Traci Chadbourne

Living in The Free State of Florida. Conservative Navy Vet. Believer in Biology. America First. Israel Supporter. NO DM's PLEASE, I WILL UNFOLLOW.
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[Traci Chadbourne @tchadbourne2]

God Bless the United States military, the people of Israel, the IDF and the people of Iran. Godspeed in their quest for freedom in Iran and peace in the middle east.
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[Traci Chadbourne @tchadbourne2]

@RapidResponse47 @Maverich440378 If this is the worst they've got, we are winning.

[Traci Chadbourne @tchadbourne2]

@CUNY_Prof @ChrisLoesch @marklevinshow @DLoesch @sidrosenberg19 @benshapiro @megynkelly I love seeing this.

[Eyal Yakoby @EYakoby]

“My kind of guy.”

- Elizabeth Warren

[Traci Chadbourne @tchadbourne2]

@GjDrW @data_republican @LarrysNana @timburchett Yes she is.

[Traci Chadbourne @tchadbourne2]

@data_republican @LarrysNana @timburchett Collins is the best we could get in Maine. She will be running against an actual Nazi, I think she would be better for the country.

[Traci Chadbourne @tchadbourne2]

@ArkansasAngie @CaroleQuinn So you want a Nazi Senator?

[Lyndsey Fifield @lyndseyfifield]

Anyone who has ever extracted themselves from a relationship with a narcissistic abuser knows it isn’t clean or easy.

I cringe remembering how many times I tried to play the “cool girl” or fawn in response to what was clearly abusive, coercively controlling behavior by Graham.

I also know how dangerous it is to become the target of a narcissist — so even long after our relationship ended I continued to be upbeat any time he reached out, though I would also immediately shut down any attempts on his part to initiate flirting or romanticizing of the past.

Yes, the day I saw him announce he was running I wanted to make sure people knew he had a Nazi tattoo — and I was terrified he would find out it was me.

But of course he knew it was me.

What’s ironic is I absolutely never would have shared my story if he hadn’t been relentlessly attacking my character behind the scenes for months once the tattoo story came out.

I tried to signal that I wasn’t the source and stayed completely silent about him on social media even as most of my friends posted regularly about what a bad person he is.

But then in early April the New York Times came to me. I asked how they got my number. I said I was not interested in sharing my story. They said but wait—there are other women. Women terrified to tell their stories, too, and you need to band together. WE will help you. We will protect you. Men can’t keep getting away with this.

Hours before their first call to me I saw Eric Swalwell’s name plate get removed from his office door in Cannon. It felt like fate.

I welcomed the two journalists into my home days later, nervous and overwhelmed. Justin Fairfax had just murdered his wife and himself the previous day and even conservative pundits were conjecturing that “if only those women hadn’t accused him of abuse, this never would have happened…”

But I told them my story. I let them take pictures of my diary pages. I sent them screenshots of messages and gave them phone numbers and contacts. It was excruciating. I was surprised by what details I remembered, and as I poured through old messages I was horrified by how much I had forgotten.

I explained very clearly that, like many women abused by their partners, I had not told anyone about his violence at the time—I had covered for and defended it. I accepted his earnest apologies. They said that’s fine because the diary entries and my on the record story was enough.

They connected me to two of the other victims so we wouldn’t feel so alone. I insisted to each of them that I trusted the NYT journalists and that we were doing the right thing despite their (sadly very accurate) sense that something was wrong.

One of the victims and I realized our relationships with Graham overlapped completely - he had been cheating on both of us the entire time we were together.

I should note here that my life is just… beautiful. These are the best years of my life. Raising two young girls in a safe, beautiful neighborhood where I work from home and shuffle my children from dance classes and soccer to church events — I am blessed far beyond what I deserve with wonderful friends and family and the most loving, brilliant husband in the world. Why would I blow my life up like this? Why would I risk the psychotic doxxing from violent leftist activists?

Because while I have been terrified to come forward I decided this was the “hard right thing” to do. The guilt of staying silent has nagged me.

Most therapists recommend a “gray rock” approach to extracting yourself from narcissistic abuse — it works really well, but it is a gift to the abuser, allowing them to persist in their delusion that they’ve done nothing wrong.

I couldn’t stay silent as he continued to lie and lie and lie. I want my daughters to boldly speak out if they’re ever abused as I was.

[Traci Chadbourne @tchadbourne2]

@WarlordDilley @robertbangelab The swamp is deep and at this point they are playing a waiting game.

[Traci Chadbourne @tchadbourne2]

Maine is complicated. The cities are deep blue but everyone else is deep red. Collins is the best we can hope for. My husband grew up there and we go back annually to visit. We were in Portland and I took a short walk and there were 6 trans flags on homes and just one American flag.

[Traci Chadbourne @tchadbourne2]

@StacyAnnFlorida @Rachel42973 Yes we do. Primary every one. It will take more than a decade. Pick your battles.

[Stacy Ann @StacyAnnFlorida]

Dear Senate

AMERICA HATES YOU.

That's the post.

I know I'm not alone.

[Traci Chadbourne @tchadbourne2]

@AwakenedOutlaw @rec_ann @SenThomTillis At this point he will vote worthy the left for the rest of his term. Along with Cassidy and Conryn. Nothing will be done until the next Senate is sworn in.

[Traci Chadbourne @tchadbourne2]

@CrystalSin22064 @lsferguson @hrt6017 Thank you

[Traci Chadbourne @tchadbourne2]

@ChuckGrassley @SenateGOP This is not an achievement, it's an embarrassment.

[Traci Chadbourne @tchadbourne2]

@tntDVM @KurtSchlichter He's just nasty at this point.

[Traci Chadbourne @tchadbourne2]

@KurtSchlichter We need to set our expectations aside. This Senate will do the bare minimum. They will do nothing we want.

[Traci Chadbourne @tchadbourne2]

@Sassafrass_84 A sick society.

[Traci Chadbourne @tchadbourne2]

@GlockfordFiles It's slowly happening.