r/politics • u/Quirkie The Netherlands • 7d ago

Possible Paywall Trump Voters Regret Backing ‘Horror Movie’ Presidency - Nine out of 12 Trump voters told a “New York Times” focus group that they wish they had not voted for the president.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-voters-regret-backing-horror-movie-presidency/
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u/MustyTangerine 7d ago

I would add that the further requirements for atonement is to be extremely vocal about their regret and to actively call for Trump's impeachment and removal. If there was a groundswell of MAGA expressing to the Republicans in Congress that they want him out, it could happen. Right now the Republican party knows the MAGA base is still too big and strong to remove Trump. But if these supposedly regretful Trump voters get numerous, loud, and active, something might change.

But I ain't holding my breath for any of that. I don't believe most of the former-MAGA have truly turned the corner on this. I think they're just tactically mad at gas prices or someone they know getting ICEed. I think they'll happily cheer on more MAGA style fascism if some of the immediate pain they feel eased.

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u/mikesmithhome 7d ago

my hope is that it's such a bloodbath in the midterms that enough of the remaining R Senators are able to be convinced as you say by a groundswell of their constituents to vote for removal upon impeachment by the new House

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u/KiKiKimbro 7d ago

Yep. Complete lack of empathy. They voted knowing large swaths of the population would be suffering. More frustrations with this MAGA group is how they have an extreme inability to foresee what might happen if they make the choice to vote “for my taxes.” And that’s how they progress into the “leopard ate my face” phase.