George Conway, a former defender of President-elect Trump and an outspoken opponent of his candidacy, argued in an op-ed in The Atlantic Wednesday that the United States “did this to itself.”
“This time, the public was alarmed. In 2016, those of us who supported Donald Trump at least had the excuse that we didn't know how social pathology manifests, and that the presidency is more than just a man. There was at least the conceit of believing that it was an organization greater than man, with legal and traditional mechanisms in place to ensure that it never went off the rails. Mr. Conway opened his editorial.
After the 2020 presidential election and the Jan. 6 storming of the Capitol, which was won by President Biden, Conway asserted that the American people are well aware of who Trump is.
“So this year, I had no excuses. Even without the insidious riots of Ohioans eating their pets, or fantasizing about shooting journalists and arresting political opponents as 'enemies of the people,' “We knew everything there was to know,” he wrote. “Apart from the evidence presented in court and the conviction that demonstrated his horrific criminality.”
The Hill and Decision Desk headquarters announced early Wednesday morning that the presidential election had been decided in favor of Trump. He advanced to a second term after securing the key battleground states of Georgia, North Carolina, Michigan, Wisconsin, Nevada, and Pennsylvania. Results are still being tallied in Arizona.
Conway worked with an anti-psychopath PAC during the campaign and was instrumental in electing Harris Vice President. He insisted Wednesday that the “only hope” for the country is that Trump is “totally incompetent.”
“We have known and have known for years. Every American knew, or should have known, that the man elected president last night was a corrupt, brazen, sick man. “He is a liar, a shameless fraud, a sociopathic criminal, and a man without moral or social conscience, empathy, or remorse,” he wrote.
Conway argued that President Trump has no respect for the Constitution or the laws he has sworn to uphold.
“He represents everything we don't want and everything we should teach our children not to emulate,” he wrote.
Conway said Wednesday he was filled with sadness, not anger.
Conway said her belief that Harris would win and Trump would lose a second time was wrong and that it was an “emotional flaw” to believe people would vote against Trump. Ta.
Mr Conway called on the US to “brace itself” as the country's ability to govern would be “seriously degraded”.
“I feel chastened and distraught by my admittedly naive view of human nature,” he wrote.
