• Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    21 days ago

    I know of a handful of other Latin Americans who still want to vote for the fucker. They can’t articulate why they’d vote for him other than a vague economic reason, even after reminding them of all the heinous shit he spews about people who don’t look like him.

    • ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com
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      21 days ago

      The “the economy was better under Trump” segment of voters is so depressing.

      His policies were basically tariffs and random shiny object populist issues. His policies raised prices regressively while creating entire foreign industries that didn’t exist before that now price-anchor US products through his tariffs and trade restrictions, such as soybean. Blew up NAFTA just to replace it with an almost identical arrangement. He alienated our biggest allies and trade partners. He pushed down interest rates even when it wasn’t needed, ignoring the housing and stock bubble it created, because it made him look good.

      It always reminds me how effective repeating a lie is - their “vibe” is that he’s some great businessman, and it’s enough to get their vote. They never check the sources for that “fact” (which are all Trump’s own self-aggrandizing statements).

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        20 days ago

        “The economy was great under trump! It’s definitely not because of Obama and his policies. It started being garbage months before Biden took office because everyone knew Biden would make it bad.”

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      21 days ago

      I’ve got extended married-in family that are literally mexican illegal immigrants from the 80s who made a life in America. They have family in Juarez they see regularly. They believe illegal immigration is the most important issue, and think trump is best on it. Holy shit.

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        21 days ago

        Everytime this comes up I think about that Trump supporter who was married to an illegal immigrant and was shocked her husband got deported.

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          19 days ago

          That was like my favorite story. Like you were literally married, they’re officially a citizen if you just did the paper work…