The Vote is Secret. Is It?

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Dad, how did you vote in 2020?

Ask your mom.

Mom, how did you vote in 2020?

There is no answer because the vote is secret. Some husbands don’t brook debates on anything. Their word is law. If Republicans are ‘family history’ then it shall be. Problem is, he’s alone in the voting booth and only the pen knows whether he made a tick next to Biden or Trump.

Movies are supposed to be fiction, but I learned something from the movie The Distinguished Gentleman starring Eddie Murphy and Sheryl Lee Ralph. Let’s say the vote is on removing power lines from residential areas. Congressmen cannot hide how they voted, because it is announced. His constituents back home in Iowa will know if he is a two-timing person.

An authoritarian husband cannot prove if the wife voted blue or red. In fact, he is so sure of his authority, he tells himself she wouldn’t dare vote otherwise. He can’t even buy her flowers, slide closer to her and ooze romance.

“Who did you vote for honey?”

Which is why I still don’t understand what Trump has over the Republican Party big wigs. Is it blackmail? How they finally vote in 2024, to make him the nominee will be public information, but the reluctance to denounce him is scary. We are talking about the world’s premium democracy. The U.S. is not North Korea, where Kim Jong Un inherited the presidency from his father.

Allegiance to Donald Trump also comes from political ambition. That’s why Marjorie Taylor Greene sees herself in Kamala Harris’ chair if Americans vote for Trump. Allow me to say if, because tomorrow is not promised, said Kizz Daniels, the Nigeria music star.

Liz Cheney has written a book, Oath and Honor. She has never been scared of Donald Trump long before its publication because her priority is the Republican Party. Why is she not afraid? Is it because of old money? Mitt Romney is also vocal of Trump’s rust on the GOP. If the vote is secret, why are big wigs chained to Trump?

Nonqaba waka Msimang

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