Obama wasn’t separating families, Trump is. The masks are new. The conditions in holding facilities are new. The mass pardons are new. The election interference is new.

Sure, you can argue that it’s just a matter of degree, but it’s a wide margin. We don’t have to ignore foreign policy. The Democrats certainly have their sins, but again the difference is wide. That’s why I compared axes to chainsaws. They both do damage, but one does much more damage and faster.

You don’t vote for the axe because it’s good, you vote for the axe because the chainsaw is worse and the trees haven’t reached the point where they can ensure another alternative. I absolutely agree we should be building towards an alternative, but that’s a long term goal a century in the making. Ignoring the short term isn’t going to help being out about any faster.

Not only is there the damage to consider, but the direction of that damage. Left wing groups are being targeted as terrorist organizations. That’s not just the chainsaws taking down trees, that’s the chainsaws targeting the very trees who are trying to wake up the other trees.