There’s no way to tell how smart the average voter is, but for those still unable to make up their mind on who to pick for president (if they decide to vote at all), there is no more logical argument than the one made by Danielle Pletka in the Washington Post.
Pletka, a fellow at the mostly conservative American Enterprise Institute think tank, wrote Monday that she has never cared for President Trump and did not vote for him in 2016, but that after seeing what has happened at warp speed in the last few months, she will probably have to in November.
She named a lot of things that a center-right voter might say — that she’s afraid for the economy and for the Supreme Court careening to the left and for more socialist-friendly policies. But eventually, Pletka got to what she should really fear, and what every independent voter should consider.
From Pletka’s op-ed:
True, it’s not a small possibility that a new Democratic president, emboldened by full-party control of Congress, would exacerbate the hell we’re threatened by “social justice.” All of the “white privilege” checking and “woke” scolding would become the standard way of life.
“Trump, for all his flaws,” wrote Pletka, “could be all that stands between our imperfect democracy and the tyranny of the woke left.”
Pletka has grown up, and growing up means doing a lot of things you’re not always excited to do. Voters will have to think hard about that.
