump's corrupt actions. When you write to them, you get a form letter back. U.S. Rep Warren Davidson is even worse. His website says he has introduced the "Trump Derangement Syndrome Research Act." (I wish I were joking.) He implies we need to understand the irrational, intense hostility towards Trump. I can save Davidson a lot of time and trouble: We see through Trump. We knew Trump was a selfish narcissist even before he ran for president. From not paying his share of taxes to defrauding charities to other personal scandals, we knew Trump was a conman with little empathy for others. He has always gotten his way in life, being handed his fortune from his father. He has shown us that he is corrupt; everything is a transaction for him to benefit from. He consistently lies and has no concerns over violating his oath of office. We are embarrassed that we have a man who says things like "immigrants are eating cats and dogs" as our leader. Our world is suffering greatly from the impacts of climate change, yet this man signs an executive order to "bring back coal." Someone who would not serve in the military himself wants to spend $45 million on a military parade for his birthday. We are sickened that he has alienated our allies and pals around with other corrupt authoritarian leaders. We are disgusted that he would pardon violent Jan. 6 offenders. The list goes on and on. I have Trump supporters in my family and can say confidently that they are not well informed. They do not know what he has done, what he has said. They believe many of his lies, and they will not do a deep dive to understand what is really going on in our government. He promised them a better economy, but now admits himself we may have to do with less. He doesn't care since he is benefiting. So, this is not an irrational, intense hostility that we have. This is our country. This is our future and the future of our children. We see it quickly fading away. Informed and honest Americans do not like leaders who repeatedly lie and show us they are in it for themselves. Jimmy Carter had to sell his peanut farm, but Trump can rake in the tens of millions with these schemes? That does not even include the on-again-off-again tariffs and their impact on the stock market. (Trump had said he loves it when the stock market is down because then he can buy low and make more money.) We will never know how much he made on that scam. There's an obvious reason Trump was impeached twice, and we cannot ever forget who this man is. Unfortunately, he is more delusional and dangerous than the first term, and there are no strong, ethical Republicans left willing to stand up to him. Trump supporters must start to realize they are not going to get what they were promised, and Americans need to pay closer attention to whom they are voting for. The writing was on the wall, but voters clearly failed to read it. Cindy Johnson lives in Cheviot. This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: The real Trump Derangement Syndrome belongs to Republicans | Opinion
