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imanamerican63

(13,846 posts)
Wed May 1, 2024, 10:02 PM May 1

OMG! My only sister who had a once of sanity? Well throw the baby out with the bath water!

Yep! Now she is a Trump supporter! She tried to tell me that Biden is too old and isn’t running the country and other BS Trump crap!


Lord help me! If my mom should ever leave this earth? I will be the only anti Trump member of our family!

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OMG! My only sister who had a once of sanity? Well throw the baby out with the bath water! (Original Post) imanamerican63 May 1 OP
sadly her opinion is one shared by far too many people who pay little to no attention to politics Takket May 1 #1
Sad. They will have a steep learning curve if Trump comes into power again. Irish_Dem May 1 #2
Sorry to hear. Life's complicated enough already. calimary May 1 #3
So she has no problem voting for someone who tried to overthrow the government, a racist, bigot, JohnSJ May 1 #4
I'm just thankful that my brothers and parents are anti-Trump sakabatou May 1 #5
so she's going with the old criminal? ecstatic May 1 #6
My condolences. Crunchy Frog May 1 #7
Well, you are the right person to blow their Trump balloon. OAITW r.2.0 May 1 #8
I know the feeling. TSExile May 1 #9
I have quite a few in my family also Tree Lady May 1 #10
Oh, I am so sorry PatSeg May 1 #11
As if Doturd is a spring chicken..... AZ8theist May 1 #12
I'm sorry senseandsensibility May 1 #13
That's how it usually starts. Initech May 1 #14
Sadly, to stay in power Dan May 1 #16
So she's voting for the rapist, traitor, business fraud because blm May 1 #15
I am so sorry. soldierant May 1 #17
I'm cutting all Republicans out of my life. Rizen May 1 #18
glad my GOP brother hates trump too. pansypoo53219 May 1 #19
Was she political before or has something changed her mind ? kimbutgar May 1 #20
She does realize that TRAITOR** is onky 4 years younger than Biden? niyad May 1 #21
I don't get it. How is Biden "too old" but the Orange Menace is not? There is only about a 3 1/2 year difference LoisB May 2 #22
Ha - I know how you feel. LogicFirst May 2 #23
Hate to be an elitist but.... FHRRK May 2 #24
Sorry about your Sister. Since Trump, people who you thought were on your side SupportSanity May 2 #25
Ask her if she believes Trump when he says he Emile May 2 #26
I am sorry. I don't mean to insult your family but... maptap22 May 2 #27
Sorry to hear this. It IS scary for sure bluestarone May 2 #28
I hope she lives in an overwhelmingly partisan state. maxsolomon May 2 #29
The problem is that the KoolAid is addictive. SupportSanity May 3 #30

Irish_Dem

(48,249 posts)
2. Sad. They will have a steep learning curve if Trump comes into power again.
Wed May 1, 2024, 10:06 PM
May 1

This time he will be much worse.
And even his cult will be damaged.

JohnSJ

(92,556 posts)
4. So she has no problem voting for someone who tried to overthrow the government, a racist, bigot,
Wed May 1, 2024, 10:08 PM
May 1

cheats on his life, against a woman’s right to choose, etc.?

In an interview with Time magazine trump made it clear he wouldn't rule out authoritarian measures on issues like this if he's reelected.

Actually the Time interview made it very clear that trump WILL be a dictator who would pardon all January 6th rioters, allow states to prosecute women who violate abortion bans, Use the national guard and military to deport 11 million undocumented immigrants, and fire U.S. attorneys who won't carry out orders to prosecute someone, pardon all January 6th rioters, fire career government employees for not being loyal, refuse to come to the aid of NATO allies who don't "pay up".

This is in trump's own words, so anyone minimizing this is being disingenuous.

Keep in mind this is in trump's own words.

sakabatou

(42,215 posts)
5. I'm just thankful that my brothers and parents are anti-Trump
Wed May 1, 2024, 10:08 PM
May 1

and don't speak politics around me. Hell, I think my immediate family has made a pact not to speak politics around each other.

ecstatic

(32,816 posts)
6. so she's going with the old criminal?
Wed May 1, 2024, 10:08 PM
May 1


Maybe she's just trying to tease / trigger you. My sister does that at times.

OAITW r.2.0

(24,841 posts)
8. Well, you are the right person to blow their Trump balloon.
Wed May 1, 2024, 10:09 PM
May 1

I am lucky, my sibs are in sync with my thinking. But, if every DUer on board made the effort to change their family thinking....that would be awesome.

Tree Lady

(11,548 posts)
10. I have quite a few in my family also
Wed May 1, 2024, 10:16 PM
May 1

scares me. I am just glad most of them live in CA.

We try really hard not to talk politics or it goes downhill fast.

I think they are brainwashed, they think I am hippie gramma who is brainwashed by this site, lol.

AZ8theist

(5,542 posts)
12. As if Doturd is a spring chicken.....
Wed May 1, 2024, 10:36 PM
May 1

Joe might be old and slow, but he's sharp as a tack, highly intelligent with MOUNTAINS of experience on the world stage.

Doturd is suffering from dementia compounded by a very low intellect while in Stage 4 of inoperable stupidity.

Initech

(100,159 posts)
14. That's how it usually starts.
Wed May 1, 2024, 10:57 PM
May 1

It's an anti-democratic quip here, a blurb about how gas prices were better in 2020 there, next thing you know, they're full blown propagandists.

I know, I've lost way too many friends and people I know to the Fox Ministry Of Propaganda. It's a drug. It's rotted as many minds as the worst street drugs have. Turn that shit off. Block it at every opportunity. It's bad for you!

Dan

(3,591 posts)
16. Sadly, to stay in power
Wed May 1, 2024, 11:05 PM
May 1

He will have to start killing people. I wonder, how many will be okay with that? Oh, I forgot - once he’s back in power, their opinion/concerns won’t matter because like the rest of us, they will no longer have a say.

soldierant

(6,971 posts)
17. I am so sorry.
Wed May 1, 2024, 11:12 PM
May 1

I was the oldest of one, so I don't know what it is like to have siblings - (I do know what it is like to have friends. and losing them can also be bad, but I'm sure not quite as bad.) It's a grief that needs to be worked through, just when you are already finding it difficult to summon energy.. energy.

LoisB

(7,261 posts)
22. I don't get it. How is Biden "too old" but the Orange Menace is not? There is only about a 3 1/2 year difference
Thu May 2, 2024, 12:15 AM
May 2

in their ages. It's not as if donnie is a 40 year-old spring chicken. In his case, a spring vulture.

LogicFirst

(573 posts)
23. Ha - I know how you feel.
Thu May 2, 2024, 12:37 AM
May 2

My older brother is a Trumper because a democrat (LBJ) sent him to Viet Nam in 1968/1969.

SupportSanity

(253 posts)
25. Sorry about your Sister. Since Trump, people who you thought were on your side
Thu May 2, 2024, 05:52 PM
May 2

might really not be. And how and when do you find out?

A friend of mine "came out" a couple of months ago and I gotta tell ya, I was floored. We were texting and he started quoting Tucker Carlson and some others. He told me that he's been on "alternate" media for a while.

It's like Invasion of the Body Snatchers or Stepford Wives. They look the same but the inside is completely different than what you thought.

I looked my friend up on a voting website and found that he is registered Republican. All the conversations we had a while ago ... what is true?

One of his other friends quit communicating with him. Since he "came out"
I still communicate with him now, but rarely.

And If Biden wins, are he and I still friends?

If Trump wins, I guess we know how it will go.

I've heard about war time economy...
But this is war time relationships.

Emile

(23,254 posts)
26. Ask her if she believes Trump when he says he
Thu May 2, 2024, 05:58 PM
May 2

says he is being indicted for her for paying off a porn star.

maptap22

(71 posts)
27. I am sorry. I don't mean to insult your family but...
Thu May 2, 2024, 06:05 PM
May 2

I can see someone who voted for him back in 2016 but after all these years and how awful and frankly stupid we found out he is for her to now say “ yeah that’s my guy”? She has to be really really dumb. I don’t get it.

bluestarone

(17,152 posts)
28. Sorry to hear this. It IS scary for sure
Thu May 2, 2024, 06:12 PM
May 2

I have 2 brothers 2 sisters. All for TFG. I have written them off. In my case it's religion. They really believe he's the chosen one. So SICK of these faith believers.

SupportSanity

(253 posts)
30. The problem is that the KoolAid is addictive.
Fri May 3, 2024, 01:25 PM
May 3

Scientists have been studying the Trump KoolAid and have determined that there is an addictive substance in it, with chemical properties similar to a substance found only in Russia.

The study is ongoing with hopes of finding an antidote.

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