A great many Americans claim that they cannot vote for former President Donald Trump because they loathe him.
That was also their argument in 2016 and 2020.
That argument was childish in 2016 and 2020, and it remains childish in 2024.
I say “childish” because mature people don’t vote on the basis of whom they like. They vote on the basis of which candidate is best for their country. As I asked both eight years ago and four years ago, other than friends and a spouse, whom do you choose based on how much you like a person? Do you choose your surgeon on that basis? If you or a loved one had cancer and were presented with a choice of two surgeons, one known to be an honorable man and loyal husband, the other known for his abrasive personality and for being a womanizer but also known as one of the best cancer surgeons in the country, which…
