Editor’s Be aware: All through this put up, respondents use anti-LGBTQ+, anti-immigrant, and racist language. We felt it was necessary to replicate these responses as written however acknowledge that is incorrect and dangerous language.
We lately asked individuals within the BuzzFeed Community who voted for Donald Trump a query first posed within the r/AskPolitics subreddit: What may Donald Trump do to lose your assist? The responses we obtained and that individuals shared within the Ask Politics subreddit had been sobering. Listed here are a number of of them:
1. “Proceed disregarding the legal guidelines of this nation. We elected a president, not a king.”
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2. “If Trump didn’t observe via together with his guarantees to deport ALL unlawful migrants, remove DEI, purge the FBI, and ban transgenders, he would lose my assist.”
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3. “Trump misplaced my assist on Inauguration Day when he couldn’t transfer the nation ahead by offering optimism, positivity, and hopefulness to the US. Trump offered as a menace straight away, and I do know voting for him was a giant, huge mistake.”
—Nameless
4. “I’m from West Virginia, and his latest freeze of federal applications damage my household and plenty of buddies. He has misplaced my assist already.”
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5. “The one factor he may do to make me sad with him is that if he would begin placing liberal insurance policies again in place. I really like, love, love what he’s doing proper now!”
6. “We voted for border safety. We didn’t vote for my husband to lose his authorities profession and advantages for which he has labored so exhausting.”
“This risk is looming over numerous households proper now. We don’t know what our monetary future holds. My husband devoted the higher a part of his life to this nation, first within the army and now working for the federal government. I’ve watched as he busted his ass each single day for this job. Our story is like many others, but they [the Trump administration] see them as finances line objects.
We’re not a fucking line merchandise. We’re actual individuals with households who have to put meals on the desk similar to everybody else. We’ve got completed nothing however assist this nation. To be disregarded and tossed out to avoid wasting a buck is sickening. I assist Trump on many issues, however I gained’t assist him on this. He has already misplaced my assist.”
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7. “I’m one yr away from retirement age, which is 65. I fear that he’ll scale back social safety advantages earlier than I attain retirement age, placing me in a predicament of getting to proceed to work till 67 and even 70.”
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8. “If he magically morphed into Joe Biden.”
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9. “Tank the financial system as a result of he’s too boastful, or drag us right into a battle as a result of he can’t preserve his mouth shut.”
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10. “He has already misplaced my assist for attacking federal staff who’re veterans.”
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11. “If he went woke, I might cease supporting him. That’s it.”
12. “I’ve supported him in all elections and have by no means fully agreed together with his border insurance policies. I feel some unlawful immigrants pose a menace, but it surely’s exhausting to persuade a local Floridian with a mother who’s Panamanian that each one unlawful immigrants pose a menace. I feel he’s utilizing it as a scare tactic for individuals who stay within the Midwest or in suburbs that probably lack variety.”
“There are hundreds of thousands of explanation why I like him. Primarily his enterprise thoughts and toughness. I do know many immigrants at the moment contribute to creating America nice. I might cease supporting him if I sensed his deportation ways had been creating hate towards Hispanics or inciting violence.
I hope we aren’t kicking out clever and certified people who find themselves disregarded simply because they communicate Spanish or are brown. It’s exhausting to know or perceive who’s getting deported and why, and it looks like most Republicans don’t care.”
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13. “Protecting Musk round!”
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14. “If he bad-mouthed JD Vance, he would lose my assist. He would lose my assist if he tried to get a 3rd time period. Nevertheless, he’s higher than the opposite choices, in my view.”
“There are truthful arguments for and in opposition to either side of the aisle. A minimum of he’s saved his guarantees, no matter how dangerous or good they had been. That’s greater than what most politicians may say.”
15. “I must cease supporting President Trump if he did one thing inexcusable like ease up on the significance of deporting people no matter age/intercourse or giving preferential therapy to any particular person primarily based on their intercourse/race/id. Additionally, permitting youngsters to be sexually exploited by educating them about sexuality or sexual preferences.”
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16. “If he begins imposing even bigger tariffs with out build up our gasoline and oil provide. So, as an alternative of costs happening, they go as much as 2021–2022 ranges (which is what it looks like he’s doing).”
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17. “If he takes away grants that help underprivileged individuals, corresponding to SNAP, Meals On Wheels, Head Begin, and veteran providers. My coronary heart breaks simply considering my vote could have contributed to this.”
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18. “If he does something aside from improve social safety. Any cuts can be a purpose to vote for impeachment.”
19. “I’m a one-issue voter: border management.”
“If you wish to elevate the minimal wage, I’m all for it. For those who want to promote contraceptives to ladies, go for it. If you wish to present higher healthcare to the struggling center class, go for that!
However when providers are taken from US residents as a result of different individuals are allowed free and unfettered entry to our borders and social providers, that are all very meager, then now we have to attract the road.”
Reality Test: Folks within the US illegally are ineligible to obtain help from federal applications like Medicare and Social Safety regardless of financially contributing to each in the event that they work.
20. “He must limit or wish to limit gun rights greater than his opponent.”
“Gun legal guidelines are THE political concern for me. In my view, gun management doesn’t work (Chicago, for instance). It solely disarms law-abiding residents who ought to have them for private protection or to insurgent in opposition to a tyrannical authorities.”
Reality test: Illinois has among the strongest gun security laws within the nation, and its violence price is slightly below the nationwide common.
21. “If he doesn’t observe via on tax cuts for decrease and middle-income staff, I’ll be extraordinarily dissatisfied.”
Reality Test: Trump’s proposed tax cuts have persistently promised to learn higher-income taxpayers and, in flip, damage lower- and middle-income taxpayers.
22. “Get the US concerned in one other countless, pointless battle.”
23. “My Trump-supporting mother stated that if he lifted sanctions on Russia, she would vote Democrat subsequent election.”
24. “Fail to deport hundreds of thousands of migrants, authorized and unlawful.”
“I voted for him in 2016, and he failed to try this; it was simply marketing campaign rhetoric. So I didn’t vote for him in 2020 or 2024.”
25. “He’s made some very daring and express claims on superfluous issues just like the JFK files and extra severe matters just like the deportation of unlawful immigrants who’ve additionally dedicated violent crimes. Additionally, he promised not to place federal restrictions on abortion rights. I’d wish to see some fairly fast and intentional actions taken on these points in his first few months in workplace.”
26. “Tax unrealized capital good points, regulate AI so solely huge tech can do it, regulate crypto into oblivion.”
27. And eventually, “If he fails to safe the borders or deport people who find themselves right here illegally.”
“If he raises taxes and pushes insurance policies that scale back gas or energy manufacturing within the US, inflicting larger gas costs.”
Responses have been edited for size/readability.
