Lisa, Indiana

My Mom and I butted heads like normal mother and daughter, but she was always the kindest, most loving person I knew. She never said a bad word about anyone and would tell me and my brother that loving thy neighbor was the most important of all God's rules.

I grew up wanting to have the compassion and empathy that she did. Then Trump happened. Now my mother, who was left by my father for his pregnant mistress by the way, supports someone who's done the same to every wife.

She told me that if me or my two daughters were raped and needed an abortion to survive she'd, "Pray real hard to God, but won't give the ok for an abortion. "

She loves JD Vance who thinks that I, her college-educated, employed daughter, should only aspire to be a breeder and that my daughter, who has mental and physical disabilities, needs to go to church to be cured.

The most painful part for me is that I need my Mom desperately. I would love to call her up and ask for advice or have her as a sounding-board, but how can I trust her or respect her when she believes in such hateful, horrible people? It would be a dream to connect with my Mom over politics and have her on my side and on her granddaughters' sides.

I tried to talk about everything except politics and religion, but she'll send me texts ranting about my lack of religion and how I raise my kids. For the past 8 months I've had no contact and very little text/phone contact. T

rump and Christian Nationalism is directly responsible for brainwashing my Mom. She now attends conferences and retreats, puts cardboard over her windows at times, and subscribes to all the whackadoo "medical" Q sites.

She and her husband live a modest lifestyle but send money to Trump because he's being "persecuted". I'm sorry for the rambling, this is the first time I've typed out all the feelings of loss. I hope she comes around some day.