The Serenity Prayer often comes to mind in today’s toxic political climate.

God grant me the serenity 

To accept the things I cannot change;

Courage to change the things I can;

And wisdom to know the difference.

I can be up in arms about Trump and Republicans all day long but have little power to change it. At the state level Republicans were clear enablers of the Trump agenda and there’s little I can do about that either, except vote every couple of years.

What I do have control over though is my relationship with you. At any time I get to decide if you’re out. I don’t do this lightly or without some level of thoughtfulness. I’ve got friends who voted for Trump in 2016 based on the canard that Republicans are better for the economy. I’m happy to debate this issue all day long, but if that was your reason and you voted for Trump once because of that, I can forgive you. While I thought there was plenty of evidence that the Trump administration would be a disaster to climate, public health, racism, and yes, the economy, I don’t expect everyone to see it my way. That’s why I’ve been debating Republican friends over policy for 35 years.

However, if you witnessed the spectacle of the past four years and still said yeah, he’s my guy, you’re out. Nobody should have an excuse to be that blind, I’m very sorry.