Banda knows how that feels. She backed Trump in each of his three campaigns, motivated by her opposition to abortion. But when cancer came, the ensuing scramble to make ends meet was painful enough to rearrange her priorities, and she started to think about voting Democratic for the first time.


After COVID killed my mom and 01/06 left me with PTSD, I am not the same man. There is no grace left in my heart. I’d tell her to her face, “I hope you die and your children scream for their loss.” Is that evil? I do not care.
No, that is how we fight this.