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In reply to the discussion: I know this is going to be unpopular but I am friends with and I understand many Trump supporters [View all]Warpy
(111,417 posts)We don't have to compromise our values, at all. We don't have to budge. Not our job.
When they tell us they think they made a mistake, we need to tell them they're not alone, that he's conned people for years and this is how he's gotten his money.
We just need to get out of the way and let them figure out how they can best work to overturn a terrible mistake in the voting booth. If they ask us for suggestions, we can suggest they call their Reps and Senators so his batshit bullshit won't get passed into law.
They don't have to become progressives or even tepid liberals overnight and probably won't. They do need to see that this isn't the first time that party has scammed them and perhaps Asshole is just the one to knock all the dust off those Republican glasses.