"I am ashamed': Trump voter expresses deep regret for 2016 choice in new ad

[SheltieLover]

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/06/i-am-ashamed-trump-voter-expresses-deep-regret-for-2016-choice-in-new-ad/

‘I am ashamed’: Trump voter expresses deep regret for 2016 choice in new ad
Published 9 hours ago on June 8, 2020By Brad Reed

A new video posted by the anti-Trump organization Republican Voters Against Trump features an Arizona man named Lance who explains why he cannot support the president again in 2020.

“I am ashamed as a Republican by what our president has done to our country,” Lance says in the video. “I voted for him in 2016 and I will not vote for him, regardless of whether there’s anybody running against him."

More at link.

That's gonna leave a mark.

[OAITW r.2.0]

1. "regardless of whether there's anybody running against him."

Yeah. Lance, there is a sane person who will be a a great President. His name is Joe Biden.

[SheltieLover]

3. My thoughts exactly!

But, it is good that they are running ads like this to normalize not voting red, for kool-aie fans.

[OAITW r.2.0]

5. They've been fucking this country up for about 25 years.

And some are just figuring it out. Sad and pathetic.

[Harker]

18. I'm inclined to at least double that figure. n/t

[OAITW r.2.0]

23. Eisenhower was far more Left than any candidate for President since I was born.

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Why?, because he was FDR's general in WW2 and commanded millions of US people to win - Die or Live - in this war. He was the ultimate Antifa. For that we should build him a national monument. Also. built the best goddam transportation system after the war. Helped a lot to drive our economy, even today. Mitch - Infrastructure Bill? No? Why, you Fucking coward that takes money from Russian business interests and hurts our long-term strategic interests.

He did not forget their sacrifices - dead or alive. Check out the Republican Platform. 1952 vs. 1956 vs. 1962. It's instructional.

[Harker]

24. I was thinking of Nixon.

I was born during Eisenhower's presidency, so only have a historical appreciation for him.

His farewell address alone shows him to be made of different stuff than modern republican'ts.

[OAITW r.2.0]

27. 1953 Earth entrance for me!

So, in 1971, I finally was of age to vote in '73. Canvased for George McGovern....proudly. We lost 49-1, but we were right about character, honor, and bravery. Fuck Republicans...they have always been wrong.

[Lock him up.]

26. In the less than 5 months before Nov. 3, the Russian trolls will...

… find some BS "real" fake news and he's gonna believe it (maybe).

No complacency. Work like our lives depend on phoning, registering, volunteering, and voting!

Then lock him up. Expose all his crimes and felonies and shenanigans and frauds for History to remember!

[mopinko]

2. good first step. now sit w your sins.

[SheltieLover]

4. Absolutely!

I think they are going for universality amongst deplorables.

[mopinko]

16. i recently acknowledged my buddhism.

and yeah. those are the words of the buddha.
and karma enforces that shit.

[SheltieLover]

17. Wonderful!

Congrats on finding your path.

I sort of lean that way myself. Love the Daoist teachings. 😍

[mopinko]

19. always was, of course. took a doctor of divinity

who works for grubhub, to say it out loud, and make me see.
it is a good path, but the duties are heavy some times.

[SheltieLover]

22. It is all good, though.

Much respect for the Path. 😊

[mopinko]

29. it is a righteous path for sure. that i know.

thx.
my fam thinks i have gone mad, so a little fistbump goes a long way.

[SheltieLover]

31. I'm sure...sadly

It has always made sense to me, personally.

Seems to be a common sense life philosophy to me, without all the hypocracy so common to other belief systems.

Were you able to attend the Maitrea Heart Shrine Relic Tour? If you have the opportunity, DO IT! 😁😁😁 I went twice & absolutely loved it.

[mopinko]

33. nah. f that. my greatest pain is that even buddhism is misogynous.

i got zero pennies or respect for the grifters.
or the dali lama, for that matter.
"the next lama should be female, but she should be attractive?
f that w a chain saw. esp as he doesnt see the danger there.

[SheltieLover]

34. Very true.

But the vibes & experience is fabulous.

I went to a small community church of SE Asians - no one spoke English, but we all communicated perfectly without verbal language.

BTW there is no cost.

[Coventina]

37. It takes a tough mind and a soft heart to be Buddhist.

That's my catchphrase, anyway.

It is probably one of the most difficult faiths to pursue, and I fail at it daily.

[mopinko]

38. i still fail.

but i am in th middle of a place of true zen.

[Cha]

7. KR.. they should be.. at least we're getting

those who are capable of said "shame".

[SheltieLover]

11. I think the ad

Is pointed towards deplorables - to normalize those feelings from one of their own ilk.

[Cha]

12. Yeah, it's a good anti-trump statement from Lance in AZ.. here's the tweet Vid..

You could put it in your OP..

Link to tweet

Lance sees a lot that we see.. Retweeted!

[SheltieLover]

14. Mahalo, Cha!

[murielm99]

30. Are these ads getting wide circulation?

They are no good if we are preaching to the choir. Republicans always seem to have their ads placed so that they reach everyone.

[PJMcK]

8. Lance, as far as I'm concerned you're forgiven...

...provided that you do one of the following:

1. Vote for Joe Biden for President AND vote for every Democratic candidate on your ballot. That's your penance.

2. Don't vote at all.

[Niagara]

9. Well, Lance

tRump told you exactly who he was decades before the election and during his campaign. It's no surprise. #derp

[rusty quoin]

10. This is different from the past, because there are several openly apologetic for a Trump vote

Back in 2009, they were more like Shaggy’s “It Wasn’t Me,” when it came to supporting the Iraq War, and became the tea party interested in spending.

[Cha]

13. Lance along with millions got scammed by a career criminal con man.

Link to tweet

[Skittles]

15. they were willingly scammed

enough was known about Trump when he ran for president to determine he was NOT a suitable candidate

fuck everyone who actually voted for him, I doubt I will EVER forgive them

[Lock him up.]

28. The con man told them what they wanted to hear ("u'll be tired of winning")

and they believed him ("believe me"...).

We knew the damages he would do right away, but he kept telling them "I alone can fix it" and "believe me" repeatedly, so they believed him (what a surprise!).

After 3.5 years of chaos, suspicions (Russia), and stupidity "a la Steve Bannon" now they face the damages their gullible votes have caused.

In less than 6 months, the impeached con man has managed to bring back the 1918 pandemic, the 1929 Great Depression, and the 1968 rallies against racism, and all that's missing (so far) is a return of the 1939 World War II… in less than a year!

Lock him up.

[calimary]

35. Yeah. The "believe me" thing. The LIAR exhorts you to believe him.

I believe alright. I believe he’s a liar.

I believe my ears, my eyes, and my memory of what I’ve read, heard, observed, and made note of

That’s what I believe about you, donald.

[Skittles]

36. "winning" to them meant putting the uppity black folk in their place

"MAGA" means takes us back 50 years

Fuck them all.

[Harker]

20. That's a lot of bats. n/t

[Demonmogirl]

21. Good on them

A little late but better than never.

[mountain grammy]

25. I don't think he's won over any new voters

so everyone he loses is good, I hope.

[ecstatic]

32. Smart, cheap, and effective.

They need to do a lot more of that!