Before the election, a house in my neighborhood had several signs up for Biden, including one rather nasty one that said something about "Flushing the Turd."

Then one day I saw that not only had the signs been covered in spray paint, but "TRUMP 2020" was spray painted on both the garage door and the car parked in the driveway.

A few weeks later I see a man in front of the house putting up Christmas decorations so I pull over and approach him. I say, "Hi, I live around the corner and I saw the damage that was done to your property last month. I DID vote for Trump, but I wanted you to know that not all of us are like that. We aren't the ones looting or vandalizing property. And I'm sorry that happened to you."

His response:

"When I came out that morning after they did that, I saw the worst of people. But that day, three different Trump supporters I never met before came and offered to help pay for the damages. And a little old lady came by with a homemade cake. She said she loves our president and that I should, too, and that she was sorry she didn't have time to decorate the cake better. I was so surprised. By that night I saw the best of people."

We talked for almost an hour, and I told him how MSM paints Trump as a racist and a buffoon, but that just isn't true at all. He actually listened, and said that he was really impressed at how complete strangers stepped up to help like that, and that he would have to take another look at who Trump really is if his supporters are as kind and decent as the neighbors he met as a result of the incident. We shook hands and said good night.

It starts with a conversation. (And a suggestion to try OANN instead of CNN!)