02/02/2026
I honestly believe in these words!
An Open-Hearted Invitation To Those Who Voted for Donald Trump
Human history is a record of changed minds.
There was a time when most people believed the Earth was flat. Sailors feared falling off the edge of the world. New evidence slowly replaced fear with understanding.
We once believed disease was caused by âbad humours.â Then germ theory overturned that worldview entirely and that brave, humble mindshift saved millions of lives.
The idea that human beings could own other human beings was once mainstream, defended by scripture, economics, and tradition. The people who rejected it were accused of being dangerous. History now remembers them as moral leaders because they were willing to challenge the norm.
There is a quiet myth in American life that changing your mind is a kind of failure. That once you have chosen a side, pulled a lever, worn a (red) hat, or defended a specific position, you are bound to it forever. Itâs as if growth were betrayal and reflection a weakness. But real maturity is the ability to take in new information, observe real-world consequences, and admit that I see this differently now.
To those who voted for Donald Trump and have since felt unease, regret, doubt, or disgust, this is an invitation to speak out.
We change our minds about relationships when patterns of harm become clear.
We leave jobs when the culture proves toxic.
We revise parenting choices, medical decisions, and beliefs about ourselves, all because more information arrives.
What Iâm saying is this: Wisdom is iterative.
Politics is no different, even though it pretends to be. Voting is a judgment made with certain information at a moment in time. When new evidence emerges (about character, corruption, cruelty, or incompetence), responsible adults reassess.
Democracy does not survive on people being right the first time. It survives on people being willing to correct themselves. Changing your mind is an act of courage.
If you once believed Trump would disrupt a broken system but now see that he further destabilized it, it is time to say so.
If you once thought Trump spoke for the forgotten, but now see his policies harm the vulnerable, it is time to say so.
If you once minimized Trumpâs words and actions and now understand the cost of normalizing cruelty, it is time to say so.
Speaking out creates permission for others who are quietly rethinking their vote, wondering if they are alone. You are not alone. Acknowledge what you now know.
I know this must seem scary. There has been plenty of vitriol and moral superiority slung your way from this side. To publicly say, âI voted for Trump, and I no longer support him,â is not simply a political statement, but a social risk. It can mean losing friends, being shunned by family, becoming the target of ridicule or rage. It can mean admitting that you were wrong in a culture that treats wrongness as unforgivable.
This fear is rational. Humans are wired for belonging. Our nervous systems read social exile as danger. The threat of being outcast is not theoretical, but biological. Shame activates the same survival circuits as physical pain. This is why I suspect many Trump voters are currently digging in their heels rather than admitting theyâve changed their minds. Silence feels safer.
When people began to oppose slavery, they lost family, community, and livelihood. When women demanded the right to vote, they were mocked, ostracized, and institutionalized. When doctors challenged old beliefs about disease or pain, they were dismissed as dangerous radicals. In every era, those who changed their minds were accused of betraying God, country, tradition, and societal order. They were called hysterical, heretical, and traitorous.
But progress has always depended on people who felt that fear and moved anyway. Because they decided that truth mattered more than comfort, integrity mattered more than approval and staying silent carried its own unbearable cost.
This side has marched in the streets, signed the petitions, boycotted the billionaires, and called our representatives. The administration needs to hear now from you, that you are no longer willing to be on the wrong side of history. Your voices might actually hold more power than ours.
You are welcome on this side, at least by me. There is room here for former believers, for people who were misled, for those who hoped for something better and now see more clearly. Changing your mind does not erase the past, but it can shape the future.
