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54. The second group is the most common one. And i'm also sure they have gotten a lot of Govt money

Tue Feb 9, 2021, 02:37 AM

Feb 2021

through fraud . Many of those people got those PPP loans and i'm sure they have a history of getting other govt support which was supposed to go to others in more need but they got it through fraud .

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I just had a thought. Some Trumpers are former Democrats angry at losing good jobs [View all] applegrove Feb 2021 OP

Most of the Ds I know that switched to trump suffer from Ilsa Feb 2021 #1

One thing is there are no longer the kind of jackoff jobs we had back when I started working brewens Feb 2021 #2

They weren't all jackoff jobs. The buyer at a local stationary store was applegrove Feb 2021 #3

Thank You !!! nt Progressive Jones Feb 2021 #8

Democrats ALWAYS work to create good jobs. I reject the Hortensis Feb 2021 #4

THANK YOU! betsuni Feb 2021 #5

So very well said Hortensis. Maru Kitteh Feb 2021 #18

Mahalo, Hortensis! The Traitor is the one who Cha Feb 2021 #24

No, many did not vote for Obama. And they are racist. Even they blame JI7 Feb 2021 #6

Because they are thinking with emotion (resentment) than with reason. applegrove Feb 2021 #10

Yes, they are thinking with their racism. Nothing you said excuses them being racist JI7 Feb 2021 #11

I was not excusing racism in any way. applegrove Feb 2021 #13

May not be your intent, but you are. kcr Feb 2021 #59

Right so we are not to think about changing their reptilian brain voting. applegrove Feb 2021 #62

They look for scapegoats. Blue_true Feb 2021 #16

True. Automation takes jobs away. Boomers retiring opens them up. applegrove Feb 2021 #20

Why don't black and brown people, who are under more stress than these people, vote for Trump? StarfishSaver Feb 2021 #40

White people stress out and scapegoat. They were not voting their best applegrove Feb 2021 #42

It depends on what their interests are StarfishSaver Feb 2021 #45

"neither party working to fix that" TwilightZone Feb 2021 #7

Democrats became debt fighters and third wayers because they partially bought into applegrove Feb 2021 #12

Clinton and Obama created jobs JI7 Feb 2021 #14

Union participation was gutted over the last 50 years. applegrove Feb 2021 #21

Jobs were still created JI7 Feb 2021 #26

Hillary promised $15 an hour jobs. Former Obama voters voted for applegrove Feb 2021 #27

No, There weren't that many Obama voters that voted for Trump . Those who voted for Trump JI7 Feb 2021 #29

Look at post 25. People blamed the Clintons for trade deals. applegrove Feb 2021 #31

WHo cares. They can claim many things. I look at their actions and they voted for Free Trade JI7 Feb 2021 #33

I'm only talking about people who voted for Obama and then Trump. applegrove Feb 2021 #35

Biden already won more White Men than OBama because Biden is a White Man JI7 Feb 2021 #36

I'm only talking about the people who voted Obama then Trump. applegrove Feb 2021 #32

There aren't many people who did that . And voting for Obama doesn't mean one can't be racist JI7 Feb 2021 #34

Here is an article on the Obama Trump voters. These are the people applegrove Feb 2021 #37

Biden got more white voters than Obama . I don't believe many who claim they voted for Obama JI7 Feb 2021 #46

Exactly.. WTH! Cha Feb 2021 #22

Hillary promised $15 dollars an hour jobs. The people who voted for Obama and then Trump did so applegrove Feb 2021 #28

You keep posting that... SlogginThroughIt Feb 2021 #39

She kept saying $15 an hour. Point is Democrates didn't rock labour applegrove Feb 2021 #41

Ummm she was on that train before anyone else was. SlogginThroughIt Feb 2021 #43

$15 min wage is great. The Obama Trump voters were interested in good applegrove Feb 2021 #47

Oh and Obama and Biden saved the damn auto industry!!! SlogginThroughIt Feb 2021 #44

Try reading the OP. I am saying people will go back to Democrats. applegrove Feb 2021 #48

"When I launched my campaign for President in June 2015, I specifically mentioned Coal Country betsuni Feb 2021 #56

During the nomination race Hillary was not for $15. She changed her mind. applegrove Feb 2021 #57

"She kept saying $15 an hour." betsuni Feb 2021 #58

In the Presidential election of 2016. In the nomination race not so much. applegrove Feb 2021 #60

The most often used word in her speeches was "jobs," not $15. betsuni Feb 2021 #64

You're describing a pretty typical, racist right winger kcr Feb 2021 #61

I don't believe that many Dems jumped ship to Trump. Progressive Jones Feb 2021 #9

Close...but no cigar. Xolodno Feb 2021 #15

Yes, just look at Unions still wanting that pipeline JI7 Feb 2021 #17

You have to look no further than how a democratic consultant or Blue_true Feb 2021 #19

Reminds me of the Norma Rae movie. Xolodno Feb 2021 #72

I don't believe for a minute that that is a significant part of the Trump voting base StarfishSaver Feb 2021 #23

Most would not have voted Obama. KentuckyWoman Feb 2021 #25

But they have been voting for Republicans for Congress who support Free Trade JI7 Feb 2021 #30

I'n sorry... Wtf? SlogginThroughIt Feb 2021 #38

Good jobs. In the last 50 years Germany has put union reps in the boardroom. applegrove Feb 2021 #50

Ok but that is a far cry different. SlogginThroughIt Feb 2021 #68

Also what do Democratic politicians have to do with SlogginThroughIt Feb 2021 #69

That's not moving the goalposts from your OP LanternWaste Feb 2021 #73

"Whites who did not attend college were evenly split between the two parties in Pew surveys betsuni Feb 2021 #49

So Trump found the grievance and then shared it with white voters applegrove Feb 2021 #51

The issues they were angry about was race and other social issues. NOT jobs . JI7 Feb 2021 #53

In Germany 80 years ago 1/3 of Germans killed another 1/3 of germans applegrove Feb 2021 #55

Most of the people I know who are Trumpers fall into two categories. Initech Feb 2021 #52

The second group is the most common one. And i'm also sure they have gotten a lot of Govt money JI7 Feb 2021 #54

I am surrounded by these people. Initech Feb 2021 #70

Sorry. No one is buying the "economic anxiety" bullshit anymore. kcr Feb 2021 #63

It was a study. It was regression analysis. It was predictable that if applegrove Feb 2021 #65

+1 betsuni Feb 2021 #66

Here is a link to a link of the analysis. applegrove Feb 2021 #67

I think that there aren't that many Turin_C3PO Feb 2021 #71