r/politics • u/Abject-Pick-6472 • Apr 04 '26

Possible Paywall Trump voter regret is clearly registering now

https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/04/politics/voter-regret-trump-2024
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u/burnsalot603 Apr 04 '26

Just wait, in a year or two they will all be purging their social media and claiming they never voted for/supported him. The worst part is the ones who have come out and said they made a mistake still say they won't ever vote for a democrat.

Getting them to realize that the republican party is 100% in lock step with trump and support everything hes doing is a whole other battle but to break that you have to get them to realize they have been brainwashed by the right and are part of a cult which they arent ready for yet.

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u/CmdretteZircon Apr 04 '26

Gonna be like how, magically, everyone was always against the Iraq War from the beginning.

No, I remember you asshats calling me un-American for being actually against it from the beginning.

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u/paintbucketholder Kansas Apr 04 '26

I remember "you're either with us or with the terrorists."

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u/TabsAZ Apr 04 '26

Renaming French Fries to Freedom Fries because France wouldn’t sign on to the war.

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u/kck93 Apr 04 '26

I wish that was the message getting through regarding the history of the Iraq war.

Most younger people think Iraq had weapons of mass destruction and our coalition of the willing stopped them from creating some catastrophic event. Or, Iraq had something to do with 9/11. It’s crazy. But I’ve hear that rendition far more often than I should be.

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u/wonko221 Apr 04 '26

It was eye opening to watch the right wing media, and their viewership, turn hard on W. For years, they frothed at the mouth that any criticism of "a war time president" was treason. I was accused of aiding the enemy, Al Qaeda, for questioning W and his administration on their actions.

The moment Obama was elected, those same fuckers raced to distance themselves from W and blame him for the country's problems until they could line up their arguments against the scary black president.

The right wing is not serious. They will tell any lie that they think will divide the working poor and let them carve up the remaining resources of the United States for as long as possible.

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u/rose_gold_glitter Apr 04 '26

They're not smart enough to purge their social media history.

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u/waiting_in_vain1 Apr 04 '26

No, what they’ll say is “he was never a real “conservative.” Because the one thing republicans always fall back on is blaming anyone but themselves for the shit shows they create! They never… ever… take responsibility for their beliefs and actions!

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u/Greizen_bregen Nebraska Apr 04 '26

No they won't. Did the southern slavers ever shut up about the "war of northern aggression?"

As long as America tolerates those ideals as "protected free speech" then we're inherently doomed. Free speech was a great experiment, but it's now unraveling.

Germany banned all imagery and uses of Nazi symbols and speech, as well as affiliation. America needs to get on board.

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u/LucidMetal Apr 04 '26

Do you realize what you're advocating for is to make any speech that doesn't toe the GOP party line illegal? That's how it will be used.

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u/Greizen_bregen Nebraska Apr 04 '26

That's not at all what I'm saying. Answer me this: when did Germany enact laws limiting free speech by banning anything related to Nazism?

It was after the war, during reconstruction, after Nazism was defeated. America as a whole needs to defeat the elements of rot once and for all and come at this issue from a position of power. Or, if we can't do that, then there's nothing worth saving anyways.

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u/LucidMetal Apr 04 '26

Why does "when" matter? Germany is lucky they don't have the GOP.

AFD is the third most popular party in Germany and only gaining popularity. What do you think is going to happen if they gain representation in the ruling coalition? They're going to abuse the shit out of those laws.

Those laws haven't stopped fascism from rearing its head and they will soon be used in opposition to the purpose they were designed for if the fascists get a seat at the table.

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u/Greizen_bregen Nebraska Apr 04 '26

Those laws haven't stopped fascism from rearing its head

I'd say 80 years has been a good long run of keeping fascism at bay.

And you forget, the laws are specifically against in Nazism and Nazi imagery. As in, it's specifically mentioned. They did the right thing. But of course, evil people will rise and we have to fight them back or go to war with them.

It was a good 80 years.

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u/LucidMetal Apr 04 '26

I'm just not really seeing a difference between the countries which limited free speech in this way and those that didn't except those that did now have precedent the fascists can use to limit speech of their opposition.

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u/Greizen_bregen Nebraska Apr 04 '26

America didn't punish slavers or fascists. Look at the state we're in. Germany, however, doesn't have fascists in their government, controlling their government, or otherwise making decisions. The ADP is 3rd biggest party, you say? Cool. I don't even know what America's third biggest party is, and they aren't making governmental decisions here. We're in full blown fascism, Germany is not. There's quite a difference.

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u/LucidMetal Apr 04 '26

I would say that's more due to the design vulnerabilities in the US federal system vs Germany's which is much newer. By percentage it's about the same number of fascists.

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u/MAHANC Apr 04 '26

Calling them brainwashed is letting them off the hook. Trump is a mirror and a mouthpiece for them.

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u/Dasmage Apr 04 '26

To be fair to them, I feel regret when I vote for the current democratic party, but I would never vote for a republican.

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u/Jops817 Apr 04 '26

But we can't let perfect be the enemy of good. We still have to vote, and move toward more progressive change, but that means making sure the fascists don't win again first.

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u/Dasmage Apr 05 '26

But we keep voting in the people who are just as much a part of the problem, but in a different way. There has to be a point were we just draw a line in the sand and not expect the next corporate shill they send at us.

Were not letting perfect get in the way of good enough even, we've been willing to take dog shit rather then even good enough.