It hurts when someone you loved, or at least thought you knew, turns out to be more awful than you ever dreamed possible. — Back in 2020, my heart was breaking. And no, not because a virulent racist, serial rapist, unrepentant liar, and overall creep had been residing in the Oval Office for nearly a full term. As awful as Donald Trump was and is, I never expected him to be anything more. Therefore…