Donald Trump thinks liberals hate America. Sir, have you met me?
The one time I officially lived abroad (Scotland, hardly the ends of the earth; nine months, hardly an eternity), my boyfriend sent a care package that made me cry, which had nothing to do with the boyfriend and everything to do with the fact that the package contained cherry Pop-Tarts.
You couldn't buy them where I was staying, but I loved them and still do. I also love McDonald's. I love Thanksgiving Day parades and Fourth of July pool parties. 'Mission: Impossible' movies and John Grisham novels. Holiday Inn Expresses and my hometown's annual Corn Festival with a mountainous pile of corn right there on the street, which you can grab from and eat raw. I've been to every U.S. state except Hawaii and North Dakota and have loved things about each of them, so it is deeply confusing that Donald Trump and his allies keep insisting I hate America.
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