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Sometimes you just get it wong (lemmy.ca)
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Another Trumper full of regret.

https://gothamist.com/news/why-many-asian-american-trump-voters-chose-zohran-mamdani-in-nycs-primary

"I liked his policies, mainly his support for education and affordable housing, said Shirley Wong, 70, of Bensonhurst, referring to Mamdani. "He seems to listen to us."

But less than a year ago, Wong cast her ballot for Trump. She cited the influx of migrants in her neighborhood, as well as the cost of living under President Joe Biden. But now, Wong said she regretted voting for Trump, citing the Big Beautiful Bill's projected cuts to Medicaid

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[-] Draegur@lemmy.zip 16 points 1 month ago

Mamdani LITERALLY converts Trump voters into non-trump-voters.

Of COURSE the democrat party hates him; he exposes their grift and gets their prey to pay attention!

[-] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

Zohran keeps things on policy, which is the only arena the personality cult and party faithful can't go.

[-] Muaddib@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 month ago

He's ruining their plan to lose on purpose

[-] peregrin5@piefed.social 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

at least she's realized and admits her mistake and changed her voting patterns. a huge portion will never have that self-awareness

[-] Sanctus@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

She didnt do that though. She voted for a cunt promising to cut shit she needed and then didnt change her mind until the exact thing she needs was cut. Thats not really learning in the way you need to learn to have a functioning society. Its still narcissism and individualism.

[-] jonne@infosec.pub 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Trump promised he wouldn't cut Medicaid. The thing you should fault her with is that she still didn't get that Trump lies about everything after demonstrating that for his entire public life and an entire presidential administration.

[-] peregrin5@piefed.social 5 points 1 month ago

maybe my standards are just lower now because I still see idiots cheering trump as he is literally killing them and stealing their money so long as they think he is "owning the libs"

[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

I predict she will still vote Republican the next go around for similar stupid reasons.

[-] ech@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago

Did she? She voted based on racism. Nothing she's complaining about suggests she shifted on that.

[-] shawn1122@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 month ago

An alarming number of Americans (and people around the world) just vote on vibes. That's the only way you can explain voting for a fascist one election and immediately pivoting to a democratic socialist.

[-] Muaddib@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 month ago

This is true, but I have a better explanation for this case: people hate centrists.

[-] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 month ago

An alarming number of Americans (and people around the world) just vote on vibes

And looks.

[-] zewm@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

It doesn’t matter to me until it directly affects me.

[-] sundray@lemmus.org 5 points 1 month ago

The official motto of the American voter.

[-] BassTurd@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Shirley is a stupid cunt and a racist. I'll happily support her voting for Mamdani, but she's still a piece of shit and I hope she knows it and it haunts her. It doesn't, but I wish it did.

[-] WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

This sounds like someone learning. It’s incredibly hard to admit you were wrong and do better. Don’t shame her for it.

[-] BassTurd@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

She hasn't learned anything. She discovered that her vote is now going to affect her. If it weren't specifically for the Medicaid cuts, she wouldn't be showing any remorse and would still be hoping Trump will take care of her brown person problem. She hasn't admitted that she was wrong, she's finding out that actions have consequences.

Fuck her. She deserves to be shamed just like every other Trump voter. Remember when being pro Nazi got you in hot water because of the shame it brought? We need to get back to that.

[-] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Sure, if you want to give them a reason to double down again instead of coming around.

[-] BassTurd@lemmy.world -1 points 4 weeks ago

I'm tired of trying to cater with these fucks. She has shown zero remorse for her beliefs, just that it's affecting her. She has no intention of coming around, and if she does, I was never going to be the voice that gets her there, unless she happens to stumble into this thread. I doubt think Fox news or OAN or whoever is regurgitating this to their base, so it's a moot point.

[-] JustAnotherPodunk@lemmy.world -4 points 1 month ago

Let he who has not sinned cast the first stone.

[-] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

I got lots of rocks and didn't vote for the orange piece of trash. Careful what you wish for...

[-] kemsat@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

It’s not hard to admit you’re wrong, unless you’re overly prideful.

[-] taco@piefed.social 8 points 1 month ago

"I like his policies, but..." gestures at brown people

[-] GuyFawkes@midwest.social 7 points 1 month ago

So she voted for the Wong candidate and now regrets it. Cry me a fuckin river.

[-] Muaddib@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 month ago

Right wing voters would rather vote for a communist than a moderate liberal.

Take notes, Democrats. If you want to steal the right vote, run socialists

[-] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Edit: this picture is getting so much mileage this year.

[-] notsosure@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

You can’t beat stupid.

[-] GuyFawkes@midwest.social 3 points 1 month ago

We should be allowed to try. Maybe one night a year? For like 12 hours?

[-] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 3 points 1 month ago

You can beat them, but they still won't learn.

[-] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

She’ll regret it even more when ICE snatches her up.

[-] don@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

"Imma vote for this dude bc he's gonna get rid of all of the people I hate.

[scary thought]

He won't come for me, bc I'm better than those people."

[-] TachyonTele@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

~~What support for education is this lady hallucinating about?~~
Edit: stay in school kids

[-] peregrin5@piefed.social 4 points 1 month ago

she's talking about mamdani not Trump here

[-] TachyonTele@piefed.social 3 points 1 month ago

Lol whoops. Thank you

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