Open thread: Are there Trumpers still in your life?
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Open thread: Are there Trumpers still in your life?
Or have you dumped them a long time ago? Or maybe you're working on it. Or maybe not.
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I usually have an open thread here on the weekend but a lot of people have been writing who are still dealing with Trump supporters in their lives and who need to discuss it, including women married to Trump-supporting men and some men married to Trump-supporting women.
There are those with fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, children, friends and colleagues deep in the cult, often addicted to Fox News. In this time of the coronavirus pandemic it’s become, literally, a life or death issue.
The topic has come up on my SiriusXM show many times from people calling in, and I wrote a long piece last year about women married to Trump supporters — The Secret Lives of Democratic Women Married to MAGA Men — who’ve called the show for support and met in some of our online forums to connect, and how they were coping.
I thought this was a good time to bring back the discussion since many have been writing me, and the election is less than four months away. But also, many of you may have seen a change in Trump supporters you know — since we are seeing him losing a grip on even his base. Or not. I’d like to hear about it and I’m sure others would.
Also, have you decided it’s time to dump them if you haven’t seen a change? I know many of you did this long ago, but others thought it important to keep people in their lives and keep trying. Still others say they’re able to balance it.
Consider this thread as one where you can be honest and get support — and also as one where you can help support others. And don’t worry, trolls won’t be allowed.
Thanks! Looking to hear your thoughts!
Open thread: Are there Trumpers still in your life?
I have some Trump supporters in my peripheral life, but mostly FORMER Trump supporters. I've talked before about my 92-year-old father who loved Trump, then changed party affiliation to Independent and says "He's insane." A former lover and current friend and his wife who loved Trump and now can't stand him. My husband's college roommate and current friend of ours - now a former Republican, can't stand Trump. Hell, my husband was a former Republican who turned to the Dems to vote for Obama and now votes a straight Democratic ticket. Thank God he never voted for Trump - after 39 years of marriage, I swear I'd think about walking away from that lunacy.
I have a few neighbors who are still Trump humpers, but we nod and wave and don't socialize. All of my close friends except one are Democrats. Some of their husbands are rabid Trump supporters. I've basically muted the vociferous ones on social media and I don't engage anymore. They all know I'm a progressive Democrat. There's no changing me, and I'm probably not going to change them. What continues to happen, though, is my disbelief that seemingly intelligent people still support him. It's definitely a cult. I'm past the point of caring about them, their feelings, and their motivations.
I have a few trump supporters in my life and I feel like every spoiled and entitled (all white of course) person I grew up with is a part of the trump cult, which is why I don't go back to my hometown or keep up with people I grew up with. My only child, my 24 year old son is a trumper and it breaks my heart, he proudly voted for Obama the first time he could vote. Then, trump came into my sons life and changed him, and not for the best. My son has lost empathy for others and I hope once trump is gone my so returns to me. The trump way of thinking and the "poor me, the poor white man" attitude has ruined my relationship with my son.
My husband, who is a UAW member votes Democrat, BUT he is upset with the establishment, as am I, but he will vote for Biden. We sure feel a lot better about Biden then we did Hillary. We were Bernie supporters, but will vote blue no matter who. I always say that its against my religion to vote republican. I have my Biden yard signs up already, and I am in a very rural area surrounded by trump farmers who don't want to wear masks. When I go to my local grocery store I wear my Biden shirt that says on the front "We believe in Science not fiction" with Biden 2020 on the back and a mask on my face and I dare someone to say shit to me. I see MANY older white people not wearing masks, even an old guy in a wheelchair having issues breathing had no mask on, but he had his trump hat on. Disgusting.
My in-laws are trump cult members and I can't talk to them about politics at all, they spent their winter in Arizona, Yuma, where they had not been hit by the virus until recently, so when they got back up here to Michigan in early spring they thought the virus was not so serious. Look at Arizona now, especially Yuma!!!
Those of us who are not a part of the trump cult know we are on the right side of history and we will prevail in the end. Give it a few years after trump when all the dirt trump has tried to hide comes to the surface, and it will, and we can gloat and say "I told you so" to the brainwashed trump cult, and they are so brainwashed, trust that. Just like Nixon, the hardcore supporters will cling to trump as long as they can so they don't have to admit how wrong they have been, but they will have no choice but to come around because the shit that is going to come out over the next few years about the trump family is going to blow people away!
WE must STAY on OUR DEMOCRAT LEADERSHIP to go after trump with all they have and to MAKE AN EXAMPLE OUT OF TRUMP, NO DEALS, no "moving on for the sake of the country", the country needs to go after trump so we can heal. If we don't go after trump and his family with all we have, we will get another trump cult member in office, lets not forget about the Tom Cottons, Jim Jordans and Gov DeSantis cult members out there who will try to con the people like trump did, and they will if we let trump walk away and live his life as if nothing happened. The last 4 years have been a living hell on my mind and heart, I need to see trump taken down, I need trump voted out. If trump wins, we will never recover as a nation, we will lose rights we never thought would be up for discussion, no joke. At this point, we are not going to change any trumpers minds, we need to focus on getting OUR BASE out to VOTE and we need to get the young black vote! The young black voters still are not sure about Biden and we need to make them understand that its not about liking Biden as much as it is saving our democracy and that at this point ANYONE BUT TRUMP, ANYONE. trump (notice I will not use a capital letter when spelling his name, he doesn't deserve it) will NOT win my state of Michigan again, I promise you that.