Prices/inflation are a convenient excuse for voting for Trump. It’s the reason polite people use to justify their vote knowing everything they do so they can continue going through polite society.
In reality, they’re just bigots, christofascists, etc. (source: my family)
I don’t think that’s actually true. Sure, the people who voted for him are largely also racist, but I think inflation did push many otherwise apathetic voters to oppose Biden (or Harris, if they realized Biden wasn’t running). Those people are probably mildly racist too, but it wasn’t the reason they voted.
Valid take but I’ve literally heard some saying “it’s patriotic to pay more because Trump is trying to save us” in response to this kind of shit. They’re literally in a cult and their cult leader can do no wrong in their eyes.
Maybe some are figuring out, but not enough.
It’s like that old saying that a conservative would gladly eat a pile of shit if they knew a liberal had to smell their breath. As long as others are hurting more than them, they don’t care. The cruelty is the point.
I agree about those idiots. But Trump got 77.3M votes in 2024 compared to 62.9M in 2016. At least some of the new dummies were influenced by high inflation under Biden and believed - even were counting on - Trump’s promise to not only stop inflation but miraculously reverse the price increases on Day 1.
It was never about eggs.
The peope who voted for this don’t care.
Prices/inflation are a convenient excuse for voting for Trump. It’s the reason polite people use to justify their vote knowing everything they do so they can continue going through polite society.
In reality, they’re just bigots, christofascists, etc. (source: my family)
Exactly. It was a convenient excuse. Just like how they hate unelected bureaucrats but Musk is somehow fine as an unelected bureaucrat.
Hypocrisy is an expression of power over others. I get to do this, you don’t.
I don’t think that’s actually true. Sure, the people who voted for him are largely also racist, but I think inflation did push many otherwise apathetic voters to oppose Biden (or Harris, if they realized Biden wasn’t running). Those people are probably mildly racist too, but it wasn’t the reason they voted.
Valid take but I’ve literally heard some saying “it’s patriotic to pay more because Trump is trying to save us” in response to this kind of shit. They’re literally in a cult and their cult leader can do no wrong in their eyes.
Maybe some are figuring out, but not enough.
It’s like that old saying that a conservative would gladly eat a pile of shit if they knew a liberal had to smell their breath. As long as others are hurting more than them, they don’t care. The cruelty is the point.
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/trump-voter-hes-not-hurting-the-people-he-needs-be-hurting-msna1181316
From his previous stint in the Presidency.
I agree about those idiots. But Trump got 77.3M votes in 2024 compared to 62.9M in 2016. At least some of the new dummies were influenced by high inflation under Biden and believed - even were counting on - Trump’s promise to not only stop inflation but miraculously reverse the price increases on Day 1.