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In It to Win It

(12,398 posts)
Fri Jan 16, 2026, 12:26 PM Yesterday

We Talked To Trump Voters Who Went Socialist. What We Heard Will Shock You. - More Perfect Union




A full 10% of NYC Trump voters turned around and voted for Zohran Mamdani.
So we went to talk to them.
These voters are done with the status quo. One New Yorker told us: "As Americans, we can realize it's not Republican versus Democrat. It's more of like a class war."
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We Talked To Trump Voters Who Went Socialist. What We Heard Will Shock You. - More Perfect Union (Original Post) In It to Win It Yesterday OP
They don't want to claim party membership.. ananda Yesterday #1
Even racists have to pay the heat bill leftstreet Yesterday #2
Oh yeah, I'm not arguing about class war. ananda Yesterday #4
It's new territory for sure leftstreet Yesterday #6
Well, we good humans all want an end to class war... ananda Yesterday #7
DURec leftstreet Yesterday #3
..it's not Republican versus Democrat. It's more of like a class war. patphil Yesterday #5
I'm guessing that dickhead in the thumbnail pic was hoping voting Mamdani would make his punchable Aristus Yesterday #8
Any foreign country. Foreign exchange program. Every American needs at least a month out of the country to somaticexperiencing 17 hrs ago #9
It's always been that , and they try to pit us against each other Tribetime 16 hrs ago #10
If they wanted socialism why did they vote Trump ? JI7 11 hrs ago #11
Because of them, we have Donald Trump Anxy 11 hrs ago #12

ananda

(34,499 posts)
1. They don't want to claim party membership..
Fri Jan 16, 2026, 12:31 PM
Yesterday

because it is tied to their ugly racism and bigotry.

leftstreet

(38,983 posts)
2. Even racists have to pay the heat bill
Fri Jan 16, 2026, 12:34 PM
Yesterday

Well, that doesn't sound so good now that I've written it

But DURec for any mention of Class War!

ananda

(34,499 posts)
4. Oh yeah, I'm not arguing about class war.
Fri Jan 16, 2026, 01:33 PM
Yesterday

But Magats suddenly going socialist and both siding
Dems and Reeps really bothers me.

ananda

(34,499 posts)
7. Well, we good humans all want an end to class war...
Fri Jan 16, 2026, 03:53 PM
Yesterday

for everyone, bar none ... not just for ourselves.

patphil

(8,744 posts)
5. ..it's not Republican versus Democrat. It's more of like a class war.
Fri Jan 16, 2026, 01:48 PM
Yesterday

It's both, and more.
Add to that the White Supremacist color of this war, and the misogynistic view point of the males in this movement, and the picture gets even clearer.
You not only have to be white, you have to be privileged white male.
Lower and middle class white males are the "useful idiots" in this war. They're necessary to maintain power and control exclusively in the hands of the ruling class.
And that ruling class uses the republican party to set the rules at the governmental level, so money power and control are all concentrated in their hands.

Aristus

(71,738 posts)
8. I'm guessing that dickhead in the thumbnail pic was hoping voting Mamdani would make his punchable
Fri Jan 16, 2026, 04:00 PM
Yesterday

face less punchable.

No luck.

Someone smack that little creep for voting for Trump. You don't escape consequence for that...

9. Any foreign country. Foreign exchange program. Every American needs at least a month out of the country to
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 03:07 AM
17 hrs ago

get their head straight. To see not everyone, in fact most people, do not want to move here at all. They have different lives, different ways, that are perfectly fine – in fact many times they are better than what we have here.

American exceptionalism. phoeey. Yes, the founding principles are more than good, but how many politicians preach from the honest and good playbook? How many citizens really live up to the original founding principles or work for the common good?

&t=8s

Tribetime

(7,079 posts)
10. It's always been that , and they try to pit us against each other
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 03:37 AM
16 hrs ago

And it has worked for them for forty years , at least

JI7

(93,274 posts)
11. If they wanted socialism why did they vote Trump ?
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 08:22 AM
11 hrs ago

How does supporting Trump over Harris show is about class ?

Anxy

(85 posts)
12. Because of them, we have Donald Trump
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 08:26 AM
11 hrs ago

Renee Good is dead, Wet live in a dictatorship.
But hey they’re socialist now so their choice is forgiven.

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