Editor’s Word: All through this put up, respondents use anti-LGBTQ+, anti-immigrant, and racist language. We felt it was necessary to mirror these responses as written however acknowledge that is incorrect and dangerous language.
We not too long ago asked folks 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 help? The responses we acquired and that folks shared within the Ask Politics subreddit had been sobering. Listed here are just a few of them:
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1. “Proceed disregarding the legal guidelines of this nation. We elected a president, not a king.”
2. “If Trump didn’t comply with via along with his guarantees to deport ALL unlawful migrants, remove DEI, purge the FBI, and ban transgenders, he would lose my help.”
3. “Trump misplaced my help on Inauguration Day when he couldn’t transfer the nation ahead by offering optimism, positivity, and hopefulness to the USA. Trump introduced as a menace straight away, and I do know voting for him was a giant, huge mistake.”
4. “I’m from West Virginia, and his current freeze of federal applications harm my household and lots of buddies. He has misplaced my help already.”
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 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 laborious.”
“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 price range line objects.
We’re not a fucking line merchandise. We’re actual folks with households who must put meals on the desk similar to everybody else. We’ve performed nothing however help this nation. To be disregarded and tossed out to avoid wasting a buck is sickening. I help Trump on many issues, however I gained’t help him on this. He has already misplaced my help.”
7. “I’m one 12 months 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.”
8. “If he magically morphed into Joe Biden.”
9. “Tank the financial system as a result of he’s too boastful, or drag us right into a warfare as a result of he can’t hold his mouth shut.”
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10. “He has already misplaced my help for attacking federal employees who’re veterans.”
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 utterly agreed along with his border insurance policies. I believe some unlawful immigrants pose a menace, nevertheless it’s laborious to persuade a local Floridian with a mother who’s Panamanian that every one unlawful immigrants pose a menace. I believe he’s utilizing it as a scare tactic for individuals who dwell within the Midwest or in suburbs that presumably lack variety.”
“There are tens of millions of explanation why I like him. Primarily his enterprise thoughts and toughness. I do know many immigrants presently contribute to creating America nice. I might cease supporting him if I sensed his deportation techniques had been creating hate towards Hispanics or inciting violence.
I hope we’re not kicking out clever and certified people who find themselves disregarded simply because they communicate Spanish or are brown. It’s laborious to know or perceive who’s getting deported and why, and it looks as if most Republicans don’t care.”
13. “Maintaining Musk round!”
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14. “If he bad-mouthed JD Vance, he would lose my help. He would lose my help if he tried to get a 3rd time period. Nonetheless, he’s higher than the opposite choices, for my part.”
“There are truthful arguments for and in opposition to each side of the aisle. No less than he’s stored 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 remedy to any particular person based mostly on their intercourse/race/id. Additionally, permitting youngsters to be sexually exploited by instructing them about sexuality or sexual preferences.”
16. “If he begins imposing even bigger tariffs with out build up our gasoline and oil provide. So, as an alternative of costs taking place, they go as much as 2021–2022 ranges (which is what it looks as if he’s doing).”
17. “If he takes away grants that help underprivileged folks, resembling SNAP, Meals On Wheels, Head Begin, and veteran companies. My coronary heart breaks simply considering my vote might have contributed to this.”
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18. “If he does something aside from enhance social safety. Any cuts could be a motive 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 women, go for it. If you wish to present higher healthcare to the struggling center class, go for that!
However when companies are taken from US residents as a result of different persons are allowed free and unfettered entry to our borders and social companies, that are all very meager, then we have now to attract the road.”
Reality Verify: Individuals 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 subject for me. For my part, 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 fee is slightly below the nationwide common.
21. “If he doesn’t comply with via on tax cuts for decrease and middle-income employees, I’ll be extraordinarily dissatisfied.”
Reality Verify: Trump’s proposed tax cuts have constantly promised to learn higher-income taxpayers and, in flip, harm lower- and middle-income taxpayers.
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22. “Get the US concerned in one other infinite, pointless warfare.”
23. “My Trump-supporting mother stated that if he lifted sanctions on Russia, she would vote Democrat subsequent election.”
24. “Fail to deport tens of millions of migrants, authorized and unlawful.”
“I voted for him in 2016, and he failed to do 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 specific claims on superfluous issues just like the JFK files and extra critical 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.”
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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 increased gas costs.”
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Responses have been edited for size/readability.
