There are a lot of people like me that think Trump is a jackass and would like to have someone else but end up defending the guy because of the many, many times that his words have been taken out of context and used to misrepresent what was actually said. It rings too close to being subjected to the slurs Ninja puts out in almost every substantive conversation with Democrats we've all endured over the last 16 years or so. So many Republicans just took that and never stood up for themselves or anyone else (McCain, Romney, Bush, etc.). The lack of backbone only served to make the demagoguery acceptable. We finally got fed up with it and Trump happened.