Trump supporters in the DC metro area

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Anonymous wrote:They were calling Bush a Moron in 2000. Calling him a war criminal and celebrating the Iraqi guy who threw a shoe at bush

And yet they'd still go for Bush than Trump. That should tell you how much people hate Trump.

This is another myth. Trump and W are terrible for different reasons. That’s what happens when a political party loses a grip on sanity and good governance. Bush and Trump are the symptoms not the disease.

? ok, still doesn't negate what I stated.. that Dems would go back to Bush if it meant getting rid of Trump.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Whoever the republican candidate is they demonize him. They demonized McCain, Romney etc. any future republican they will demonize .

Not true at all.

I considered McCain until he picked Palin.

I considered Romney (since he’s reallly a D).

Every D has some fairy tale about how they seriously considered voting for a Republican, but then - sadly! - there was some issue where he fell short, and they had to vote D.

Just admit you are a Democrat and always vote Democrat, don't bother pretending you are "independent" and could go either way.

I did seriously consider those two. Not sure I'd ever consider another R though.

We will see what happens to the GOP. Will Trump sink it? Or will some small group who aren't corrupt liars be able to resurrect it?

No, he will not sink it. He will sink the country instead because none of the Reps in Congress are willing to say "enough is enough."

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How Democrats react if you admit you are a Trump supporter:

If I know you’re a trump supporter, I’d do a slow fade and stop socializing with you. That’s it. No finger pointing, no tirade. What’s the point? I’m not going to change your mind. But I now know that you view the world very differently than I do, and you are not someone I would want to be friends with because our fundamental values are too different.

This, from a member of a party that proudly proclaims their "tolerance."
Truth is - you are not tolerant and never have been.
I would never do a "slow fade" to someone I know and socialize with due to the voting choices that person makes.
I am a conservative. Some of my best friends are liberals. We have different views on how to make our country great - but the end goal is the same, in reality.
Gain some perspective, friend.

This has nothing to do with tolerance. I literally see the world differently than you. As with anything else, I choose friends who have similar interests, whether politics or anything else.

From your post, it seems that you were able to find similar interests BEFORE you discovered this person's voting preferences. The bolded parts of your posts are the indicators.

Ok, let me be more specific and spell it out for you. For example, if I am friendly with you because our kids go to the same school and are friends, I will continue to be polite, but will not make an effort to socialize with you outside of school events. Maybe initially, I thought you were nice and seemed like someone I might want to hang out with, so I invited you (and your family) to a bbq, or to get drinks one evening, or whatever. If I find out that you are a trump supporter, I would realize that we just have vastly different views on right and wrong, and how other human beings should be treated, that I couldn’t be friends with you. Doesn’t mean I won’t continue to be pleasant during superficial interactions.

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There are a few openly Trump-supporting families in our school. We will socialize superficially. Our kids will sometimes play together. I am very polite. But these are not friendships I will foster because deep down we just don't have the same core values.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This isn's a question of who is an R. OP is asking who is a MAGA. Many Rs did not vote for Trump, or did, but hate or are embarrassed by him -- just didn't want a D and hoped for not the worst. None of them are hiding or or afraid to talk about it, particularly with those of us who can distinguish between an R and MAGA. They do avoid the angry folks who can't forgive any Rs who allowed MAGA to happen.

I don't know any R friends or relatives who are MAGA and support the harmful or bizarre behaviors of the current POTUS, except for one who lives in Florida and one who lives in the Rust Belt, and both have always been the type to feel angry about people not like themselves.

Most R individuals I know did vote for Trump and do not despise him whatsoever. They don't necessarily love the Twitter tirades but think his behavior is just "locker room talk" or "telling it like it is". They voted for him because they agree with him on a large number of issues.

I've actually distanced myself from some family friends who are vocally MAGA and my middle of the road-leaning D husband now spends time with them without me. I'm sure they wonder why I dodge brunch invitations but I really just can't listen to them praise Trump, joke around about their love of guns (I hate guns and wish they would all disappear into thin air), and make liberal snowflake jokes. I'm a proud liberal snowflake but I really am not interested in defending my beliefs over mimosas. I found that after the election I constantly had to censor myself when with them, because my husband agrees with them on some things and they just assumed I did too. When I told them I was pretty liberal, they thought I was joking and I decided not to press it and just take a step back. I already have to be "on" at work and I don't want to have to do that in my personal life.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Whoever the republican candidate is they demonize him. They demonized McCain, Romney etc. any future republican they will demonize .

Not true at all.

I considered McCain until he picked Palin.

I considered Romney (since he’s reallly a D).

Every D has some fairy tale about how they seriously considered voting for a Republican, but then - sadly! - there was some issue where he fell short, and they had to vote D.

Just admit you are a Democrat and always vote Democrat, don't bother pretending you are "independent" and could go either way.

DP You could say the same thing about Republicans...I know a few who "almost" vote Democrat but for some reason..don't. They will always vote R no matter what.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My husband is manly but secure enough to support a woman for president, unlike some other men...

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and nothing is wrong with voting for someone becatse they are a woman right ? They must check s box for you

DP There are a ton of people vote for men because they are men. Is that ok and voting for a woman is one of the reasons. There have been 45 male presidents. When do women get a chance?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My husband is manly but secure enough to support a woman for president, unlike some other men...

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and nothing is wrong with voting for someone becatse they are a woman right ? They must check s box for you

DP There are a ton of people vote for men because they are men. Is that ok and voting for a woman is one of the reasons. There have been 45 male presidents. When do women get a chance?

I meant to say why is voting for a woman considered "checking a box" when there are plenty of people who vote for a man because of the same reason? Isn't that checking a box?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My husband is manly but secure enough to support a woman for president, unlike some other men...

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and nothing is wrong with voting for someone becatse they are a woman right ? They must check s box for you

DP There are a ton of people vote for men because they are men. Is that ok and voting for a woman is one of the reasons. There have been 45 male presidents. When do women get a chance?

why not force people to vote for people of certain groups? That’s the next step ? Quotas ?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My husband is manly but secure enough to support a woman for president, unlike some other men...

+1

and nothing is wrong with voting for someone becatse they are a woman right ? They must check s box for you

DP There are a ton of people vote for men because they are men. Is that ok and voting for a woman is one of the reasons. There have been 45 male presidents. When do women get a chance?

I meant to say why is voting for a woman considered "checking a box" when there are plenty of people who vote for a man because of the same reason? Isn't that checking a box?

maybe they are voting for who they think is most qualified ? Regardless of race gender etc?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My husband is manly but secure enough to support a woman for president, unlike some other men...

+1

and nothing is wrong with voting for someone becatse they are a woman right ? They must check s box for you

DP There are a ton of people vote for men because they are men. Is that ok and voting for a woman is one of the reasons. There have been 45 male presidents. When do women get a chance?

I meant to say why is voting for a woman considered "checking a box" when there are plenty of people who vote for a man because of the same reason? Isn't that checking a box?

maybe they are voting for who they think is most qualified ? Regardless of race gender etc?

Least corrupt. The lesser of evils as it where.

[Anonymous]

I would never ever talk to a Trump supporter. As far as I am concerned they are modern day Klansmen. If they worked for me, I would fire them. If they are relatives of mine, we are astranged. They are definitionally bad people.

I was a Republican before Trump.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would never ever talk to a Trump supporter. As far as I am concerned they are modern day Klansmen. If they worked for me, I would fire them. If they are relatives of mine, we are astranged. They are definitionally bad people.

I was a Republican before Trump.

Why are you in this thread? Take your trolling and hate to the low IQ thread in off topic.

[Anonymous]

Somebody please bookmark this thread because in less than a year I predict all these negative people will be eating their words. Hopefully all will see the light soon.

In the meantime, let the hate go. Your life will be so much better.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My husband is manly but secure enough to support a woman for president, unlike some other men...

+1

and nothing is wrong with voting for someone becatse they are a woman right ? They must check s box for you

DP There are a ton of people vote for men because they are men. Is that ok and voting for a woman is one of the reasons. There have been 45 male presidents. When do women get a chance?

There's been dozens of women Presidents/ PMs all around the world.

The difference is that they don't play dumb/ sexist identity politics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would never ever talk to a Trump supporter. As far as I am concerned they are modern day Klansmen. If they worked for me, I would fire them. If they are relatives of mine, we are astranged. They are definitionally bad people.

I was a Republican before Trump.

Every Republican today is a Trump supporter, unless they’ve been in a coma with no news for three years. The patriotic thing to do is leave the party like Bruce Bartlett or Max Boot.

As for Trumpers in the DMV— there are very few.
On the one hand, it’s true that most of this area is liberal because people here are educated and they understand politics in a way that many in other cities don’t. In other places of the US it’s common to be uniformed about politics. In the DMV it’s not— and anyone informed about politics is worried about America and understands the threat of Trump and the GOP.
On the other hand, DC gets a lot of parachuted-in conservative ideologues who work for the Koches or Scott Walker or Heritage or AEI (but I repeat myself. If you work for any of those groups you work for the Koches.) Those poor kids don’t understand how the world works and they’re selected for their pro-billionaire views. So DC has more of the insane conservatives than other cities.