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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 15 points 1 week 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 week ago

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

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

He's ruining their plan to lose on purpose

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

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

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

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

And looks.

[-] BassTurd@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week 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 week 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 7 points 1 week 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.

[-] JustAnotherPodunk@lemmy.world -5 points 1 week ago

Let he who has not sinned cast the first stone.

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

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

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

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

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

The official motto of the American voter.

[-] peregrin5@piefed.social 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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 12 points 1 week 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 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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 4 points 1 week 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 6 points 1 week ago

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

[-] ech@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago

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

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

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

[-] Muaddib@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 week 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

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

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

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

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

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

You can’t beat stupid.

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

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

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

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

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

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

[-] don@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week 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 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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

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

she's talking about mamdani not Trump here

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

Lol whoops. Thank you

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