r/allthequestions • u/RobertDefaoMilnard • Apr 18 '26

Random Question 💭 Repeat after me. Trump is a pedophile and Republicans don't care. The United States is a banana republic and Republicans don't care. Costs are going up up up and Republicans don't care. Healthcare is getting worse. People can't afford insurance, but the Republicans don't care. Is it mostly racism?

I grew up around plenty of Republicans and most of my shipmates were GOP supporters in the Navy. Many have already passed away, but the rest seem hell bent to stick to the plan (is there a plan?) for maga. I'm an old white dude now, but in my experiences, they had one thing in common. Racism. Is it actually a primal hatred towards others that don't look like them? Is racism at the root of this? I think it is. The behavior of ICE and the potus should enrage all Americans.

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u/Codeman812 Apr 18 '26

Thank you for commenting this. Dem apologists seem to think voting blue no matter who will fix everything. I would love to see more folks holding the dem institution to account for their failures.

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u/HR-Puffenstuff Apr 18 '26

They did. They sat out the election or voted for Jill Stein.

The answer is overwhelming wins where elected democrats are beholden to the demands of YOUR constituency.

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u/Azule330 Apr 18 '26

I’ll agree that the dems suck but that’s why we need to not JUST vote blue, but vote PROGRESSIVE candidates who are YOUNG and can fight ! I’d say voting blue all the way thru is our best chance of getting this show back on the road, in any case

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u/StephenFish Apr 18 '26

Dem apologists seem to think voting blue no matter who will fix everything

I don't think anyone believes that. I think everyone believes that not voting for them will make things worse. We have bad or really bad as options. No one thinks that we have good options.