Transcript: Trump Voters Suddenly Shocked at How Badly He Screwed Them

This is a great article, more than just bait for "You voted for leopards eating faces and now you're surprised that a leopard ate your face" comments.

There's a great opportunity for Dems here, if they are willing to take it. Point out to the conservative little people that Trump's friends are the rich and powerful and the little conservatives will get nothing and like it. Highlight that Trump is hurting farmers so he and his rich buddies can get a tax cut. Remind them that the GQP doesn't care about people. It only exists to get stupid rich off of everyone's labour.

Who cares?

The media is pushing this narrative about "Trump voters" so that liberals will go "FAFO" and jerk off about leopards. The fact remains that most of the people hurt by these policies didn't vote for them.

Because they are fucking ignorant of how the world works.

Legitimate question- do you know any IRL? I am convinced that these people will stand by Trump no matter what. I live in a Trump heavy district and everyone is talking about how hard this is but how it's all actually a genius negotiating tactic. They truly cannot believe that Trump isn't their Savior.

Not all of them. Just got off the phone with my dad where he was celebrating the successful effort to curb waste fraud and abuse. apparently this was all bidens fault and thank god we have trump to guide us through to prosperity. now, I just need to put my paycheck into crypto and I’ll be one of the new lords of this coming age..

thank god, was beginning to worry after checking on my 401k…

Nope, they're still full-on MAGATizing out there. If they realize anything yet, it's only subconsciously and they'll never admit it, even to themselves.

It’s the information environment, stupid.

Same conclusion as everyone. If Democrats want to survive, they have got to start pushing these online information siloes shamelessly like Republicans do instead of rambling on about issues, door to door, like it’s 1950. It’s like they’re fighting drones with swords.

It sucks. But if they aren’t going to reign in big tech and literally criminal media, well, they better join the mess they're complicit in.

I better go to Costco and buy as many canned foods as possible huh?

they actually believed he only says things to get himself elected thats about it, or he would walk back the promises designed to hurt them. oh and conservatives are always addicted to drama/ propaganda, hence why they fall for scams very easily.

I was at a rally over the weekend. I can assure you that most of them are still quite committed to being taken. At least in my odd little corner of Oregon.

slow clap Turns out that they're not all illiterate, so I guess a belated congratulations on their achievement of 8th grade reading comprehension is in order?

Oof, that’s a brutal headline. Wonder how many voters actually feel this way.

I think this is a very important bit:

When we say they’re voting against their interests, I think we have to be very clear. I don’t think when they vote for somebody like Trump, or George W. Bush for that matter or Mitt Romney, they’re voting against many of their social and cultural interests. They may simply apply greater salience or weight to that than they do their ability to cover their health care costs or their ability to limit their co-pays and out-of-pocket expenses or their tax rates or their local industries.

"This was supposed to happen to them, not me!"

Aaaaaand scamer get scammed.

These are catastrophically stupid people, but you have to leave space for people to change their minds. We need each other.