Trump voter regret is clearly registering now

https://lemmy.world/post/45162880

Trump voter regret is clearly registering now - Lemmy.World

Lemmy

Here are the percentages of 2024 Trump voters who disapproved of him in each of these areas:

  • Gas prices: 45%

Does that mean that the majority of Trump voters approve of Trump’s gas prices? A nation of masochists, apparently.

High gas prices are a pittance if we can bring Jesus back! (I wish this were a joke).
If he can turn water into wine, then by god we can waterboard that Palestinian until he turns it into ethanol for our cars.
Some of his supporters will accept anything with a smile as long as it’s their side doing it. Some are so drowned in right wing media bullshit that they might as well be living in a parallel universe. And some will just be so averse to criticizing Trump (particularly in a poll which is likely to have political remifications) that they’ll defend or ignore almost anything bad, even if they do hate it.

Yep. Just like some are only on the Trump train because they’re afraid of the social ramifications of saying anything bad about him.

In some circles, saying a single bad word about Trump will get you ostracized, shunned, and perhaps even targeted by violence.

They would let Trump take a shit in their mouths if they thought a Dem would have to smell it.
“I’d rather vote for a Russian than a Democrat”.

“It’s a sacrifice we have to make to get _______”

They just have to convince themselves that every bad thing is worth it in the long run because Trump is doing such a wonderful job on “X”. Their propaganda channel / site of choice just tells them why their sacrifice is necessary.

Imperial media obscures the connection. I heard NPR talking about higher gas prices with ZERO mention of trump/iran. And, if they do mention it, they usually blame Iran at least implicitly but often explicitly.