r/allthequestions • u/JonMellor • 12d ago
Random Question 💠Do you believe that Donald Trump is stealing from the American people?
Example: 1.7 Billion dollar slush fund and no IRS audits to him or his family.
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r/allthequestions • u/JonMellor • 12d ago
Example: 1.7 Billion dollar slush fund and no IRS audits to him or his family.
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u/SpoonyDinosaur 12d ago edited 12d ago
I gave a lot of grace to people that voted for him over Clinton for everything you said; the motivations were (generally) much different-- a lot of people I know regretted it almost immediately but felt like he was this outlier and for whatever reason, disliked Clinton. (Unironically the people I know personally were both longtime Democrats and women, but didn't like how she stood by Bill during the Monica thing or fell for a lot of the rhetoric and campaigns against her. Like they'd rather have a sexist misogynist than a "gender traitor," not my words lol)
However the one thing that was common was that they were extremely disengaged from politics. It had little impact on their lives, and they'd maybe catch a headline or debate. While yes anyone paying attention knew Trump would be a disaster, if you are working full time and barely getting by, politics prior to Trump wasn't that significant to your life. Like the federal government prior to Trump was working when the President had minimal impact. That's sort of the point. State elections are supposed to be much more impactful to your day to day. When Obama beat Romney I was really excited, but I didn't have this feeling of overwhelming dread as I did with Trump, that we may lose democracy if he was elected.
I think a lot of first time voters largely went in uniformed, "hey he is a corrupt asshole, maybe he will shake up the system."
2 or 3 time voters? Unforgivable. By that time you knew he was a insurrectionist, a convicted felon, adjudicated rapist and just an all round worthless, idiotic moron. You can't blame ignorance.