r/politics • u/Quirkie The Netherlands • 16h ago

Soft Paywall Obama Breaks Silence on Trump’s ‘Unimaginable’ Presidency - “Imagine if I had done any of this,” the former two-term president said.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/obama-breaks-silence-on-trumps-unimaginable-presidency/
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u/PerformanceCandid499 14h ago

Hey, the rural folk have been voting republican for generations. It's their "team" no matter how poorly they do. That's not going to change anytime soon. they'd still vote republican if the Republicans said they were going to throw them all in jail. They are not capable of critical thinking.

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u/zordonbyrd 11h ago

I live in a rural republican stronghold and I can confirm 100% they cannot critically think

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u/GoodIdea321 America 14h ago

Everyone is capable of critical thinking, it can be taught. Rural voters could change, the people who lived through the Great Depression and FDR voted for the Democratic party for decades. Not all of them of course, but millions.

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u/PerformanceCandid499 10h ago

True, its just so discouraging to watch. It feels like it's getting worse.

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u/GoodIdea321 America 10h ago

It's darkest before the dawn.

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u/owala_owl11 Florida 7h ago

I DONT UNDERSTAND! The republicans aren’t putting any money in their pockets. They’re raising their taxes and causing inflation with their little tariffs. But then the entire reason America was against Biden was because of how he handled the economy. Like how do republicans just NOT see this! Like if they’re gonna vote for the guy they should be honest. They’re not voting for him bc he’s a good businessman, or bc he’s saving their money and the economy, OR BECAUSE HES CHRISTIAN. Bc idc what anyone says, God did not call that man to be the president with all his spiteful and erratic energy. They simply voted for him because they like him and they don’t want to see a woman much less a minority in power that cares about the middle class.