I have family who are lifelong Republicans but soured on Trump. Because, for all of their faults and their media bubbles, willing to endure Trump’s stupidity in exchange for the idea that he was just a tool for the GOP, they do still believe in democracy, and Jan 6 was too blatant for even their favorite news sources to spin positively.
I wish I knew Republicans like that. All the ones I know literally would never change their mind about him no matter what. And this sadly includes my own family.
The ones I know who eventually changed their were never all-in on him, they were the “He’s our Cyrus” types who recognized he was a shitty human being and, more important to them, a pathetic excuse of a con man only wearing a Christian’s clothing, but thought the GOP could effectively use him for long-standing policy goals. They were willing to buy into “The border in crisis!”, “LAGGING DEMOCRAT SOCIALIST ECONOMY”, and “Transgender litterboxes in public schools”, but “Time to overthrow democracy” was too much for them. For their faults and delusions, they genuinely buy into the US as a bastion of freedom and democracy, and anti-democratic moves evoke genuine revulsion from them.
It’s small, and if they weren’t family, it wouldn’t be enough for me to keep enduring such nonsense - but as they are family, I’m just thankful that they aren’t outright fascists, just rubes. Though, as long as the fascists hide the exact level of fascism they’re going for, the practical effect is the same. Trump’s incompetence is, in a strange way, a saving grace here.
That all makes sense. I wish my family wasn’t so garbagey about trump. I lost a ton of respect for them because they literally can’t be bothered to care about anything besides abortion being evil. When confronted with Jan 6, trump is magically the only person on earth for them who isn’t guilty by association, because clearly the traitors did this very much against Trump’s wishes 🤮
I have family who are lifelong Republicans but soured on Trump. Because, for all of their faults and their media bubbles, willing to endure Trump’s stupidity in exchange for the idea that he was just a tool for the GOP, they do still believe in democracy, and Jan 6 was too blatant for even their favorite news sources to spin positively.
I wish I had those. My family is in Connecticut, of all places, and there are still Trump supporters among them, somehow.
Same! I remember back in high school some of my classmates had confederate flags on their trucks and hats and shit.
Like… Bruh, we’re in Connecticut, we were on the Union’s side, and your “farm” is half an acre outside of Middletown, relax.
Lol we could have gone to the same school, and my family is 100% all in on the guy. So weird.
I wish I knew Republicans like that. All the ones I know literally would never change their mind about him no matter what. And this sadly includes my own family.
The ones I know who eventually changed their were never all-in on him, they were the “He’s our Cyrus” types who recognized he was a shitty human being and, more important to them, a pathetic excuse of a con man only wearing a Christian’s clothing, but thought the GOP could effectively use him for long-standing policy goals. They were willing to buy into “The border in crisis!”, “LAGGING DEMOCRAT SOCIALIST ECONOMY”, and “Transgender litterboxes in public schools”, but “Time to overthrow democracy” was too much for them. For their faults and delusions, they genuinely buy into the US as a bastion of freedom and democracy, and anti-democratic moves evoke genuine revulsion from them.
It’s small, and if they weren’t family, it wouldn’t be enough for me to keep enduring such nonsense - but as they are family, I’m just thankful that they aren’t outright fascists, just rubes. Though, as long as the fascists hide the exact level of fascism they’re going for, the practical effect is the same. Trump’s incompetence is, in a strange way, a saving grace here.
That all makes sense. I wish my family wasn’t so garbagey about trump. I lost a ton of respect for them because they literally can’t be bothered to care about anything besides abortion being evil. When confronted with Jan 6, trump is magically the only person on earth for them who isn’t guilty by association, because clearly the traitors did this very much against Trump’s wishes 🤮