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Midnight Writer

(25,184 posts)
8. Is this the same sleeping giant who woke up when Trump destroyed women's rights to healthcare?
Sun May 18, 2025, 10:47 AM
May 2025

Or are they the Swifties who will rise up by the millions because Trump insulted the hero?

Or are they the Latinos who will rise up, aghast at how Trump treats immigrants?

Or the families and friends of LBGTQ+ folks who are being demonized?

Or are they the "law and order" adherents who will not abide Trump stomping on our laws?

Are they the poor being cut off from food and health assistance, the disabled that Trump mocks, the patriotic veterans getting their well-earned benefits cut?

I've been hearing for a decade now that the American people will not put up with this crap, that they will come together to run the conman out of town on a rail, that when they see the damage being done, they will rise up.

So far, I see nothing. We actually had LESS voters for the Democrats in 2024 than the last election. Life around here in small-town America is going pretty much like it always has. I talk to fellow citizens every day, and I don't hear much alarm., even from non-MAGA. I can watch YouTube videos all day long of Republicans who "regret their vote", but I have never run across one.

I'm sorry, but it has been ten years, Trump is a known quantity among the voters, and I still see little meaningful resistance against him.



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