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‘I’m angry with my president:’ Trump voters in Florida confront the fallout of his policies a year before the midterms (english.elpais.com)

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One is Michael Lyras, a 44-year-old American, who lives in Volusia County, near Orlando, in central Florida. Lyras studied addiction counseling in college but is currently disabled and receiving food stamps. He voted for Trump “all three times” but says he is upset with the way things are going: “I regret my last vote enormously,” he says.

“It was necessary to make changes, but not in this way, sacrificing our civil rights and liberties that are enshrined in our Constitution,” Lyras adds. “He [Trump] is turning this into a police state and he’s acting like an authoritarian. I didn’t vote for any of this”

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[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I don't really disagree with what you've said. But they want shit like healthcare. Cheaper rent. Cheaper groceries. Better pay.

And thank God, they don't think it's cool to starve people. There's the real test... You can bamboozle them, but they're generally not ok with taking food from poor people when the rubber meets the road. They've correctly attributed blame, even

I don't have a lot of respect for the average voter, but the real problem is a communication issue. They are on our side, they just don't know it and their fuzzy brains are too filled with propaganda

But it can be cut through with good messaging

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

May a thousand Mamdanis blossom.

[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 2 points 5 months ago

Inshallah. We must all become Mamdani