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I Don’t Think Trump’s Remaining Supporters Realize How Much They Are Despised By Non-MAGA Voters - Above the Law (abovethelaw.com)

submitted 3 days ago by spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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Early last week, I was at the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library for its first weekend. At the library itself, despite President Donald Trump inserting himself incongruously into the opening ceremonies, I did not see a single person sporting a Trump-branded clothing item.

The town of Medora, North Dakota, itself was, however, a different story. It wasn’t overwhelming. But for someone who lives in an urban center of a blue state, where even in the ruby red rural areas most people have become sufficiently shamed to shut up about their MAGA tendencies, a single errant MAGA cap is a rarity.

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[–] Fandangalo@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I wish mine would. I love her as a person, but she’s so headstrong about it. She’s hitched all these elements of her personality to it (faith, hobbies, community outside family, decorations). I feel like we’d need some sort of reverse Jan 6, like an event that’s so apparent & bad, not fakeable, but I cannot see anything sticking to Teflon right now.

Rubio & Miller’s recent comments suggest a deeper fracturing coming across America. It’s hard not to believe the worst is coming.

[–] SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It's bits and pieces at a time. She was a single issue voter. We would talk through points with her and she would think about them and agree.

It helped that she is actually super liberal.

[–] fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What was.the single issue?

[–] lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Everybody else's abortion

[–] SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Damn, that's bingo.

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe -1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

We just say "bingo."

[–] SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 6 points 2 days ago

Sometimes you can express emotion by using words.

In this case they were right but I still felt called out.