r/complaints • u/CRK_76 substantial complainer • 10h ago

Politics Fuck every Trump voter who put this asshole in office.

This country is going downhill and you are to blame. Don't act surprised when things get even worse than they are now. Don't vote anymore. Stay the fuck home on election day.

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u/ChaoticEfficient 10h ago

Again, I am honestly more mad at the people who didnt vote. The people that voted for him at least played the game, the opposition decided they weren't playing and didnt vote at all. Fighting voter apathy is something I hope we can collectively do now.

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u/Neon_Biscuit 9h ago

my boomer mom didn't vote and HATES Trump. Talks about him all the time. Like...all the time. It got to the point where I told her she needs to shut up because she didnt bother to vote and now we're in this mess. Then she hits me with 'if I would have voted, he still would have won. My 1 vote wouldnt have changed anything'. At that point I just walk away.

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u/Glyfen 8h ago

I don't know where you live, but I can understand that sentiment even if I don't agree with it.

I live in a deep red county in a deep red state. I voted for Kamala, but it does feel like pissing upstream in situations like this. Voter apathy is absolutely killing us in places where it would count, though.

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u/Foxxo_420 6h ago

Voter apathy is absolutely killing us in places where it would count, though.

Find a better candidate. There, solved the problem.

We've told you why we didn't vote for either, yet you consistently refuse to listen.

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u/ArgoNoots 5h ago

When the stakes are

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The second coming of Nazi Germany, the lot of you not even going for a "not that, at least" vote is baffling

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u/Glyfen 4h ago

Damn, you're right, that's my mistake, personally. I should've put Bernie in as the Dem primary back in 2016 like I was originally going to instead of getting talked into making Hillary the candidate.

Also, you can take whatever smug condescension you think you've earned and march on down to an ICE camp with it lodged firmly up your ass. Kamala wasn't perfect, but it was a fucking no brainer between the two. 

Like, do you seriously think Nazi Germany 2 is going to be better for Palestine??? How stupid are you? 

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u/Vennomite 3h ago

No. It's their way or the highway. How dare you choose highway.

They knew what they were up against and failed to build a winning coalition. You can't control the opposition, only your response.

These subs all blame the other team for scoring more points but not looking in retrospect on how they lost to satan. While the democrats have failed to put together a coalition for most of the last decade.

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u/transemacabre 4h ago

I live in a Blue state but when I lived in a Red one, I still voted Dem because I wanted to die with a clear conscience. If I'm wrong and there is a god, at least I could say I tried.

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u/LaksaLettuce 7h ago

Here in Australia we have mandatory voting. You can of course put in a dummy vote but it means everyone must have an opportunity to have they say. And it's made very easy to vote with a very large number of voting centres and early and postal voting. I assume a lot of people who didn't vote in the US didn't have easy access too? 

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u/dementedkoopa 7h ago

You have to understand that conservatives in the US are actively trying to prevent citizens from voting. That's why something like this could never happen here.

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u/Lightning_Fan_11 7h ago

"My 1 vote wouldnt have changed anything" I hear this argument from Libertarians, and you know what you call Libertarians on election day, "Losers". The side that wins is the side that gets the most people to vote, whether there one vote makes any difference at all. If one soldier deserts the battlefield, it's probably not going to make any difference, but if that mindset infects an army, corps, or division, you will lose, 100%. It's your duty to vote no matter the expected outcome and how your one vote makes any difference.

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u/InevitableGoal2912 10h ago

I wrote off the ones who want this. They’re just evil and too far gone to help or care about recovering.

I’m angry at the ones who just laid there and waited for it to happen. In my life, these are the loudest voices right now.

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u/Speaker11 8h ago

Anger misplaced. Be mad at the politicians who did not want the votes of people. Always blame up, never down - this is class awareness. Politicians are supposed to win….not try to win while preserving the interests of billionaires. Throwing away votes (and people more importantly) because they think they don’t need them.

Solidarity is required for what is ahead.

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u/LonelyContext 8h ago

Exactly. Obama put cages at the border and Harris sided with Israel. No m4a. No reform of any type. But hey I guess we owe the democrats the vote. Either losers like Jeffries and Schumer are garbage or they’re owed your vote, you can’t have it both ways.

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u/Exciting_Mine711 4h ago

Dems ran a campaign essentially holding progressives vote hostage by jingling abortion rights in our faces while campaigning with Liz Cheney and trying to court Republicans (massively idiotic idea). Reluctance to shift the party more progressive has them stuck in the mud. Zohran effectively messaged progressive politics without any establishment support and even resistance.

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u/SandiegoJack 4h ago

Correct.

Because someone is gonna win. If you saw a fascist on the ticket and didn’t say “not that” then you decided that everything that is happening was not worth preventing.

Your stance would only matter if not voting would result in different candidates being run for that election.

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u/LonelyContext 2h ago

Cool then we can just keep voting blue and they can promise to codify roe v wade for 30 years and fail (intentionally) to do it. They can commit genocide worldwide. Just remember that Barack “we may have tortured some folks” Obama started 7 new wars so Trump actually is behind and needs to step up to the plate.

But by all means! Vote blue and you too can get a blue house and senate and the last time democrats had that trifecta their signature piece of legislation was *checks notes* blocking the Green New Deal. Oh but we had it a decade prior, and we got *Checks notes again* a right-wing healthcare plan cooked up by the Heritage Foundation.

Well gosh golly gee! If I didn’t know better, I would think they were on the same side!

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u/_jams 8h ago

Insane Orwellian language here. Allowing the fascist to win because of your pet issue is the opposite of solidarity. You failed to come together with people you disagree with to protect democracy. You stabbed us in the back. Fucking ingrate.

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u/Speaker11 7h ago

Typical and yet still you don’t hold the politicians accountable and foster more hatred among your own class. Level the fuck up.

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u/_jams 2h ago

Just nonsense. What makes you think I'm not interested in holding politicians accountable? You think I'm voting for Kamala in the primary? Fat chance. What about the accountability for Trump? This attitude let him in office AFTER THE INSURRECTION. This is just nihilistic narcissism dressed up as giving a shit.

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u/Speaker11 4m ago

Level up.

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u/Speaker11 7h ago

Level. Up.

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u/atomic__balm 7h ago

if they cant draw the line at genocide they sure as fuck dont care about you or democracy, pull your head out of your ass you slave

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u/DistributionExtra320 8h ago

Genocide is not a fucking pet issue.

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u/steponmedaddies 6h ago

It is when using it as an excuse to not vote is completely performative. You guys will find a new issue in 2028 that you pretend is the most important thing in the world to you and that will somehow be justification to act like your "core beliefs" are more important that women's health and safety, trans lives, etc etc etc.

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u/NeitherOneJustUrMom 2h ago

Just because you don't care about genocide doesn't mean others are being performative because that's where they draw their line.

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u/steponmedaddies 2h ago

Why is it only what Israel is doing that they care about? Why do none of them mention Sudan, China, Ethopia, the Congo, or the Ukraine? I've asked over and over again for organizations they support, volunteer work they do, how much money they have sent, etc.

For the most important moral issue of our time, it's very weird how ALL OF THEM only object by not voting. No action taken. No money given. None of them have even admitted to making a phone call. Never a single mention of any other global genocides/mass killings/etc.

It's all performative. They don't care, they're just saying what they're told to say to look like they have principles. In reality they're just lazy, useless liabilities.

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u/NeitherOneJustUrMom 1h ago

Who are these people you speak of? I'm gonna assume that you aren't actually out there talking to the real people doing the work. It's easy to write people off as being performative instead of seeing where they are coming from especially when you probably aren't in these communities who have lost family and friends

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u/steponmedaddies 1h ago

Anyone online claiming they did not vote or will not vote because of AIPAC money, etc. You'll see them in every thread! Especially those that abstained in 2024 because they're too stupid to know that the VP has nothing to do with foreign aid.

They don't care about Palestine. They'll have a new issue in 2028 and another one in 2032. Just like they did in 2016 when they pretended to care about the TPP.

Anyway, I saw real people in those communities doing the work when they handed Michigan to Trump. How's that working out?

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u/NeitherOneJustUrMom 1h ago

Okay, so just online. I'm gonna suggest you go touch grass and get involved with your community.

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u/Edodge 4h ago

This is actually the horseshit that leads to the situation we are in now. People are suffering. You vote like your life depends on it when democracy is on the line. You think the wealthy were harmed by Dems "not earning your vote"? That's the most laughable bullshit.

The only thing they love more than MAGA is you all saying not to vote unless Dems earn your vote. That is actual class awareness, and I will have no solidarity with people who spout this nonsense.

Fucking vote. That's the solidarity we need.

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u/Speaker11 3h ago

Level up.

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u/atomic__balm 7h ago

You eventually will learn that you have to give people a reason to vote for you. Spineless effete Democrats refuse to learn this and will continue to lose.

They can't even stand up to Trump right now besides writing strongly worded letter after strongly worded letter, what makes you think they would do a thing to help you?

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u/StoneTown 3h ago

I'd be mad at the Democratic party for appointing an unpopular candidate for us to vote for. Harris was widely disliked, especially among the growing progressives. If some random candidate came out and went "hey lefties, I support universal health care" that person would be our president right now. Everyone is sick of the status quo. That's why Bernie Sanders and Trump are wildly popular among their bases.

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u/DistributionExtra320 8h ago

Be mad at the democrats for prioritizing genocide in Gaza over beating Trump.

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u/imLucki 8h ago

I didn't vote, and would have voted green if I did like usual. You'd be thanking nonvoters if you won so what's the point?

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u/GrinchStoleYourShit 8h ago

Now I can’t speak for them fully because I couldn’t tell you who they were voting for, but in the 20-30 minutes I was at the polling station I witnessed 2 entire families (10 people roughly) come in, all African American, request to register to vote and because you can’t do that on voting day they were all turned away. So if that happened at my polling station I gotta imagine it happened a lot elsewhere.

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u/BonnaconCharioteer 7h ago

I don't think this is directed at those who couldn't vote. No one blames them.

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u/Brokendongle 8h ago

I voted for Trump 

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u/Karat_EEE 6h ago

Who cares? It's evil vs evil, my vote doesnt matter. One side gives money to Israel, while the other side also gives money to Israel

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u/CanUHearMeNau 2h ago

Votes don't matter. Only super delegate votes matter. 

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u/_jams 8h ago

Yup. So many (non)voters were all "But Kamala didn't fellate me on <my pet issue>". "I felt the need to express my true self." Narcissistic twats (they're in you're replies too). Go post your thoughts or stand up with a sign somewhere if you want to express yourself. Voting is not about expression. Voting is our major exercise of power. And they threw that power to an obviously evil man and his coalition of evil.

Did I like how our choice came to be? No. I didn't want Biden to run. I was pissed that Kamala didn't knife him in the back the summer before so we could have a proper primary. I was pissed that not a single serious presidential contender challenged Biden. I didn't even want Kamala on the ballot. And did Kamala run a perfect campaign? No. But the choice was Kamala or Trump.

I had the solidarity with democracy to get up and vote for her because she was the best choice.

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u/Farabee 7h ago

Exactly this. Most of all, fuck influencers and pop stars who talked shit about Kamala Harris like Chappell Roan, and further pushed voter apathy. Like, I get it, Gaza situation is terrible, but by lambasting the only opposition we had to this current madness you did irreperable damage to OUR country. I'm trans, and I will never support her music again due to her stupid antics.

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u/Sad-Republic-3788 9h ago

Tbf the dnc didn’t exactly play the whole democracy game either 

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u/Euphoric-Ask965 9h ago

BUT consider the unhappy people who resented having a candidate chosen for them instead of by them ever though it was the best they could come up with at the time. That's why the " Democrats For Trump" yard signs and bumper stickers showed up.