My mother of blessed memory
told me that we were headed this way. She lived thru the McCarthy era and said that there were millions in this country who had the potential tobe fascists or Nazis and that periodically there would be an awakening but to watch for the Revolution by the hate mongers and the right wing elements.
On this Mothers Day weekend I recall my upset that she did not live to see the first Black President elected but by the same token she’s not forced to endure the horror of the miscreant presently residing in the White House.
That being said, I miss you, Mom.
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I lost my mother, too, six years ago. It was a terrible accident when a hurricane passed through. Growing up, I didn't know about bigotry and we lived in a pretty diverse community. My parents were liberal Republicans, something that doesn't exist anymore. But my mother still remained stubbornly Republican, I like to think that my father would have turned against Bush*, let alone Trump. My grandmother (his mother) definitely changed, she voted for President Clinton. As for my mother, she told me early on that, of the 2008 candidates, she liked Obama. But then she changed her mind when she learned he was a Democrat. 
