r/politics • u/Quirkie The Netherlands • 1d 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/SchroedingersSphere 1d ago edited 1d ago

Truthfully, this is all anecdotal. I live in the south, and there are a lot of people here who voted for Obama but not Biden. I don't understand their thought process, so don't ask why, but I've heard from multiple family members that they "just couldn't vote for that woman. I voted for Obama and I gave my vote to Trump this time. I'd vote for him if he ran against Trump in a third election." Pointing out that this violates the Constitution just makes them confused and mad.

The sad thing is, they say this with pride, like I should pat them on the head because they voted Democrat and Republican. Like they were neutral and not biased, therefore their opinion is more valid. I try not to fall into the trap of talking politics with them, but they voluntarily give me these details against my will.

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u/DEAD_VANDAL 1d ago

An unfortunate amount of Americans would legitimately rather a rapist pedophile as president instead of a woman.

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u/AlarmingAerie 1d ago

We all know that, it's baffling they tried running with a women again. The society clearly got even more sexists since Hillary.

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u/DEAD_VANDAL 1d ago

I think more than anything it was complacency, they wrongly assumed (as did a lot of people) that Trump was seen as such a joke that he didn’t stand a remote chance of winning again. I saw it the same way up until Election Day, cause it seemed genuinely unfathomable that any country could elect such a monster AGAIN.

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u/AlarmingAerie 1d ago

he was actually favorite to win entire time everywhere except reddit.