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vegeta@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 year ago

'No empathy, no morals:' Three-time MAGA voter, former Trump aide, Arizona mayor on why they back Harris

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'No empathy, no morals:' Three-time MAGA voter, former Trump aide, Arizona mayor on why they back Harris

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vegeta@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 year ago
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'No empathy, no morals': Three-time MAGA voter, former Trump aide, Arizona mayor on why they back Harris
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Trump's former press secretary Stephanie Grisham, who resigned from her White House role after the Jan. 6 riots, spoke at the Democratic National Convention.
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    It was clear that Trump had no morals when covid hit, and all he cared about was getting re-elected.

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        COVID was when the problems with Donald Trump came for the MAGA crowd. The problem with the MAGA crowd is they are fundamentally selfish. They lack the empathy to understand that problems that don’t impact them directly are real

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          I didn’t notice covid shifting the needle for 99% of Republicans, even as their relatives died. Even personally being impacted barely registers for a small number of them.

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          *The problem with conservatives is they are fundamentally selfish.

          FTFY 👍

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          *They lack the empathy to care that problems that don’t impact them directly are real

          FTFY

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        For most people, it was becoming increasingly obvious he was a terrible person. But I think a lot of it was really shoved in our faces during the pandemic.

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      and all he cared about was getting re-elected

      The irony here is that all he had to do was listen to the doctors, tell people to wear a mask, and get vaccinated. He would’ve been reelected easily. He probably killed enough of his own voters to cost him the election.

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        Well, he did get vaccinated. He was just too much of a pussy to tell his base to stop being gullible morons in those exact words.

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        It’s true, before the pandemic I was absolutely sure he was getting reelected. All people care about a lot of times is whether the economy is doing well, and even if not deserved, the president gets credit or scorn for the state of it during their tenure.

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      My progressive father got radicalized as old age caused him to spend more time indoors watching television. He went from anti-orange to team-orange. It made me very sad.

      Orange-shitbag’s mishandling of the pan brought him back. He was anti-orange again. I’m so glad he got redemption before he died.

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    • TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world
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      That’s all politicians in a nutshell. Though opportunism seems more common among the right.

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        “Both sides”……

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          You know politicians flip flop, don’t be naive (or biased).

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            Yep, all of them, all the time. Equally. On all issues.

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              That’s good, you just googled about John Fetterman.

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    Three times? But there have only been two elections since MAGA was born, the third one is coming up… Primaries, rightrightright.

    The mayor of Mesa, Arizona, John Giles, also spoke Tuesday night. Giles, a self-described “life-long Republican,” made headlines in July when he broke with his party and endorsed Harris.

    “I have an urgent message for the majority of Americans who, like me, are in the political middle,” he said. “John McCain’s Republican Party is gone, and we don’t owe a damn thing to what’s been left behind. So let’s turn the page. Let’s put country first.”

    Yes, let’s put country first. These are Republicans we can work with. Let’s have more of that!

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      2016 primary I suppose

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        Good point, I didn’t think of those as “counting” for this purpose but that makes sense. Thanks!

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      Classic putting the country before the American people.

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    Well shit, here I’ve been for 9 years thinking that all Mexicans are rapists.

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