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Amaryllis

(11,525 posts) Tue Jun 16, 2026, 05:45 PM Tuesday

Ice arrest in a rural Montana town pushed a deeply conservative community to take action [View all]

In a northeastern corner of Montana sits the small town of Froid. Rural and deeply conservative, it backed President Trump during every one of his White House runs. But earlier this year, when federal immigration agents detained one of the town's longtime residents, this tight knit community pushed back.

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Ice arrest in a rural Montana town pushed a deeply conservative community to take action [View all] Amaryllis Tuesday OP

You wouldn't have had to "push back" if you hadn't fucking voted for Trump! Aristus Tuesday #1

Painful as it was... 2naSalit Tuesday #3

And they'll do it again. progressoid Tuesday #4

There were... 2naSalit Tuesday #2

Lah-dee-fucking-dah . . . hatrack Tuesday #5

such a CHRISTIAN attitude Skittles Tuesday #6

It's a great start! OC375 Tuesday #7

I'm amazed by how many hate hearing good news orangecrush Tuesday #8

They also have much more limited media from which to form their opinions. Amaryllis Tuesday #9

If all they read was the Bible, then they would know LuvLoogie Tuesday #10

Many of them voted for him orangecrush Yesterday #14

My cat, who is an asshole, had another sparrow in its mouth this morning. LuvLoogie Yesterday #18

I get it orangecrush 23 hrs ago #21

Also a limited exposure to other races and cultures orangecrush 23 hrs ago #22

Exactly. The fact that rural Montana stood up for this man... that's a big thing. Minds were changed. chia Tuesday #13

Same here orangecrush Yesterday #15

Politics has moved to the "join or die, now, and no takebacks" phase. Hurt people, hurt people. OC375 Yesterday #16

You get what you vote for! Initech Tuesday #11

Great program by PBS. I'm glad it's still kicking! erronis Tuesday #12

Montana is becoming a shithole like West Virginia thanks to republicans Mysterian Yesterday #17

Get back to me edhopper Yesterday #19

This message was self-deleted by its author edhopper Yesterday #20