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Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
Sat Nov 10, 2018, 12:10 PM Nov 2018

What's driving rabid Trumpers nuts after the election?

My father and stepmother, rabid hate-mongering Trumpers, are going apesh*t over Cortez ("that socialist" AND she's a woman!), and are beside themselves over the (gasp!) Muslims that were elected. And all those females!

Kind of amusing. Feels good after the last two years.


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What's driving rabid Trumpers nuts after the election? (Original Post) Honeycombe8 Nov 2018 OP
Enjoy and really enjoy 😉 TEB Nov 2018 #1
old racists will be dead soon greenman3610 Nov 2018 #2
And a new crop will spring up. Merlot Nov 2018 #6
Yep Pacifist Patriot Nov 2018 #33
What doesn't drive them nuts? Downtown Hound Nov 2018 #3
They liked Joe Lieberman. Honeycombe8 Nov 2018 #9
I've been wondering about Joe L for awhile. erronis Nov 2018 #23
Lawyer (for Trump) and appointed to several boards and organizations underpants Nov 2018 #30
Not really much of a drive, though... SeattleVet Nov 2018 #21
OKay, that's funny. I'm going to have to steal that, when the word "drive" comes up. lol. nt Honeycombe8 Nov 2018 #24
Isn't "rabid hate-mongering" and "trumpers" redundant? Merlot Nov 2018 #4
LOL. True. Honeycombe8 Nov 2018 #13
Mention that Kansas Gay, Native American, Ex MMA fighter and safeinOhio Nov 2018 #16
She's the one on the cover of a mag, now? Honeycombe8 Nov 2018 #25
good old fashion rightwing bigots....all predictable in response beachbum bob Nov 2018 #5
lol Demovictory9 Nov 2018 #7
Trump train on a collision course with reality. ETA Jan. 2019 peekaloo Nov 2018 #8
Nice play on words...collision or collusion. brush Nov 2018 #11
I have a feeling that their angst is just beginning. Grammy23 Nov 2018 #10
No purge - again, but there is still hope for 2020 Runningdawg Nov 2018 #12
Especially since we picked up seven governorships, and multiple trifectas... Honeycombe8 Nov 2018 #14
Ah, yes. Not the purge I had in mind. Runningdawg Nov 2018 #17
Sorry for your family situation, Honeycombe world wide wally Nov 2018 #15
not a fan of religion myself, including Islam. Red Raider 85 Nov 2018 #18
Isn't that special. spanone Nov 2018 #20
As you imply, it's indeed not special at all ... mr_lebowski Nov 2018 #22
Not a fan of inexperience myself. LanternWaste Nov 2018 #27
counting ALL the votes....they see it as unfair to them. spanone Nov 2018 #19
The worm has turned, as they say. It always does. Honeycombe8 Nov 2018 #29
Please tell them about Sharice Davids... dawg day Nov 2018 #26
Okay...I need to look at the list of winners again. There are TWO lesbian Native Americans? Honeycombe8 Nov 2018 #32
Racists are mostly old dudes, and they are dying every day at140 Nov 2018 #28
I think you may be right. Honeycombe8 Nov 2018 #31
My GAWD! Congress actually looks like AMERICA now! Zambero Nov 2018 #34
I guess they didn't hear about the 19 black women who were elected as judges in Texas? GoCubsGo Nov 2018 #35
No, they didn't. But I told my brother. He was okay with that. Honeycombe8 Nov 2018 #36

Merlot

(9,696 posts)
6. And a new crop will spring up.
Sat Nov 10, 2018, 12:26 PM
Nov 2018

racism will never die, like weeds it must be constantly guarded against.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
9. They liked Joe Lieberman.
Sat Nov 10, 2018, 12:35 PM
Nov 2018

Of COURSE they did. LOL.

If only the Democrats would elect men who would agree with the Republicans most of the time, things would be much better. (sarcasm, of course)

erronis

(15,262 posts)
23. I've been wondering about Joe L for awhile.
Sat Nov 10, 2018, 03:24 PM
Nov 2018

For someone that was as destructive to democratic causes, he has been blessedly quiet - at least in my news circles.

There will probably be a lot more repuglicons in sheep's clothing for the next few years until, they hope, the stench from their rotten politics has been forgotten. I suggest we keep a registry of all one-time a-holes to vet them for possible inclusion into the human race.

Merlot

(9,696 posts)
4. Isn't "rabid hate-mongering" and "trumpers" redundant?
Sat Nov 10, 2018, 12:24 PM
Nov 2018

When their outrage slows down, you can also mention the lesbian Native American.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
13. LOL. True.
Sat Nov 10, 2018, 12:38 PM
Nov 2018

You know, I would have mentioned that, but I didn't know that a couple of those elected are lesbians. It wasn't an issue in their districts, I suppose. Or I missed that. I'm sure Fox News mentioned it a trillion times.

safeinOhio

(32,683 posts)
16. Mention that Kansas Gay, Native American, Ex MMA fighter and
Sat Nov 10, 2018, 12:50 PM
Nov 2018

Yale graduate woman, might kick their ass.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
25. She's the one on the cover of a mag, now?
Sat Nov 10, 2018, 04:10 PM
Nov 2018

She is my idea of a beautiful "mature" woman. Natural hair, healthy looking, confident looking, ...I don't know. Something about her. I thought that if I could look like that as I age, I'd be very happy. Not Fox News Jenine Pirro cosmetic surgery looking fakey...I don't know. Hard to explain. But I didn't know she's a lesbian.

I think Cortez is, too, maybe? Someone mentioned another one.

It's really such a non-issue these days that it's hard to imagine why it was such a big deal just a few years ago.

Grammy23

(5,810 posts)
10. I have a feeling that their angst is just beginning.
Sat Nov 10, 2018, 12:36 PM
Nov 2018

Wait until we see Mueller’s findings about their beloved leader. Gonna be a lot of weeping and wailing in trump-land. Must see TV. I can’t wait!

I have a feeling that given how pathetic tRump was in trying to pull off this debacle, he left finger prints all over the place. And Putin let him do it. When the axe falls you can bet your sweet ass whose head will be on the chopping block. There will be a cacophony of mixed sounds across the land. His base will be distraught with grief and anger. The rest of us will be celebrating and dancing in the streets. Not exactly the way tRump envisioned it. 😂😂😂

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
14. Especially since we picked up seven governorships, and multiple trifectas...
Sat Nov 10, 2018, 12:40 PM
Nov 2018

where we hold the governorships, and both houses in the state legislatures. The Repubs still have more, but this gives us a fighting chance to prevent fraud.

Runningdawg

(4,516 posts)
17. Ah, yes. Not the purge I had in mind.
Sat Nov 10, 2018, 01:59 PM
Nov 2018

I was speaking of the one where they slaughter anyone who doesn't own a MAGA hat, gun and Bible with impunity, all the while claiming to be patriots and Christians. You know - the reason they elected the prophet formally known as Trump.

world wide wally

(21,743 posts)
15. Sorry for your family situation, Honeycombe
Sat Nov 10, 2018, 12:44 PM
Nov 2018

Ask them if they think they can possibly survive the next two years with this despicable development.
Then ask them again in two years.

 

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
27. Not a fan of inexperience myself.
Sat Nov 10, 2018, 04:13 PM
Nov 2018

I'd prefer to see someone qualified, experienced and progressive elected, regardless of religion or lack thereof.

But I get it... it's important we advertise the irrelevancies of what we're fans of because... well, because.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
29. The worm has turned, as they say. It always does.
Sat Nov 10, 2018, 04:15 PM
Nov 2018

I hope we can make hay while the sun shines, because sooner or later, the worm turns again.

dawg day

(7,947 posts)
26. Please tell them about Sharice Davids...
Sat Nov 10, 2018, 04:13 PM
Nov 2018

I mean, CONGRESSWOMAN Sharice Davids, the Native American lesbian kickboxer.

That will blow their minds for sure.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
32. Okay...I need to look at the list of winners again. There are TWO lesbian Native Americans?
Sat Nov 10, 2018, 04:23 PM
Nov 2018

I need to review the list and look for these things...these are advances in representation.

at140

(6,110 posts)
28. Racists are mostly old dudes, and they are dying every day
Sat Nov 10, 2018, 04:14 PM
Nov 2018

In another decade or 2, there will be few racists alive to make a difference.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
31. I think you may be right.
Sat Nov 10, 2018, 04:21 PM
Nov 2018

There will always be racists. But I think maybe fewer. Look at my father. He had five kids with my mother...although I'm the only liberal, none of us are racist like him. He wasn't around much, so maybe that's it. It also has a counter-effect when you're around someone when you're young, who is hateful, mean, and negative. It sends you in the opposite direction sometimes.

People think I'm liberal because I'm the only one who moved away to "the big city" outside the south. But that's not true. I was always this way. I remember being sad about segregation and the plight of blacks when I was about 10 years old. That's kinda strange for a kid in the deep south. I'm old enough that I lived my youth in a segregated society. (My mother noticed, apparently. She told me when I grew up that she was worried I'd marry a black man. LOL.)

GoCubsGo

(32,084 posts)
35. I guess they didn't hear about the 19 black women who were elected as judges in Texas?
Sat Nov 10, 2018, 05:27 PM
Nov 2018

Hopefully, they'll soon have an openly bi-sexual woman representing Arizona in the Senate to make them even more nuts.

I'm sorry about your family. I have a few of those in my family, too.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
36. No, they didn't. But I told my brother. He was okay with that.
Sat Nov 10, 2018, 05:35 PM
Nov 2018

He doesn't live there, so it didn't mean much to him, one way or the other. As for the AZ candidate, he told ME that she was lesbian (he didn't say bi-sexual); I didn't know. He's totally okay with everyone having equal opportunities and winning elections, no matter what.

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