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Algernon Moncrieff

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9. A lot of them are white small business owners

Reply to Claustrum (Reply #2)

Sat Jun 10, 2023, 10:57 AM

Jun 2023

Went to Florida or Georgia or Texas to get rich

Resent the government because the payroll tax and workers comp and regulation are keeping him from making real money like the big boys.

Complains bitterly that employee wages are bleeding him dry while leaning on his new Dodge Ram pickup that he's using to tow his boat.

Grew up idolizing Donald Trump. Loves the idea that he trades out for a new model wife every 15 years. Thinks Donald Trump supports Christian values.

Says he'd have moved to Mexico if Hillary Clinton had been elected. Loves going to Cabo every chance he gets. Fully supports a border wall and wants every Mexican in America shipped back. By Mexican, he means anyone who speaks Spanish.

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Why MAGA Republicans are so angry? [View all] kentuck Jun 2023 OP

Because without access to power and money, they are pathetic peons. no_hypocrisy Jun 2023 #1

That makes sense. kentuck Jun 2023 #3

They live in a bubble that is always stroking some kind of outrage. Claustrum Jun 2023 #2

A lot of them are white small business owners Algernon Moncrieff Jun 2023 #9

Well done, except for the bit about Mexico Brenda Jun 2023 #16

The Floridians go to Cancun/Cozumel on the cruise ships. Algernon Moncrieff Jun 2023 #23

Because they hate the United States. And everything we stand for Walleye Jun 2023 #4

Their Lord & Savior is being threatened. TheBlackAdder Jun 2023 #5

They have been brainwashed to be angry about their lot in life and lied to about who is doing it. LonePirate Jun 2023 #6

Because their default setting is "Enraged" . . . hatrack Jun 2023 #7

Because in their eyes libs won and they lost even though Biden is doing the very same thing Fullduplexxx Jun 2023 #8

Because they were taught the color of their Johonny Jun 2023 #10

Anger is a powerful drug Maeve Jun 2023 #11

Yup. This. Breeding grievance and resentment in people Hortensis Jun 2023 #21

merely markie Jun 2023 #12

This may have been their best chance to have full control of the country Norbert Jun 2023 #13

All of the above is out AKwannabe Jun 2023 #14

Practice, practice, practice JHB Jun 2023 #15

Default mode. Solly Mack Jun 2023 #17

Racism, mainly. GoodRaisin Jun 2023 #18

TFG supporters are idiots which is why they like TFG LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2023 #19

Because they have faced an unrelenting existential threat for 4 decades grantcart Jun 2023 #20

Think Archie Bunker who would be a MAGA-Don today andym Jun 2023 #22