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‘I Can’t Afford This’ Trump Voters in Rural America Stunned as Cost of Living Keeps Rising
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Yeah it sucks to be sure. Hell, it's probably even financially ruinous. But, at least we have the pleasure of watching them cry about it. Many of us voted against him because we knew this was coming, so it's at least pleasurable to watch them suffer consequences. It's like when a cartoon character steps on a rake and it bounces up to hit them in the face.
I am no longer getting pleasure or carthasis from this. I need the old white leeches to be choked with the bare hands of the people
Oh, the guillotines are coming, for sure. And, it will be a joyous day to see their blood wash away their filth. But, this is to help bridge the gap.
I very much doubt that.
Americans are armed to the teeth, they've always pretended the staggering number of gun deaths in the US was a necessary evil to keep the government in check, yet now that they're in the very situation for which they claimed they needed the guns, they ain't using em.
Nothing is coming because there's nothing to be expected of a nation of dumb racist hicks and pretend tough guys.
You're confused. The people you're talking about, the ones armed to the teeth and justifying gun deaths, are the same ones who voted for Trump and love what he's doing. They're giddy with joy about it. Why would they use their guns against the very government they wanted and voted for?
Wow, every country is going through a right wing attack of racist and greedy POS.
It doesn't make me angry that you believe the entire country is like that, because obviously it's kind of true. But please take care of your own trash as well.
This is irrelevant whataboutism.
Also, what makes you think I live in any of those countries?
What country do you live in?
No shit, and expect all of the other countries to also get their Trumps. It's not what I want but it lookes more and more real each day
And yes, I don't live in US and I live in a country where right wing is not in full power yet, but getting more popular as of late
Amerikkkans are not going to do shit.
Yeah, way too lazy
Yeah, who's "they" in your glorified genocide?
What the fuck? How exactly would that work? Even if the vast majority of gun owners wanted to kill Trump, the military would wipe the floor with them
Something tells me there's a large overlap between gun owners and members of the military. But that's not the issue, the issue is Americans are either complicit or complacent. Let's see what their next excuse is after the mid-terms solve nothing.
That Venn includes white supremacists and actual antisemites... like KKK MFers.
A man with a hammer managed to break a window in the vice president's house today. Imagine if he had even a handgun. These people are really just as vulnerable as the average person.