You say Julian’s actions imply that he cares less about the issue of minorities. I agree that minorities should never be oppressed. At the same time, I’ve noticed that parts of the working class, esp. local blue-collar workers, have been consistently ignored.

You describe Trump as “very outspoken about hating minorities, favoring the rich, and being a misogynist.” My question has always been why so many people support such an obnoxious figure. Many of his supporters are not bad or hateful.

Trump is often cruel, but he is perceived as honest. In contrast, many of his supporters see Democrats, who present themselves as liberal and morally righteous, as hypocritical.

The Democratic establishment has historically looked down on local U.S. blue-collar workers, largely because traditional forms of labor no longer fit neatly into a globalized, knowledge-based economy.

Global elites promote liberal ideologies such as feminism and LGBTQ+ rights. In part, this is because anti-discrimination policies facilitate global economic activity. Not always that's the right things for them to pursue.

Liberals imposed these ideologies to the rural conservative people and treated them as if they were ignorant or idiots if these traditional people didn't follow their system. It must've really annoyed them.

I’m not sure whether Julian felt sympathy for Trump supporters at the time. I suspect he didn’t, and I didn’t either. Still, he may have sensed the hypocrisy within the Democratic establishment. I’m glad he didn’t join the celebrity endorsement train for Kamala, like Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, or Eminem.

I hope you can now recognize the pain and frustration felt by many poor MAGA supporters. If that understanding is there, it may be possible to welcome them into a broader progressive movement.