A couple of elements of the Generation X stereotype are a) we are kind of bad, and b) we cut through to the truth.

Many people were surprised by Donald Trump’s first election victory, and didn’t know how to process it. Didn’t know what to expect from it. Didn’t know how to react to the things he did. Some of these were Trump’s own supporters, who found that they had released forces they couldn’t control.

One such person was Crystal Minton (c.1981), a Trump voter and prison employee who was displeased with how the government handled hurricane relief in Florida. She said, of Trump, “He’s not hurting the people he needs to be hurting.” And, for a lot of GenX, that’s what it’s all about. Are enough of the right people getting hurt?

—

“Trump voter: ‘He’s not hurting the people he needs to be hurting'” MS NOW, Steve Benen, Jan. 8, 2019.