8mo ago

She voted for Trump. Now she fears losing the Obamacare plan that saved her life (2017)

www.latimes.com

She voted for Trump. Now she fears losing the Obamacare plan that saved her life

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8mo ago

She voted for Trump. Now she fears losing the Obamacare plan that saved her life

www.latimes.com /politics/la-na-pol-obamacare-trump-voter-20170224-story.html

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This article is from 2017.
- Correct, and Trump did try to kill the ACA in 2017, partially succeeded in having parts gutted out by the SCOTUS, and is likely to succeed in fully killing it this go-round.
  
  The only reason it didn't get killed last time is because John McCain voted against killing it. I don't see anyone republicans stand up for the ACA now but I guess we'll see
- Still relevant. Current plans involve stuff like removing pretty much all social security, defunding research, potentially even banning vaccines (!)
  
  Good. Ban vaccines.
  Let us be rid of all these fucking dumbassess. Let them go downwind a mile and infect each other. Let their kids get smallpox and whooping cough. Then tell them the cure is the drink drain cleaner. There's nothing they're not too stupid to believe.
- It's a good reminder of how things were the first time around, as we anticipate similar results coming in the next administration.
- This article is from 2017.
  Its is likely knowable information if she is still a registered republican.
- Blue MAGA needs their Two Minutes Hate. They're continuing their "you deserve everything you get" arc rather than doing any self-criticism about politics or its mechanisms or whether they shouldn't have gone all in on genocide.
  
  Democrats fucked up in all sorts of ways including with regard to Gaza.
  Anyone who voted Trump still deserves what they get.
Lol
Watson also voted for Donald Trump, believing the businessman would bring change. She dismissed his campaign pledges to scrap the Affordable Care Act as bluster.
[...]
“I’ll give it a little more time,” she said. “But I’m not really sure about Trump anymore.”
- "Nom nom" - leopards munching on face.
- “trump” “business” and “man”
  It takes a warped mind to cobble those words into one sentence.
  
  Unless the sentence begins with the phrase "Trump, the man who has bankrupted every business he has ever started."
I actually hope she does so she will learn there are consequences.
Watson, a proud, salty woman who was uninsurable a few years ago, isn’t ready to renounce Trump.
If one could only turn human stupidity into electricity, then this woman could light up an entire street.
We're going to see these "news" articles resurface in here, a lot. At least until Trump takes office again and generates new content for this community. It'd be cool if this community could implement a "no years-old news posts" rule, until then.
Enjoy your face while you have an uneaten one.
7 y.o. article, but I hope her words
“I don’t want to go back.”
means that the Harris 2024 campaign resonated with her. well who am I kidding...
lol moron. I have very, very little sympathy for people who put themselves in this situation.
its not like she's had a year to do some fucking research on the subject or anything
Good riddance.
Why on earth would the news even give her the attention? I can't imagine anyone going to the news saying they regret their vote less than a week after the election unless they merely seek attention.
- Some people unfortunately genuinely are that short-sighted. An older relative of mine voted for Trump, but her gynecologist shortly after the election told her about what's been happening with abortion laws basically forcing medical malpractice. She heavily trusts her GYN, and she was extremely distraught after hearing this, because she thought these were strictly targeting elective abortions (which would still be completely gross).
  Still didn't outright regret her Trump vote, but she absolutely was shaken, especially after I sent her the ProPublica exposé on the young woman from Texas. She seems a lot more open now to listening to things she previously would confidently dismiss as a lie/exaggeration by journalists or as a misunderstanding by me.
  
  Let's be honest... people that don't know an Indian IRS agent demanding gift cards and Bitcoin is a scam shouldn't be voting. There are a lot of people in America, whether is is some medication they are on, or undiagnosed mental health issues, that are highly susceptible to misinformation and scams. I'm sure people at the mall selling $500 miracle face cure love them though.
- As some of the other comments pointed out, this article was from 2017. They are just resharing now because nothing is different, and this time, it will most likely happen.

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