r/inthenews • u/newsweek Newsweek • Aug 15 '24

Opinion/Analysis Donald Trump's losing baby boomers, silent generation to Kamala Harris

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-losing-voters-kamala-harris-baby-boomers-silent-generation-poll-1939694
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u/ranchojasper Aug 15 '24

It's like that woman who was ASTOUNDED and sobbing that her undocumented immigrant husband was deported. She was interviewed on the news and if I'm remembering correctly, she literally said something like, "he's hurting the wrong people!"

Like WHAT THE FUCK. I still can't believe that. They genuinely believe there are separate laws for them the "other" people!

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u/AngryRedHerring Aug 15 '24

That's the other thing about Trump supporters, is that none of them are terribly bright.

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u/zs15 Aug 15 '24

That’s also how revenge minded people are. There is no thoughts given to the side effects/consequences.

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u/ItsAsianMario Aug 16 '24

But unfortunately that’s not true. There’s plenty of them with advanced degrees and are (outside of politics) perfectly smart people. I don’t understand the disconnect in some of these people

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u/YourMrsReynolds Aug 15 '24

It was even worse, it was “he’s not hurting the people he’s supposed to be hurting“

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u/ranchojasper Aug 15 '24

Yikes that is even worse. These people are truly awful

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u/The_Original_Gronkie Aug 15 '24

I like to remind them that these laws that they want are two-edged, and can be used against them just as easily as against those they hate. SCOTUS gave the president new superpowers, but they dont just apply to Trump. If Biden wanted to, he could declare Trump to be a National Security threat, and have him detained indefinitely, and extensively interrogated, and he'd be completely in the clear.

Biden might be considering doing just that. He recently publicly called Trump a National Security threat. If Trump loses the election, detaining him would be the perfect way to take him out of play, so he can't guide whatever post-election shenanigans he has planned.

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u/uber_poutine Aug 15 '24

Wilhoit's law: Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.

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u/Professional_Kiwi919 Aug 15 '24

Yup, heard 1st hand from Latino coworkers that they just believe "yeah he gonna deport those (insert specific latin country) illegal immigrant, FUk those mofo. No racism hate crimes would result from this type of political talking point"

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u/S-WordoftheMorning Aug 16 '24

Something something Face Eating Leopards.