I live in a town of 30,000 people in southeast Wisconsin. As many of you are aware, Wisconsin has recently abandoned their progressive history by 3 times electing Koch-stooge Scott Walker as Governor (including a recall election), and swinging for Trump in the 2016 election.
My town, and county has been historically conservative, since it's a county that surrounds Milwaukee, and has benefited conservatives since the "white flight" movement in the 60's.
Today, during our town's Independence Day parade, the Republican and Democrat parties were both represented with their own floats and marchers...seperated by a band and a police car...
First, was the Republican float...a cardboard cutout of Trump behind a podium, adorned with all his stupid slogans, "MAGA", "Build The Wall", "Drain The Swamp"...the marchers, (surprisingly weren't goose-stepping) all held pro-Trump/Pence signs, waved flags, handed out Trump trading cards...and were followed by a white pick-up truck adorned with a fucking Confederate flag, and a Blue Lives Matter flag...(in case you didn't know, Wisconsin sent 91,000 troops to fight for the NORTH in the Civil War).
People stood up, cheered, hooted, hollered, and clapped...I tasted vomit.
Soon after, the Democrat float came by. Their float was adorned with slogans like, "Education for ALL", "Clean water for ALL", "Healthcare is a RIGHT", "Save the air - plant trees". They had a few posters for candidates running for local elections, who marched along, handing out candy to children...they were roundly booed, hissed at, and were presented with middle fingers. I even saw a dad take away a piece of candy from his daughter, because it was given by a Democrat.
Happy Independence Day.
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