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‘I’m angry with my president:’ Trump voters in Florida confront the fallout of his policies a year before the midterms (english.elpais.com)
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One is Michael Lyras, a 44-year-old American, who lives in Volusia County, near Orlando, in central Florida. Lyras studied addiction counseling in college but is currently disabled and receiving food stamps. He voted for Trump “all three times” but says he is upset with the way things are going: “I regret my last vote enormously,” he says.

“It was necessary to make changes, but not in this way, sacrificing our civil rights and liberties that are enshrined in our Constitution,” Lyras adds. “He [Trump] is turning this into a police state and he’s acting like an authoritarian. I didn’t vote for any of this”

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[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 1 points 3 days ago (3 children)

. . . Did you think America before Trump was not in need for radical change?

The country has been a dumpster fire for decades now, change is needed because everyone except the riches quality of life is declining decade on decade.

Even idiots can see that, they just don’t know the solution so voted for the first person to speak to them differently despite their lies.

[–] Makeitstop@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm not saying changes aren't needed. But anyone who is demanding change has some idea of what kind of change they want. Nuclear annihilation would be change, but they probably don't support that.

Even just the fact that they are upset is evidence that they wanted something more specific than just change. You can't be disappointed without having some kind of expectations first.

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 3 points 3 days ago

What changes they want are to have enough money to survive and not be lower income like so many Republican voters are.

That doesn’t mean they understand economics or social issues to correctly identify the cause.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 0 points 3 days ago

Building is always harder than destroying, and takes longer. A lot of Biden’s policy (anyone remember the infrastructure bill? Student loan forgiveness?) was a turn in the right direction that really would have made a difference in a decade or so. But was there really a faster way? Was there an approach that could have withstood a toddler in the white house throwing tantrums and knocking things over?

[–] MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world -1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Lazy buzzwords, typical.

Republicans just gave tax cuts to billionaires while taking healthcare coverage from 17 million Americans. Democrats opposed that. BUT I GUESS THEY'RE EXACTLY THE SAME.

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

So you lack reading comprehension as there were zero buzzwords or mention of both sides being the same.