[tlackemann]

So what does action look like? Half the country voted for this, we can't act surprised this is happening. We heard Trump's words loud and clear and half the country pretended to not listen or not care because "the liberals were ruining our country".

What can we do, truthfully? I've wrote to elected officials who I haven't heard a peep from. Why aren't the people in charge taking lead to stop this? Genuine question. What can we do? Because the last paragraph in this article makes it sound like violence is the next step which is not something I personally advocate for myself.

[freitasm]

They didn't vote for this. I bet the majority of those voters cast their vote trying to get better egg prices. They aren't going to get that.

[akvadrako]

Regardless of what people voted for (I disagree with your assessment) after the fact the recent EOs do have popular support.

https://issuesinsights.com/2025/02/03/trumps-executive-order...

[pindab0ter]

How much of the support is because they actually agree with the policies being passed versus "their leader showing strength"?

[bufferoverflow]

You shouldn't project your corrupted worldview on everyone around. Not everyone is like followers of Biden.

[Dig1t]

I assure you we absolutely did vote for this and it’s very fun to be winning so much. It’s awesome to see corruption being rooted out and to be learning how much tax payer money has been wasted.

[BLKNSLVR]

Do you believe everything Trump is saying?

As an extreme and memorable example: "$x million was spent on condoms for Hamas"

In my experience of the world, therefore through my personal filter, most of the justifications and reasoning I hear out of Trump's mouth are massive simplifications at best and outright untruths at worst.

Regarding rooting out corruption: $TRUMP coin. So they're replacing perceived corruption with outright scams in order to profit from their position?

[robocat]

The deepest strength of democracy is being able to vote disliked politicians out. So long as you can replace Trump next election then the costs are bearable.

I'm in New Zealand and our MMP system has elected politicians with zero constituency (list vote).

[Mountain_Skies]

>What can we do, truthfully?

Put up a better candidate through a transparent process next time and stop the hysterics that alienate the majority of the population. Denying the reality of the poor quality of the candidate and continuing to be loud about things that only are believed in extremist bubbles is how you get even more of what you do not want. Remember, impressing people who think just like you isn't outreach, it's insulating and isolating.

Oh, and banish "Latinx" from existence. It's crazy how much damage that one little letter did and how tone deaf those who use it continue to be.

[Sylamore]

Disclaimer: I didn't vote for Trump/Vance and I'm deeply uncomfortable with the stuff happening with DOGE in particular.

All the republicans have to do for the 2026 midterms and Vance for 2028 is play clips from the DNC Officer election process that took place over the weekend as campaign ads.

Many of my friends can only perceive the election outcome and the actions currently taking place from a place of identity based policies. Virtually everyone I know outside of that circle and many inside that circle who keep their mouths shut are tired of that being THE focus.

[scarface_74]

This is some of the out of touch stuff that comes from the DNC that is toxic to a large part of America.

“Our rules specify that when we have a non-binary candidate or officer, the non-binary individual is counted as neither male nor female, and the remaining six offices must be gender balanced with the results of the previous four elections. Our elected officers are currently two male and two female. In order to be gender balanced… we must elect one male, one female, and one person of any gender."

I am the furthest thing from an “aggrieved Rural Christian Evangelical Conservative” - none of those adjectives apply to me.

They also said “So, I’m going to have a show of hands. How many of you believe that racism and misogyny played a role in Vice President Harris”. Did it play role? Yes. I’m a Black guy and I know a few Black men that didn’t vote for her just because of that.

But just like Christians and traditional Republicans held their nose and voted for Trump the first time.

Enough of America voted for Obama twice. Obama never made it about race. But then again, we had decent Republican candidates like Romney and McCain (who shut it down anytime it came up).

Harris lost because she was a continuation of Biden and was complicit in hiding the fact that Biden was losing his mental faculties

[big-green-man]

> the liberals were ruining our country

I think their grievances are more detailed than that.

They didn't pretend not to listen. They genuinely want what is currently happening and are very happy about it.

[vibrio]

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