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I mean, Trump is a LOT of things, but he is also doing exactly what he said he would do. Why do they suddenly have a problem with an administration based ENTIRELY on racism, greed and a total misunderstanding of economics and military strategy led by a genuine mentally disabled person. This is EXACTLY what they asked for.
"All these bad things were supposed to happen to the other people, not me!"
This is it exactly. They were fine with brown people being hurt but can't look past a nice white lady being shot in the face over someone's ego.
They're consoling themselves with the fact that she wasn't straight.
If they are, it's a bad idea since it had nothing to do with her being targeted.
Conservatism
Logic
Pick one
Remember, these are the same people that believe hurricanes hit us to punish us for not being nasty enough to LGBT people. In their mind her ‘sinful ways’ caused her to be shot.
Something bad happens to someone else = punishment from God
Something bad happens to them = God is testing them
Well people like that will search for any excuse. This is a harder one than children in cages for these people, though, since it does go against the standard narrative.
The DOJ is working hard to find a reason to dehumanize her, I am sure they will "find" something that makes this OK.
Many sure seem to be doing their best to try. We'll see if it's enough to matter with the giant IF there's any legit elections there going forward.
"He's not hurting the people he's supposed to be hurting 😡"
Guarantee the lady that said that in 2019 voted for him again. Twice.
The Nobel Fell For It Again Prize would have just.. so many contenders with red hats.
Ehh, he didn't give the $2000 tariff credit
Agree in spirit though. The 90% of what he's doing was very predictable at voting time, with the remaining 10% being worse than expected somehow
If he had, he'd be getting away with a lot more Gestapo shit.
No, he's not, and that's why people are pissed.
He hasn't done anything meaningful to address inflation or the cost of living, and people's living situations have gotten significantly worse in a short amount of time. And this is in a time where he's promised to rebuild Venezuela's infrastructure and sent 40 billion in stimulus to Argentina.
Further, his promise on immigration was a mass deportation of criminal illegal immigrants, not refugees, green card holders, de-naturalization, and certainly not invasions of courts, kids schools, churches, and most definitely not summary executions of US citizens.
Very important distinctions to be made here. People are pissed and that's almost certainly going to be reflected in the 2026 elections.
He’s been doing all of the awful, harmful, spiteful things he said he’d do. He’s done none of the helpful things he said he’d do. The cultists are still holding out hope that eventually he’ll get around to helping them because he kept the angry and bigoted promises he made. Many will keep burying their heads in the sand because the cognitive dissonance of admitting they followed the wrong man for a decade is too much for their fragile egos to bear.