Voted for that “thing” that is taking up space in the white house and Im paying for it.
I was a union worker and the work slowed down so much due to tariffs that they had to close down. The faces on my family when I told them was horrifying.
I will never vote red again, dude. Call me an idiot because I truly fucking deserve it.
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Just glad you realize it now, im sorry you had to get fucked in order to get there but sometimes it’s necessary
I don’t want to kick you while you’re down dude, but I do have a question: he’s doing exactly what he said that he would. Did you not understand what that was?
It’d be great if, as a nation, people could vote considering the impact to others and not need to experience the repurcussions directly in order to be convinced. But thus is the way in our propaganda-posing-as-news environment.
I don’t want to kick you while you’re down. I’m just going going to tell you that you need to be LOUD about the regret. It messes with me that you losing your job was the last straw, and NOT him being a rapist bestie of Epstein, mocking the handicapped, and trying to overthrow the government, and just being a vile bloated bag of vomit.
He told you what he was going to do, and experts told you what would happen, and then you are all surprised Pikachu face now that it has inevitably happened.
You and hundreds of thousands of other people voted for a man whose entire platform was “I’m going to hurt people” and now you’re the one being hurt alongside the rest of us.
We’ll make room for you on the blue bus but you know you owe everyone else in your future words, actions, and votes.
Good on you dude being willing and able to self reflect. You’re well ahead of many folks. Don’t let the assholes get you down. Keep spreading the word.
He told you what he was going to do, and the rest of us were screaming it at you. At least help repair the damage by becoming active in the resistance and talking to others who are in the same boat and bringing them in. Make up for it with action.
You are an idiot & got exactly what you voted for after being told that’s exactly what you’d get. That being said I’m glad you’ve finally opened your eyes and I do hope you will get the chance to vote blue but I’m very afraid that won’t happen. We all have to keep fighting, keep resisting & stand up to the bs. Be loud about what you’ve learned and try to bring more people over who are like you.
Idiot
An idiot is an understatement.
It was literally right there in front of you. His platform was clear. You just couldn’t vote for someone who wasn’t a white man.
Sorry your family is struggling, you reap what you sow. Maybe you can talk to them about how you’re part of the problem, and hopefully they won’t be.
and why did you vote for him in the first place?
The truly dumb haven’t realized it yet. So kudos for taking off the blinders!
I don’t feel bad for you but I’m curious as to why you voted for him?
Happy for you 🩵
actually kinda gross that you losing your own job is what did it for you and not him locking up people and trying to deport those who arent criminals just bc theyre brown
Guess you really can win too much, huh?
Once you get past the sense of betrayal, channel your energy into sharing your story and standing against policies that hurt our nation and her people. Telling your story will empower others to share theirs. Hang in there. E pluribus unum.
Next time have some empathy. Aside from my taxes going up a bit (first term) and higher prices for necessities, my life as a single childless person isn’t affected all that much. AND YET, you will never catch me voting for anyone in the repub party. I want universal access to healthcare and higher education. I want the government to help pay for early childcare so it’s affordable. These things benefit us all.
My step dads an immigrant and encouraged everyone to vote for trump and now wants to go back to his country all of a sudden for a “better life” after seeing all the ice raids lol
Some ppl are so small they can’t comprehend what is right or wrong until they personally experience it.
Stupid american.
You didnt care about his union record beforehand?
Or anything he said he would do?
Why vote for him? Was it spite or the black lady?
Genuine question, bc I don’t really have an interest in getting upset over the principle of the thing: was there something specific in his platform that you wanted? Like some policy/tax/etc that you wanted but didnt understand the repercussions of?
So. You voted for a guy who has no empathy for others. That shows me you have no empathy for others. Now his lack of empathy has affected you. I know they need farm labour. Maybe go work picking veggies?
Oh so now you realize he only cares about it the wealthiest people on the planet because it finally affects you? Gee I wonder how that happened. He literally doesn’t care about the average person. He just wants their vote.
I think you will be this dumb again. Someone is going to blame your next, probably worse, set of of problems on trans or minorities and you’re going to absolutely go for it all over again especially if it retcons this decision as a smart idea and just bad timing.
Was it the sexism that appealed to you, or the racism? I just don’t get it. Other people are going to support you, but Project 2025 was a published roadmap to destroying the country and union busting.
Idiot
As someone who’s been suicidal for years and it’s only gotten worse since November, it’s hard for me to forgive you. Because if you came out better, you would’ve been fine with people like me, people that were trans, black, women, or whatever suffering under him.
That all being said, we need to come together and fight this administrations attempts to destroy the country. So I say let bygones be bygones and table the first part for now
There are two options here: either you are an idiot because you had PLENTY of information to make a different decision and chose to ignore it, OR you’re an asshole because you knew he was going to hurt people and voted for it anyway.
So, which is it– asshole or idiot? Or is it both?
I have exactly zero sympathy.
It was an open book test and you still failed, and now people are suffering.
Sorry no sympathy on my end.
We might not even have an election ever again with the direction the current administration is going for. So you might not have to ever worry about needing to vote again. Good job.
Also, he was very clear about being anti – unions.
So what I’m hearing is the sexism, racism, and homophobia was not a deal breaker for you but now that you’re being personally impacted you’ve managed to figure it out. At the end of the day I’m happy when anyone sees the light and I think it’s good that you’re learning to grow but I can’t feel sorry for you and as a queer person I’ll never forgive anyone for voting my rights away
I mean, I’m not saying you effing owe us an explanation, but come on, we need it! I’m in Michigan. We live for unions. My husband and I were raised by blue-collar GM workers and greatly benefitted from those amazing UAW benefit packages in the 1980s. Two of my sons are journeyman in the pipefitter’s union. My daughter is a teacher.
I don’t want to call you an idiot. I liken the whole experience to friends/family who won’t quit smoking cigarettes. We all know it’s bad for you, but we also probably all know relatives or friends who won’t quit, and the longer they won’t quit, the nastier they get about it. Unfortunately, the second-hand smoke this time is harming people immediately.
And I don’t care why you voted the way you did, I really just want to know whether there was ANYTHING that would have convinced you to vote for Kamala? Because knowing why you voted for the other person is one thing, but if there’s nothing that would have convinced you to vote for Kamala, it doesn’t really matter. (If there’s nothing we could have done to convince you to vote for Kamala, we still lose.)
So there were 100 reasons to not vote for him. But you only care when it affects you…
This is as ridiculous as my aunt who voted for trump because he would lower groceries.
As another union member. You voting against your interest when GOP’s whole platform is against union is not only dumb but self destructive . Biden administration not only supported unions and broke up monopolies . I want to kick u when u are down because it seem memories of gop voters are worse than bugs . Wasn’t 4 years under him not enough to learn .
“Then they came for me”
He did exactly what he said he was going to do, idk why you thought it would only affect other people. Really can’t feel bad for you. Kinda concerning that you didn’t draw the line at sexual assault, associating with nazis, ICE raids, and cutting federal funding for just about every scientific endeavor.
As my father would tell me, you can find sympathy in the dictionary between “shit” and “syphilis”. You got exactly what you voted for.
Hey man, I know you’re getting flame-roasted in here (and ngl, you do deserve it at least a little bit) but I do want to tell you that realizing the error of your ways and learning from it is infinitely better than digging in and doubling down. Better late than never. Though for the country, it might actually be too late.
He said he would do this…your only upset because he did it to YOU..
I really don’t understand which part of his messages appealed to you
And worst of all, while you may think you will fix your mistake in 4 yrs time, I highly doubt your country is still here after 4 years
And the millions of people illegally deported and their families broken up, you are responsible for ruining others’ lives
You have a lot of blood on your hands
You feel regret because of how it effected you. Nobody is perfect and all that, but like you dont remember him witholding aid to blue states during a global pandemic? He let his own citizens die out of spite. And like you showed up years later to return him to power. The military is literally marching through our cities as I type. A shoulder shrug from his supporters…
There is just literally no words for the rest of us to express how we feel about this. The rest of us were all left with the burden of caring for our country, ourselves, and all of you too. And its like ‘man guys.. i lost my job though..’
I dont know man. Idiot is not a good word. I dont think they have a word for it yet.
Welcome to the shitty burden the rest of us have been carrying. Have fun convincing your friends and family they were wrong. Nothing I say is gonna compare to your future experience as a non-Trump supporter.
People like you change your mind only when it affects you. Thousands of families have been split up, what aren’t you getting?
You think you are awake to the injustice yet? Not quite, not even close.
The issue is you’re still a fckin idiot for only caring now that his fascist policies affect you. You didnt care about them building a literal concentration camp, you didnt care they were rounding up individuals on the streets, at their place of work, at schools, at their own HOMES, while armed, wearing masks and not identifying themselves, claiming these people are illegal when they arent. Like the volunteer native american firefighters that were just recently pulled from Washington state’s LARGEST wildfire of the year by ICE and CBP. You didnt care that the department of education was gutted, you didnt care that they want to strip women of their right to vote, including your wife and mother. You only care now that you lost your job and are trying to gut unions.
> Call me an idiot
If calling you an idiot would help, i would.
But it doesnt, so instead i will say that I’m glad to have you. I hope you have a lot of energy, because ive been fighting this crap for as long as i can remember and I am tired. The best thing you can do right now is channel your energy to fight this. Energy is what we need. Im all out of it. 🫠
You created a new account to say this? I’m calling BS.
I’m going to extend you the same amount of empathy that your vote extended anyone who is not a wealthy white Christian male. Jackass.
EMPATHY FOR ME, NOT THEE.
Love seeing stories like this, you got what you voted for hope you enjoy you being jobless
Don’t come crying because you were personally affected. Your contrition is woefully lacking
If it didn’t affect your job, would you still have regretted voting for him?
(Respectfully) You’re a fucking idiot.
Read more about what’s happening now. Read more about the historical context and the motivations of politicians and their parties in America and the west. Read more about what these types of people have done for the last 100 years or so.
Rarely do politician’s (or anyone, really) just come out and say what they intend to do and who they’re doing it for.
All of them need you to vote for them, and as such they need to convince you and they’ll do whatever it takes.
Sure, there is a kernel of truth that you’re going to have to choose between two options, neither of which are perfect. The balance is in their actions. Literally, just look at what these people ACTUALLY do when given power, then make your decisions.
I have to say, that if you look at what these two parties have actually done and what they want to do it, you’d have to be literally insane to vote for the Republican Party, pretty much ever. The only reason anyone votes for them is because they’re ignorant for whatever reason or literally want the worst, most monstrous outcomes you can probably imagine.
And what’s crazy is this guy literally did all the same shit four years ago. I can only assume you weren’t paying attention to how the country was wrecked in many ways by the current president.
Because of this, him and his ghouls were empowered to do even worse this time because basically no one in his party or the middle class said shit to him about murdering hundreds of thousands of Americans and the harsh ways he fucked the economy, our government and our foreign relations pretty much solely for the benefit of himself, his family, and his fellow cronies.
Talk that shit to your family, union friends, and more. Don’t let them hide their heads in the sand like you did. This is real life and real life is political.
Honest question. He laughs about not paying his workers in the past. Why, as a union guy, did you think this was going to help you out?
fafo
Why did you vote for him in the first place? All of this was right in front of you from the beginning. Idiot.
I’m glad you changed your mind and are taking responsibility. I wish it didn’t require you being personally hurt to care.
It’s not just you who’s paying for it. We are ALL paying for your camp’s casual cruelty and poor choices. I don’t even have rights anymore. I can’t leave the country and be admitted back in. You and your ilk are causing so much irreversible suffering. I’m glad you’re finally feeling it but it shouldn’t take something bad happening to you directly for you to care. You can’t make this up by not voting again or by voting for the lesser evil next election if there is one. They damage done will already take decades to fix. I don’t think you truly appreciate how fucked we are and posting on reddit doesn’t help. Maybe it’s time for you to help others like you see what’s going on and mobilize. If you just sit back and say “my bad” then you are still a huge part of the problem. DO BETTER.
Thoughts and prayers to you bro. Thoughts and prayers.
Where I’m from, union workers are always implored to vote blue by their union, coworkers, bosses. And they’re told WHY they should vote blue and how important it is to them. Were you subjected to the same kind of chatter and still voted red?
When you don’t stand up and fight for others who did you think would fight for you? When you take care of others , you take care of yourself.
I don’t understand how someone in your position could ever think that was a good idea. Assuming that you were only concerned with yourself, how hard was it to make that simple connection? My only hope is that you’ve learned your lesson and that you can’t trust your decision making. We have already lost so much in the past 8 months.
So if you got your job back, would you be fine with the 99% remaining fascism you voted for?
I wish this post was real so bad lmao
We’re beyond name-calling and “I told you so.” We’re screaming about this months–YEARS–before the election, yet you didn’t care until it affected you. You might not get a chance to vote against him next time.
The only thing you can do now is actively fight against him. Vote local. Boycott. Protest. Donate to organizations that are trying to do good in this country. Be vocally against him around your friends and family.
Dang, if only someone could have warned you that he would do exactly what he said he was going to!
Classic case of, “it wont happen to me”.
*Shocked Pikachu face
What are your views on immigration? Abortion? DEI, what do you feel about what happened on January 6th? How did you react when he said there were good people on both sides? (Talking about protesters and nazis) how did you feel when he accused Mexicans of eating pets? What about school shootings? How do you feel about the LGBTQ+ community? What about trans rights? What about when trump was accused of rape? Multiple times?
I don’t believe your head was in the sand and I don’t believe you are a good person.
I don’t feel bad for you.
I feel no sympathy for you or any of the other idiots who voted for him. He is doing exactly what he said he’d do but you guys never expected it to affect YOU. You reap what you sow, and now because of people like you people who didn’t vote for him also have to deal with his bullshit. But hey, glad you got your vote in without having a single care for anyone else in this country or without paying an iota of attention to everything he based his platform on!! You really showed those democrats! 🦅🇺🇸💪
As a union member it blows my fucking mind when other union members vote anti-labor. I’m glad this is a wakeup call for you. It’s unfortunate you didn’t think of the consequences when you voted. Hopefully you stick to your word and never vote red again. Maybe try talking to other red-voters you know and see if you can sway them to vote blue in any and all future elections.
I. DO. NOT. BELIEVE. YOU.
Given the chance you’ll vote for these people again. He told you what he was going to do AND YET YOU STILL FUCKING VOTED FOR HIM!!!!!!!
I’m glad you’ve changed your mind, honestly. A willingness to change one’s mind is one of the most important qualities a human being can have, imo.
Having said that, please please think about why you weren’t willing to change your mind until you were personally affected. This seems to be a very common trait among conservatives and it’s a huge problem, not just for everyone else but for you as well. Because you could have avoided making this decision that you admit was dumb, by listening to other people who were already suffering because of the things Trump did in his last term. Why weren’t you willing to listen to the people saying that our lives have been actively getting worse under this guy, saying that we are already suffering?
Please understand that I’m not saying this as an attack. I’m truly glad you understand that you made a mistake, I just want you to go a step further and examine yourself and figure out why you made this mistake when it was completely avoidable. Please learn from this so you can avoid making similar mistakes in the future.
Pretty sure this post is just a pot stirring one and not sincere. In 28 years of elections, I”ve only voted for a Democrat twice and they were both opponents to Donald Trump, but I’d be hard pressed to ever vote Republican again because Trumps politics have fully infiltrated and taken over the Party
Even as a child I was taught that blue is working class and red is for the rich.
I’m sorry you’re in that situation but, as someone who lives outside of the US.. what the hell made you vote for him? How could you trust that guy?
It’s going to get worse. Produce is rotting in fields, with no one to pick it. So the prices are going to go up…a lot. Our economy is going to implode. Bad things are coming.
Cool. But now it’s very possible none of us will ever be able to vote again in the foreseeable future.
Should’ve read Project 2025 and believed us.
Everyone is saying “not to kick you when you’re down” but not me! You did this to yourself chief. You voted for this. Sucks to suck 🤷🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️
I don’t have any sympathy left, like , at all. We told you this EXACT THING would happen. What were you expecting? That your were smarter than all of us?
You’ll always be this dumb. I’ll call it right now. Your critical thinking skills and empathy are both lacking and tbh I don’t think that’s changing for you.
Your rationale of being stupid is only that you are jobless now due to your own vote. Meanwhile people have been suffering all around you from your decisions. You literally supported and incited fascism and violence against others. You took your privilege and used it to hurt everyone else instead of voting for any actual values.
I don’t know what you expected, but you got exactly what you deserved, and I hope you end up on the street where you belong.
Truly, why did you vote for him?
Just out of curiosity, what was it that you saw in that man that you cast your vote for him?
He/his various companies filed for bankruptcy multiple times, a clear sign he has no clue how to be a successful businessman. He’s only good at licensing his name and hosting reality shows. What made you think he could run a country?
He’s a 34 time convicted felon. What made you think having a criminal, who has shown no remorse, no apologies for what he has done, would be good for this country?
He has said the most inappropriate things about his own daughters, and against women in general, showing his lack of respect for half of the population.
A judge and jury found him guilty of sexual assault, and he owes his victim millions.
When he speaks, he can’t stay on topic, slurs his words, and says some of the most nonsensical word salads I’ve ever heard.
I could go on and on and on about so many red flags with him:
When asked, he couldn’t name his favorite verse or book of the Bible, or whether he liked the Old or New Testament better. I don’t go to church anymore, but if asked that question, I could easily say 23rd Psalm. Even atheists know about that Psalm.
He speaks in such a derogatory way about black people every opportunity he gets, which is throwing raw meat at his base and further dividing this country.
He has no clue how government should work, and has no desire to learn. He ran on a campaign of lowering grocery prices and stopping wars on day 1. The President has no control over what private companies charge for groceries, and you can’t stop any wars on day 1 of a presidency, especially if you’ve been out of the loop for 4 years.
They’re eating the cats, they’re eating the dogs!?!?!?
I’m not questioning your intellect or your moral character, I’m genuinely curious, what was it that made you cast your vote for that man?
We all told you this would happen. Kamala TOLD you this would happy. Hillary TOLD you this would happen. All the Democrats TOLD you this would happen. You better do the work to make up for the damage you caused… you gotta do more than just say “sorry” once it impacts you directly. You need to be out there marching, protesting, protecting your neighbors from ICE. Now is when you do you penance through ACTION. If you truly, honestly finally figured out you made this horrible mistake, do something about it!
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes bud
Brand new account, 1 post, and no responses to any of the comments. Needless to say, I doubt this is real.
The main giveaway? I have yet to meet a Trump voter in real life who has the self-awareness to demonstrate what OP is claiming. Even the ones in my office, who are going through hardships caused by Trump, won’t admit that they were wrong or that they would do things any differently.
And for anyone in OP’s claimed situation? My empathy for you is gone. You deserve it.
And for people who didn’t vote? You deserve it just as bad.
Unlike the others, I will kick you while you’re down. You got exactly what you voted for. I don’t feel sorry for you. I do have empathy though. If anything I have far too much empathy for people. But not people like you. Your decision has made life impossible for so many people and I’m not even in the US where I’d experience any of it. I still don’t think you realise the damage you have done because you only see how it’s affected you and not how it’s affected other people. I hope this teaches you something.
“He was only supposed to attack the queers, immigrants and people of color in this county, not me!!”
So this is only about you? You didn’t care until you were affected. That’s honestly pretty selfish
I’m going to kick you while you’re down because my boyfriend benefits under this president but still voted the other way because he knew it would be more beneficial to others to keep Trump away from the white house. Plus my boyfriend actually hates liars, cheats, rapists, racists and the list goes on. It’s wild that you needed to lose your job to acknowledge the harm but screw everyone else before you lost your job. 🙄
I have no sympathy for you or anyone who, like you, voted for this corpulent bag of pus and is now suffering for it.
He told you every step of the way what he was going to do.
He’s a rapist, a pedophile, and a piece of dogshit. But sure, losing your job was the last straw, right? Not all the people he’s illegally deported. Not all the women he’s assaulted. Not all the lives he’s ruined. Not all the relationships between other countries that he has well and truly fucked beyond repair. Not that he’s made your country a laughing stock on the world stage.
You need to reassess your priorities. Because if your job is the only thing that you’re upset about, then you’re a shit person.
🖕Reap your reward🖕
I’m sorry you lost your income, but it’s gross that it took YOU being personally impacted for you to care. There are millions of people, both in the US and abroad, who are suffering under the crushing policies of this regime. Open your eyes.
There is an old saying that there are 3 kinds of people
Smart people: learn from the mistakes of others
Normal people: learn from their own mistakes
Stupid people: never learn/ always think they’re right
He’s doing exactly what he said he would. What was the outcome that you wanted?
May I recommend you educate yourself on cognitive dissonance, educating yourself on EVERY candidate you vote for ( including judges/sheriffs), forevermore, and thinking of how the policies they promote will affect your common man. You’ll NEVER be one of the billionaires, you’ll ALWAYS be lumped in with the riff raff at the end of the day.
I hope you also take the time to learn about internal/passive/instilled racism and it’s long history of policies in this country. When something/someone is different, approach that with curiosity, not fear or hatred. Examine why your first reactions may be fear or hate, and learn to deconstruct what you’ve been spoon fed from birth in this country. It takes so much personal work on yourself to care about humanity and I believe you are completely capable of doing so. I hope this lights a permanent fire in you to be one of us, instead of ever thinking you’re more like them. You aren’t, never will be, and they’ll never see any value in you as human. If you continue to think that way, you’re lost to our society bc you’re a problem, not a solution.
Blessed be. 💙
Edit: PS I laugh about you never voting GOP again. How cute or head buried in the sand of you, to think they’re ever going to allow elections again. You’re in the shit now with the rest of us, I suggest you start swimming.
Sounds like you were okay with the racism, transphobia, homophobia, rape, etc. and only gave a fuck when it started to hurt you.
He had a violent coup when he lost the election. He is a criminal. He deliberately went after the rights and needs of the most vulnerable. He ran in a ticket that told you that basic human empathy was a weakness. He littered your institutions with illiterate hate mongers.
Then you voted for him.
Enjoy.
My husband is a union worker and was in disbelief over how many of his fellow union workers were supporting the guy. I am sorry you’re being affected by this, but he did everything he said he was going to do. You just didn’t see past the bigger, hate-filled messages to see all of his plans.