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In Trump-voting Iowa, farmers have started to shout at each other

www.thetimes.com In Trump-voting Iowa, farmers have started to shout at each other

In our second dispatch from the new president’s America, our writer in this polite corner of the Midwest sees tensions rise over tariffs and tattoos

“What was he convicted of?” someone asked.

“He had tattoos on his body,” she replied triumphantly.

“Hey, smartass!” shouted a woman in her sixties, jumping to her feet. “You want to see my tattoo?”

“Lady,” the Trump supporter said. “You don’t know what a tattoo is.”

“Yes I do, I’ve got one!” the woman shouted, tapping her chest.

The Trump supporter dismissed her with a wave of one hand. “I’ve had enough of you Democrats,” she said.

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Someone needs to bring these people a holocaust surviver to show them their tattoo and explain why fascism should never rise again
Going to the midwest sounds like going to the zoo.
Next time one your friends insists that Trump voters are regretful, or somebody mentions Trump's poll numbers, show them this.
So many heads up so many asses.
I hope they rip each other apart trying to justify their own ignorance and his madness.
Finishing lunch with two friends at a diner in Osage, Dixie Bowman, 88, a retired welder, said she liked what Trump was doing. Her two friends, when asked, said they preferred not to speak of it.

Dixie Bowman: Trump is “a very kind, very generous person”
Eventually one of these rallies will turn into that church scene from Kingsman
I don't feel bad for anyone that voted for trump. Nothing he is doing is a surprise. So far it has been everything he said he wanted to do. Fucking morons got exactly what they voted for.
The US is overdue for balkanization. I think the USA will split some time before 2060.
Imagine believing that the best days of the US are ahead of you...

I'm sure improvements will be made, but the United States is dying, thanks in large part due to the cancer that's rightwing propaganda networks
Heavens to Betsy!
"Everyone that disagrees with me is a Democrat"
The leopard’s are gonna be obese by the summer.
You'd think farmers at least would understand the relationship between what you sow and what you reap.
He had tattoos on his body? I keep mine in a drawer in the shed.
This country is so fucked.
“That man is a criminal,” she declared of Garcia.

“What was he convicted of?” someone asked.

“He had tattoos on his body,” she replied triumphantly.

MAGA morons are the bottom of the barrel
I'd PPV Nana Slap Fight Championships.
The stupidity of some people in that article is jaw dropping.

Also, if they shout at each other now, just wait for the SSA, Medicare, and Medicaid cuts that make hearing aids too expensive for rural boomers.
I’m sick of you democrats and your *checks notes* due process under the law.
Iowa was improving in the 90s, improving in the 2000s. They were blue then.

Now I hate going back, it's not the same state I grew up in. Abortion billboards and porn stores, same as the bible belt now.

The state is not improving but they don't care anymore, long as the right people (like me) get hurt.
This will only escalate.. And, across the country...

And I'm here for it.

(How is it possible to have a "Food and Drink" emoji section that has no popcorn emoji*) 🤷‍♂️ 🤡
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This might be both one of the funniest and saddest things I've read since the last time I read about Trump in the news.
I thought that was their only form of communication

And I feel like this would be a great area for David Attenborough to do a nature documentary on
Good.
Heavens! What's next, fisticuffs?

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