One of my personal favorite sayings is "it's not a big deal till it's your big deal.” No one cares until they're personally affected or someone they know is personally affected.
This administration is gonna run up the deficit big time even after the stain & his enablers are thrown in jail. So many people will be able to sue the government for wrongful incarceration. I am beginning to believe it will take at least a decade to correct all the wrongs this administration has created.
Only if good people keep pushing will reparations happen. There will be so much to fix when we get the tyrants out of office, including food security, healthcare, education, election reform, the Supreme Court, prisons-for-profit, etc. If we leave it up to the victims alone, it may never happen. They will need our help.
Case in point: the Tulsa race massacre of 2021. Remarkably, two survivors were still alive in 2024 and still seeking reparations at the ages of 109 and 110. Both have since passed away.
Absolutely 100% and he would still be a MAGA if it NEVER happened!!!!! That's why I have a hard time with empathy for them. They did this - They need to fix it!
Republican voters, this is ALL your fault. We TOLD you and you didn’t listen, and now you have no one to blame but yourself. I hope you learned your lesson and never trust another Republican politician again.
Buyer remorse just doesn’t cut it, as a failure to see through the BS, poor voter education, misogyny and racism coupled with huge voter apathy delivered a malignant sociopath to the White House.
Disaffected Trump voters crying “this is not what I voted for!” rings a bit hollow really!
Don’t blame this crap on me, I voted for Her! That's why I often wear this shirt 👇
Yes I agree with you whole heartedly that we DID WARN THEM not to vote for the Orange shit stain and, a part of me will never forgive them for doing it, however, at the end of the day if we are to defeat this Orange monster and his evil minions we need to unite together because it is together with all of our combined strength that we can defeat him and his regime. We need each other. 🇺🇸
Michelle I agree with you more than with Heather. We can't afford to alienate those who voted for Trump but are now feeling remorse. We need to welcome them rather than belittling them. Otherwise they may very well not vote in the next election cycle. It will take all of us doing whatever we can to turn the tide for the sake of our United States.
I am not a Christian but I do like the commandment from Jesus to turn the other cheek. Well I don't really like the turn the other cheek and get hurt again, but I interpret this to partly mean don't retaliate and I agree with that. And that is what we need to be doing with anyone who regrets voting for trump...welcome them to a community that believes in liberty and justice for all. All, even those who have harmed us so greatly. We will never gain anything by saying what did you expect, or well you voted for him, you got what you asked for even though we may really really want to say that (I know I sure do anytime I hear anyone who voted for trump complaining about anything). Maybe the parable of the prodigal son is a better example...we need to welcome folks regardless of their past even if they have hurt us. I am not good at forgiving or forgetting but as a community that is what we need to do. When the Dems retake power we will indeed provide services for all those who voted against those services even though a part of me wants to be just as petty as maga and withhold services from folks who did not vote for them (and who do not pay enough taxes to cover them)...maga withholds services from states/people who did vote for those services and who pay in more to the feds than they get back and gives services to those who do not and that really ticks me off. But more than that I believe that we are the United States of America, all equally deserving of protection and service from the government which includes liberty and justice for all. And food. And health care. And due process. And meeting educational needs of special needs kids. And aid in times of natural disasters. And clean air and water.
i don't think we need to roll out the red carpet for them, but they have to admit that they f**ked up.... 'join us if you wish you'd never voted for trump' should be our slogan and not 'love will conquer hate'....(a lame ass slogan that only make liberals feel comfortable just whining but actually doing nothing)...and i am not targeting that at you - just stating it in general :) ... so far in the various 2025 elections there are still an enormous number of people who are still voting republican....all those people still think dictator trump and his putin-style-rubber-stamp-congress are doing a good job and the final outcome/solution will be excellent... it's more likely that independent voters are thinking they were stupid to have voted for the corrupt criminal bully TWICE!!!!! they are the ones who need to be courted and encouraged to JOIN US.....if repugnicans realized they f**ked up, there would have been a blue tsunami in these 2025 elections....there wasn't....the % was just taking it back to Joe's % in 2020.
Heather, we also voted for Harris.. I’m not only mad at the maggots, but I’m angry at the ones that did NOT vote! They had a choice, but they sat this election out (maybe they didn’t like either candidate?) and here we are, horrified by the current regime! Stay safe, stay strong and stay united against the regime.
I believe the ones who didn't vote at all are even dumber than the ones who voted for the orange asshole. When I ask who you voted for and am told I didn't vote, then you can't complain because you had a choice and chose not to participate, so sit down and shut up until you are a voting person; you don't count.
Bingo! If the dimwits had taken a minute to compare Dump to Harris and what they would do, they probably would have voted and voted for Harris. She's not perfect, of course, but we certainly wouldn't have the Hitler wanna-be and the gestapo leading(???) us in D.C.--and this HUGE mess we're in.
yeah, whining 'non-voters' don't have any credibility... anyone who comes from a country where voting was NOT a universal right, would be horrified at the thought of not caring enough to vote...
If and when other Republican Congressmen/women follow MTG out the door with early retirement it will give Democrats majority. Then the day of reckoning will begin.
It’s Congress but it is also the media’s fault why people haven’t been woken up. Fox News is feeding their viewers no information, mis information and disinformation. Fox viewers think everything is normal and just fine. They can’t understand what all the fuss is about coming from “the left”. They think DJT is doing a good job - except on the economy - but then they all just blame it on “Sleepy Joe” or the Dems. They are being fed lies and excuses all the while Fox News is deflecting blame off of Trump and onto the Democrats. And like good little zombies they just keep on watching Fox.
Now, Barry Weiss is buying up CNN, CBS and all the right wing media stations so that THE ONLY NEWS WILL BE STATE RUN PROPAGANDA NEWS for the Trump Regime. Think about that for a moment. No more freedom of the press. They want EVERYONE brainwashed. If all the news channels are saying the same things on the same days it MUST be true. Ask the Russians who started the war in Ukraine.
I say dump mainstream media altogether and NEVER go back! They have sold out - not only themselves but the American people.
agree. i use substack, BBC, canadian outlets, australian, south african, english versions of german and french news media....anything is better than supporting the radical right media takeover....billionaires doing trumps bidding....when billionaires win, we lose....so do whatever you can to not support trump billionaires media and NEVER believe a thing any billionaire says (even the ones you think are nice)....money has a louder voice than ethics and morality.
It is long past time to say it out loud…the current administration…from the wannabe king at the top, down to the lowliest bootlicker…is PURE EVIL! Donald Trump with his self-dealing, lying, gross incompetence, and overarching moral turpitude has set the tone. Utterly Despicable human beings like Kristi Noem take that tone and magnify it throughout their areas of responsibility. The House needs to haul her back, in cuffs if necessary, to finish her hearing. Then the Senate needs to finish the grilling with a hard hitting, televised, hearing of its own!
Rounding up people like stray dogs. I know it registers more when a White American is detained, but bring forward more of our hardworking Latino family members, veterans etc. Show records of the taxes they've paid for years, more than Musk, Bezos Zuckerberg, Thiel, and get no Government benefits. In Your Face Facts. THANKS MEIDAS.
Thank you, MeidasTouch and Jim, for sharing your story. You and all our vets deserve better than this! May your wife be released soon, and may everyone else who has not committed a crime also be released. Civil issues do not equal the level of what this administration is doing. They deserve punishment for their human rights violations.
The magnitude of ongoing violations of human rights by Noem and her ICE cohorts is unimaginable to me as a US . As I approach 80 and think back on my time as a nurse serving all kinds of people - I can't believe the level this administration has taken our country down too. Why does Congress let this continue.
Republican members of Congress are so cowed by the noise from OrangeBlob's mouth that they ignore the fact that they have the power he claims, but he doesn't. The only powers he has are listed in our constitution and laws. All they have to do is refuse to comply and then remove him and his cabal from office.
For those that have supported djt, and still do. WTF. You are the reason our country is suffering under the leadership of the Republican regime. FUCK YOU AND FUCK DONALD TRUMP.
What I don't understand is why can't tRump, Stephen Nosferatu Miller and Gnome just say "hey, we caught all the criminals and we don't have to keep up these ICE raids and will release and return all the people we illegally arrested and detained and deported". Just be honest. Yet we all know they don't care really about honesty or owning up to their mistakes. They all belong in prison for treason, criminal activities and domestic terrorism.
Stephen Miller wants a totally white country, so he won't stop until everyone gets deported. He is truly a Nazi, despite being from an immigrant Jewish family.
And his family having to flee their home country or risk annihilation. His wife is just as bad too. They should both be deported to the hellish coldest country furthest away from the US
The lengthy detainments of normal citizens and innocent people, under such dehumanizing conditions, is horrifying! Just saw the Amnesty International report on torture continuing in Alligator Alcatraz and the other Florida facility. So awful!
"Democracy does not survive by shaming people for admitting error. It survives when accountability replaces cruelty, when facts replace fear, and when stories like Brown’s are heard rather than buried."
They are trying to fulfill their daily quota of detentions and they are also using some of the detentions to instill fear and control others, especially members of Congress. Nothing like "bending" the rules to force bending at the knee and being "obedient".
I agree with him - he is an idiot - christian nationalists voted for HATE of THE OTHER. its that simple. There was no critical thinking on his part. These people just followed like lambs to the slaughter. I have no use for these hate mongers who now see the light when its them being hunted down like animals. They destroyed my country with their hate & they continue to push the “christian” bullshit - their idea of christian has nothing to do with a spiritual path - it has to do with closing the door to gays, women (who hold no power in these organizations), & turning a blind eye to children. Their stance on abortion is all about saving the child until its born. Then they forget to feed & clothe & house the child. They are hypocrites who deserve my rath!!!Fuck them every one!!
Seriously?!? People, including Jim Brown, knew exactly what they were voting for and what these people are. Zero sympathy from me. They may be that "stupid" but millions of us are not.
I've been accosted by MAGAs: once a group of white men surrounded me while I was in line to check out, wearing a mask. Another time a woman much younger than me attempted to pull my mask off while shopping for necessities. Another time, my husband was surrounded by a bunch of younger white men and women...they ran when he took his mask off and said he was trying to protect them, since he'd just been discharged from the hospital. They ran out of the store screaming my husband was trying to kill them. When, before he said anything, they spit in his face saying that COVID wasn't anything worse than a cold. (He didn't have COVID, by the way, just used it as a way to get out of the store in one piece. The young woman trying to grab my mask missed when I ducked and fell on the floor - I used this time to get out of there.) These are not the only times in the last decade.
Sorry not sorry: but my empathy ended the third time I was threatened.
I do understand that Americans need to rejoin together, but I'll not compromise my values for these people who claim to be Christians, yet threaten to harm anyone who disagrees with them. But, I'm old. I believed, before the felon, that people were basically good. I know differently now. They are what they choose to be: and MAGAs have chosen to be dangerous and to be enemies to the life of many people I love and a lot of folks I don't know. This is, of course, until their felon's rules and/or laws interfere with one of their loved ones. They apparently have lost or never learned empathy.
If MAGAs want to apologize for their behaviors, they need to get out and show us they no longer are the leaders' supporters. Start protesting, sit outside ICE's gulags, write to their politicians and the felon they supported and tell them to stop. Just saying one is sorry, is NOTHING. I won't forgive until they demonstrate by actions, rather than just saying they are sorry and they were an idiot. smdh
Do you not think this man exposed himself to threats and harassment by standing up and saying what he did? I get that people are angry and want to vent at anyone who voted for DJT. But publicly saying he regrets his vote *is* an action, one which he most likely knew would cause consequences for him.
Yes, I believe he did and will subject himself to the anger and hatred of his former colleagues and felon - his own 'peeps'. But he participated in that hatred, did he not, when he chose to vote for the felon? When he chose to vote for the end of ACA supplements? When he chose to agree with the Muslim ban? When he chose to vote for the BigBeautifulBill? When he supported kidnapping children from their parents with no plan to ever return them? Did he cheer when the felon pardoned all those J-6 insurrectionists? smh
He's done so much damage helping to overturn our democratic republic, and harming so many people. So, NO, the apology is not enough. Yes, he'll have to deal with the threats, like MTG: but gosh at least they haven't had to deal with it for a decade like us, right? LGBTQIA+, black folks, brown folks, and all those other people magas profess to hate have been living in fear...and you want us to simply forgive, because there was an apology? smdh
Let's just see how he votes in the next year. Heck, he may make a deal with the felon to get his wife back...and if that's the case, the felon will own him. I say let him prove he is trustworthy by his deeds, not by his voice.
And Project 2025 proves that Trump was going to destroy the USA, with help from the Heritage Foundation, and the Charlie Kirk Gang, who are hypocrites.
With regard to Mr Brown and all the other MAGA idiots who voted for Trump, yeah, great he’s had a change of heart and I wouldn’t wish what’s happened to his wife on my worst enemy, but to say you feel stupid is all well and good, but it’s too fucking late. This shit is here and who the fuck knows if we can get rid of him???? November 4th was the day to feel stupid and change your mind…not today!
People are waking up that the Orange Sh*tstain is a grifting POS and does nothing but lie.. pain is the point and Krusty Gnome can F off 🖕🏽
It's not important to them until it impacts them
One of my personal favorite sayings is "it's not a big deal till it's your big deal.” No one cares until they're personally affected or someone they know is personally affected.
This administration is gonna run up the deficit big time even after the stain & his enablers are thrown in jail. So many people will be able to sue the government for wrongful incarceration. I am beginning to believe it will take at least a decade to correct all the wrongs this administration has created.
Only if good people keep pushing will reparations happen. There will be so much to fix when we get the tyrants out of office, including food security, healthcare, education, election reform, the Supreme Court, prisons-for-profit, etc. If we leave it up to the victims alone, it may never happen. They will need our help.
Case in point: the Tulsa race massacre of 2021. Remarkably, two survivors were still alive in 2024 and still seeking reparations at the ages of 109 and 110. Both have since passed away.
https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/tulsa-massacre-survivors-still-seek-justice-after-103-years/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsa_race_massacre
Absolutely 100% and he would still be a MAGA if it NEVER happened!!!!! That's why I have a hard time with empathy for them. They did this - They need to fix it!
It was never about criminals. It was always about racism. She was nothing more than a body to fill a quota.
Jordy does good work when FauxNews has to reply. Best free promo meidastouch can get!!
That depends on where you started. MAGA and most GOP I agree.
Republican voters, this is ALL your fault. We TOLD you and you didn’t listen, and now you have no one to blame but yourself. I hope you learned your lesson and never trust another Republican politician again.
Buyer remorse just doesn’t cut it, as a failure to see through the BS, poor voter education, misogyny and racism coupled with huge voter apathy delivered a malignant sociopath to the White House.
Disaffected Trump voters crying “this is not what I voted for!” rings a bit hollow really!
Don’t blame this crap on me, I voted for Her! That's why I often wear this shirt 👇
https://libtees.dashery.com/products/74030236-dont-blame-me-i-voted-for-harris-t-shirt
Yes I agree with you whole heartedly that we DID WARN THEM not to vote for the Orange shit stain and, a part of me will never forgive them for doing it, however, at the end of the day if we are to defeat this Orange monster and his evil minions we need to unite together because it is together with all of our combined strength that we can defeat him and his regime. We need each other. 🇺🇸
Michelle I agree with you more than with Heather. We can't afford to alienate those who voted for Trump but are now feeling remorse. We need to welcome them rather than belittling them. Otherwise they may very well not vote in the next election cycle. It will take all of us doing whatever we can to turn the tide for the sake of our United States.
I am not a Christian but I do like the commandment from Jesus to turn the other cheek. Well I don't really like the turn the other cheek and get hurt again, but I interpret this to partly mean don't retaliate and I agree with that. And that is what we need to be doing with anyone who regrets voting for trump...welcome them to a community that believes in liberty and justice for all. All, even those who have harmed us so greatly. We will never gain anything by saying what did you expect, or well you voted for him, you got what you asked for even though we may really really want to say that (I know I sure do anytime I hear anyone who voted for trump complaining about anything). Maybe the parable of the prodigal son is a better example...we need to welcome folks regardless of their past even if they have hurt us. I am not good at forgiving or forgetting but as a community that is what we need to do. When the Dems retake power we will indeed provide services for all those who voted against those services even though a part of me wants to be just as petty as maga and withhold services from folks who did not vote for them (and who do not pay enough taxes to cover them)...maga withholds services from states/people who did vote for those services and who pay in more to the feds than they get back and gives services to those who do not and that really ticks me off. But more than that I believe that we are the United States of America, all equally deserving of protection and service from the government which includes liberty and justice for all. And food. And health care. And due process. And meeting educational needs of special needs kids. And aid in times of natural disasters. And clean air and water.
i don't think we need to roll out the red carpet for them, but they have to admit that they f**ked up.... 'join us if you wish you'd never voted for trump' should be our slogan and not 'love will conquer hate'....(a lame ass slogan that only make liberals feel comfortable just whining but actually doing nothing)...and i am not targeting that at you - just stating it in general :) ... so far in the various 2025 elections there are still an enormous number of people who are still voting republican....all those people still think dictator trump and his putin-style-rubber-stamp-congress are doing a good job and the final outcome/solution will be excellent... it's more likely that independent voters are thinking they were stupid to have voted for the corrupt criminal bully TWICE!!!!! they are the ones who need to be courted and encouraged to JOIN US.....if repugnicans realized they f**ked up, there would have been a blue tsunami in these 2025 elections....there wasn't....the % was just taking it back to Joe's % in 2020.
Heather, we also voted for Harris.. I’m not only mad at the maggots, but I’m angry at the ones that did NOT vote! They had a choice, but they sat this election out (maybe they didn’t like either candidate?) and here we are, horrified by the current regime! Stay safe, stay strong and stay united against the regime.
I believe the ones who didn't vote at all are even dumber than the ones who voted for the orange asshole. When I ask who you voted for and am told I didn't vote, then you can't complain because you had a choice and chose not to participate, so sit down and shut up until you are a voting person; you don't count.
Agreed!
Bingo! If the dimwits had taken a minute to compare Dump to Harris and what they would do, they probably would have voted and voted for Harris. She's not perfect, of course, but we certainly wouldn't have the Hitler wanna-be and the gestapo leading(???) us in D.C.--and this HUGE mess we're in.
yeah, whining 'non-voters' don't have any credibility... anyone who comes from a country where voting was NOT a universal right, would be horrified at the thought of not caring enough to vote...
Not enough people are waking up unfortunately- Congress needs to find their voice again and change this stuff- they’re being bypassed
If and when other Republican Congressmen/women follow MTG out the door with early retirement it will give Democrats majority. Then the day of reckoning will begin.
It’s Congress but it is also the media’s fault why people haven’t been woken up. Fox News is feeding their viewers no information, mis information and disinformation. Fox viewers think everything is normal and just fine. They can’t understand what all the fuss is about coming from “the left”. They think DJT is doing a good job - except on the economy - but then they all just blame it on “Sleepy Joe” or the Dems. They are being fed lies and excuses all the while Fox News is deflecting blame off of Trump and onto the Democrats. And like good little zombies they just keep on watching Fox.
Now, Barry Weiss is buying up CNN, CBS and all the right wing media stations so that THE ONLY NEWS WILL BE STATE RUN PROPAGANDA NEWS for the Trump Regime. Think about that for a moment. No more freedom of the press. They want EVERYONE brainwashed. If all the news channels are saying the same things on the same days it MUST be true. Ask the Russians who started the war in Ukraine.
I say dump mainstream media altogether and NEVER go back! They have sold out - not only themselves but the American people.
agree. i use substack, BBC, canadian outlets, australian, south african, english versions of german and french news media....anything is better than supporting the radical right media takeover....billionaires doing trumps bidding....when billionaires win, we lose....so do whatever you can to not support trump billionaires media and NEVER believe a thing any billionaire says (even the ones you think are nice)....money has a louder voice than ethics and morality.
Krusty! Lol
It is shameful.
It is long past time to say it out loud…the current administration…from the wannabe king at the top, down to the lowliest bootlicker…is PURE EVIL! Donald Trump with his self-dealing, lying, gross incompetence, and overarching moral turpitude has set the tone. Utterly Despicable human beings like Kristi Noem take that tone and magnify it throughout their areas of responsibility. The House needs to haul her back, in cuffs if necessary, to finish her hearing. Then the Senate needs to finish the grilling with a hard hitting, televised, hearing of its own!
The Gnome doesn’t care.
As well as the rest of the unfit cabinet members!
Rounding up people like stray dogs. I know it registers more when a White American is detained, but bring forward more of our hardworking Latino family members, veterans etc. Show records of the taxes they've paid for years, more than Musk, Bezos Zuckerberg, Thiel, and get no Government benefits. In Your Face Facts. THANKS MEIDAS.
Great great great great idea!!!!!
I found out today that 4 days ago ICE arrested 14 Punjabi (East Indians) at one business in my small rural CA county. No one knows where they are. :-(
ICE is one of my priorities. That and SCOTUS. One dismantled. One reworked
More to the story about the arrested truckers. Starts at about 18 minutes.
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=9+truckers+arrested+in+yuba+city+ca+news&&view=detail&mid=E2306AFCD23C5FC6EBF6E2306AFCD23C5FC6EBF6&FORM=VRDGAR
Thank you, MeidasTouch and Jim, for sharing your story. You and all our vets deserve better than this! May your wife be released soon, and may everyone else who has not committed a crime also be released. Civil issues do not equal the level of what this administration is doing. They deserve punishment for their human rights violations.
Noem should be in solitary confinement herself for the rest of her stinking life!
The magnitude of ongoing violations of human rights by Noem and her ICE cohorts is unimaginable to me as a US . As I approach 80 and think back on my time as a nurse serving all kinds of people - I can't believe the level this administration has taken our country down too. Why does Congress let this continue.
Republican members of Congress are so cowed by the noise from OrangeBlob's mouth that they ignore the fact that they have the power he claims, but he doesn't. The only powers he has are listed in our constitution and laws. All they have to do is refuse to comply and then remove him and his cabal from office.
Exactly. Congress is complicit in all of this
For those that have supported djt, and still do. WTF. You are the reason our country is suffering under the leadership of the Republican regime. FUCK YOU AND FUCK DONALD TRUMP.
So sick of this administration if we can even call it that. I want our country back
What I don't understand is why can't tRump, Stephen Nosferatu Miller and Gnome just say "hey, we caught all the criminals and we don't have to keep up these ICE raids and will release and return all the people we illegally arrested and detained and deported". Just be honest. Yet we all know they don't care really about honesty or owning up to their mistakes. They all belong in prison for treason, criminal activities and domestic terrorism.
Stephen Miller wants a totally white country, so he won't stop until everyone gets deported. He is truly a Nazi, despite being from an immigrant Jewish family.
💯 agree
AGREE
And his family having to flee their home country or risk annihilation. His wife is just as bad too. They should both be deported to the hellish coldest country furthest away from the US
They want the money and power would be my guess.
The lengthy detainments of normal citizens and innocent people, under such dehumanizing conditions, is horrifying! Just saw the Amnesty International report on torture continuing in Alligator Alcatraz and the other Florida facility. So awful!
"Democracy does not survive by shaming people for admitting error. It survives when accountability replaces cruelty, when facts replace fear, and when stories like Brown’s are heard rather than buried."
They are trying to fulfill their daily quota of detentions and they are also using some of the detentions to instill fear and control others, especially members of Congress. Nothing like "bending" the rules to force bending at the knee and being "obedient".
Thank you
Brown flipped because events were going against him - typical maga.
…….or maybe he finally realized that Trump is a POS, that has to be reigned in!!
No, only bc it hit home. They knew exactly what they were voting for, they just didn’t think it’d be “their immigrant” Fahq his feelings.
Yeah, exactly. If his wife had not been picked up by ICE, would he vote the same way a fourth time?
I agree with him - he is an idiot - christian nationalists voted for HATE of THE OTHER. its that simple. There was no critical thinking on his part. These people just followed like lambs to the slaughter. I have no use for these hate mongers who now see the light when its them being hunted down like animals. They destroyed my country with their hate & they continue to push the “christian” bullshit - their idea of christian has nothing to do with a spiritual path - it has to do with closing the door to gays, women (who hold no power in these organizations), & turning a blind eye to children. Their stance on abortion is all about saving the child until its born. Then they forget to feed & clothe & house the child. They are hypocrites who deserve my rath!!!Fuck them every one!!
🙌💯he didn’t give a rats arse until it was “his immigrant”
I saw a line a day or two ago (possibly on XVOA) that went "Put Christ back into Christianity."
Did he regret his vote before his wife was taken or only after?
GREAT, GREAT, GREAT SESSION, BEN!
Seriously?!? People, including Jim Brown, knew exactly what they were voting for and what these people are. Zero sympathy from me. They may be that "stupid" but millions of us are not.
I've been accosted by MAGAs: once a group of white men surrounded me while I was in line to check out, wearing a mask. Another time a woman much younger than me attempted to pull my mask off while shopping for necessities. Another time, my husband was surrounded by a bunch of younger white men and women...they ran when he took his mask off and said he was trying to protect them, since he'd just been discharged from the hospital. They ran out of the store screaming my husband was trying to kill them. When, before he said anything, they spit in his face saying that COVID wasn't anything worse than a cold. (He didn't have COVID, by the way, just used it as a way to get out of the store in one piece. The young woman trying to grab my mask missed when I ducked and fell on the floor - I used this time to get out of there.) These are not the only times in the last decade.
Sorry not sorry: but my empathy ended the third time I was threatened.
I do understand that Americans need to rejoin together, but I'll not compromise my values for these people who claim to be Christians, yet threaten to harm anyone who disagrees with them. But, I'm old. I believed, before the felon, that people were basically good. I know differently now. They are what they choose to be: and MAGAs have chosen to be dangerous and to be enemies to the life of many people I love and a lot of folks I don't know. This is, of course, until their felon's rules and/or laws interfere with one of their loved ones. They apparently have lost or never learned empathy.
If MAGAs want to apologize for their behaviors, they need to get out and show us they no longer are the leaders' supporters. Start protesting, sit outside ICE's gulags, write to their politicians and the felon they supported and tell them to stop. Just saying one is sorry, is NOTHING. I won't forgive until they demonstrate by actions, rather than just saying they are sorry and they were an idiot. smdh
Do you not think this man exposed himself to threats and harassment by standing up and saying what he did? I get that people are angry and want to vent at anyone who voted for DJT. But publicly saying he regrets his vote *is* an action, one which he most likely knew would cause consequences for him.
Yes, I believe he did and will subject himself to the anger and hatred of his former colleagues and felon - his own 'peeps'. But he participated in that hatred, did he not, when he chose to vote for the felon? When he chose to vote for the end of ACA supplements? When he chose to agree with the Muslim ban? When he chose to vote for the BigBeautifulBill? When he supported kidnapping children from their parents with no plan to ever return them? Did he cheer when the felon pardoned all those J-6 insurrectionists? smh
He's done so much damage helping to overturn our democratic republic, and harming so many people. So, NO, the apology is not enough. Yes, he'll have to deal with the threats, like MTG: but gosh at least they haven't had to deal with it for a decade like us, right? LGBTQIA+, black folks, brown folks, and all those other people magas profess to hate have been living in fear...and you want us to simply forgive, because there was an apology? smdh
Let's just see how he votes in the next year. Heck, he may make a deal with the felon to get his wife back...and if that's the case, the felon will own him. I say let him prove he is trustworthy by his deeds, not by his voice.
And yet I still don't care about his present circumstances. He knew what he was doing. Make stupid choices, earn stupid rewards.
agree 100%. MAGA needs to learn how to re-alive the dead to earn my sympathy.
And Project 2025 proves that Trump was going to destroy the USA, with help from the Heritage Foundation, and the Charlie Kirk Gang, who are hypocrites.
With regard to Mr Brown and all the other MAGA idiots who voted for Trump, yeah, great he’s had a change of heart and I wouldn’t wish what’s happened to his wife on my worst enemy, but to say you feel stupid is all well and good, but it’s too fucking late. This shit is here and who the fuck knows if we can get rid of him???? November 4th was the day to feel stupid and change your mind…not today!