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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Mon Jan 21, 2019, 12:26 PM Jan 2019

Trump voters now blame him for the government shutdown

By Matt Viser January 21 at 11:00 AM

MACOMB COUNTY, Mich. — Two years ago, Jeff Daudert was fed up with politics. He wanted to shake up the status quo. He didn’t mind sending a message to the establishment — and, frankly, he liked the idea of a disruptive president. But the 49-year-old retired Navy reservist has had some second thoughts.

“What the [expletive] were we thinking?” he asked the other night inside a Walmart here, in an area of blue-collar suburban Detroit that helped deliver Trump the presidency.

While Trump’s relationship with much of his base remains strong, two years after his inauguration his ties are fraying with voters like Daudert, the kind who voted in droves for Trump in 2016 in key pockets throughout the industrial Midwest and flipped previously Democratic states to him. The shutdown fight, as it has played out over the past month, is further eroding his support among voters who like the idea of beefing up border security, but not enough to close the government.

Many here, even those who still support Trump, say they hold him most responsible. They recite his comment from the Oval Office that he would be “proud to shut down the government.” When he said it, they listened.

“It’s silly. It’s destructive,” Daudert said, adding that all he knows about 2020 is that he won’t be supporting Trump. “I was certainly for the anti-status quo. … I’ll be more status quo next time.”

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-voters-now-blame-him-for-the-government-shutdown/2019/01/20/416051de-1b55-11e9-9ebf-c5fed1b7a081_story.html

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Another version of this article has been published by Alternet News (no paywall):

‘What the f*ck were we thinking?’: Even Trump’s most hardcore supporters are turning on him over the shutdown debacle

https://www.alternet.org/2019/01/what-the-fck-were-we-thinking-even-trumps-most-hardcore-supporters-are-turning-on-him-over-the-shutdown-debacle/

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Trump voters now blame him for the government shutdown (Original Post) DonViejo Jan 2019 OP
Suck it up, Jeff. TheCowsCameHome Jan 2019 #1
Yeah really! It's bad enough to see unemployable become socialist military types, but come on now! TheBlackAdder Jan 2019 #20
This kind of voter 'erosion' is important empedocles Jan 2019 #2
I agree. nt UniteFightBack Jan 2019 #11
Definitely agree with this NewJeffCT Jan 2019 #25
+1 Kurt V. Jan 2019 #27
"I'll be more status quo next time." Yup. And don't take everything for granted, asshat. lindysalsagal Jan 2019 #3
...a clean environment, civil rights, peace of mind, feeling safe, privacy protection, ... pazzyanne Jan 2019 #28
2 years too late romainetarra Jan 2019 #4
The republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief is to blame Achilleaze Jan 2019 #5
They voted for it. dalton99a Jan 2019 #6
You got what you paid for Jeff Daudert CountAllVotes Jan 2019 #7
"I'll be more status quo next time" means I'll vote for different asshole republicans next time. progressoid Jan 2019 #8
trump voter should blame trump for the shutdown-it is his shutdown Gothmog Jan 2019 #9
hey trumpkin asshole, Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2019 #10
Good one!! classof56 Jan 2019 #15
Pretty well sums up what it's all about n/t MarcA Jan 2019 #18
WOW bluestarone Jan 2019 #21
just saved it to my phone. Thanks. lindysalsagal Jan 2019 #31
Who knew a rich lying con man draft dodging criminal workinclasszero Jan 2019 #12
Experience is a dear teacher but fools learn from no other - Benjamin Franklin nt Xipe Totec Jan 2019 #13
and I blame the tRump voters for ruining this country because they wanted to MAGA. nt mastermind Jan 2019 #14
Stupid Deplorables. SammyWinstonJack Jan 2019 #16
Too fucking late, you hamhock! Aristus Jan 2019 #17
Polls? Yosemito Jan 2019 #19
Anecdotal or not... llmart Jan 2019 #40
Sorry, no Yosemito Jan 2019 #41
Sadly, were tRump to do anything that personally benefitted this loser stopbush Jan 2019 #22
They voted for that piece of orange shit 47of74 Jan 2019 #23
My son is the only Dem in his USCG unit OMGWTF Jan 2019 #24
The old adage, "You don't know what you got until you lose it!" pazzyanne Jan 2019 #26
"The establishment isn't perfect therefor the opposition must be better" Rizen Jan 2019 #29
I'd be just as happy if he voted against the status quo one more time. Pope George Ringo II Jan 2019 #30
Yet Smackdown2019 Jan 2019 #32
My brother is one of these idiots. KentuckyWoman Jan 2019 #33
Faced with actual consequences, Trumpsters start to get a clue flibbitygiblets Jan 2019 #34
It's tempting, I know, to continue blasting people who are finally second guessing their Trump vote Tom Rinaldo Jan 2019 #35
i hope the Trumplovers soon hate his guts.... like they were meant to trueblue2007 Jan 2019 #36
We haven't seen a major fallout yet in trump's base support, when that happens then the beachbum bob Jan 2019 #37
Like most everything Jake Stern Jan 2019 #38
And he still doesn't get it. There is nothing wrong with being anti- ooky Jan 2019 #39

TheBlackAdder

(28,167 posts)
20. Yeah really! It's bad enough to see unemployable become socialist military types, but come on now!
Mon Jan 21, 2019, 02:39 PM
Jan 2019

.

If it weren't for the socialist outreach by the military, this guy would probably not have a job, anywhere.

Yet, after collecting that gubmint money, he votes for the people who are practically enemies of this country.

He still needs that socialist reservist money to get by, but still views himself not as a taker, but as a provider.

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NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)
25. Definitely agree with this
Mon Jan 21, 2019, 03:01 PM
Jan 2019

If just 1 Trump voter in 100 in MI, WI and PA stayed home or voted 3rd party, the election would have flipped.

lindysalsagal

(20,592 posts)
3. "I'll be more status quo next time." Yup. And don't take everything for granted, asshat.
Mon Jan 21, 2019, 12:30 PM
Jan 2019

Like airlines running, clean resources, working roads and bridges, trade, banking, it goes on and on, idiots!

 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
12. Who knew a rich lying con man draft dodging criminal
Mon Jan 21, 2019, 01:29 PM
Jan 2019

who screwed the working class his entire life would not be a good president?

I mean....Hillary's emails anyone?

I'm glad this idiot has seen the light..well...until Fox noise and 1% billionaires pull him back to the right wing reservation the next time around.

llmart

(15,533 posts)
40. Anecdotal or not...
Mon Jan 21, 2019, 04:14 PM
Jan 2019

this is a 49-year old, white, privileged guy who lives in a mostly caucasian county who is willing to speak up and admit his vote was wrong. He's probably surrounded by men just like him and may even take some flak for coming out against Trump. He may even be convincing some of them to change their minds. If the Dems decide to impeach him, we'll need people like him to change minds.

We here on DU use anecdotes all the time in our stories. These are stories from the grassroots of this country and they're a pretty important reflection of what's going on around our necks of the woods.

 

Yosemito

(648 posts)
41. Sorry, no
Tue Jan 22, 2019, 09:35 AM
Jan 2019

You can find an anecdote for any person in a tiny group of people. You have to show me that this group of people is big.
90% of Trump supporters approve of Donald Trump.

stopbush

(24,393 posts)
22. Sadly, were tRump to do anything that personally benefitted this loser
Mon Jan 21, 2019, 02:45 PM
Jan 2019

he would be right back on the tRump express, even as his neighbors and relatives continued to be hurt by tRump’s idiocies.

 

47of74

(18,470 posts)
23. They voted for that piece of orange shit
Mon Jan 21, 2019, 02:55 PM
Jan 2019

Now they can goddamn well live with the consequences l.

OMGWTF

(3,942 posts)
24. My son is the only Dem in his USCG unit
Mon Jan 21, 2019, 02:58 PM
Jan 2019

Now that they're not getting paid, but still have to work, I am hoping they'll wake the fk up.

pazzyanne

(6,543 posts)
26. The old adage, "You don't know what you got until you lose it!"
Mon Jan 21, 2019, 03:01 PM
Jan 2019

Sure applies here! There were many of us who knew what we were going to lose after the 2016 election, but in my wildest dreams I could not have imagined the destruction this man and his administration have done in just 2 years!

Rizen

(707 posts)
29. "The establishment isn't perfect therefor the opposition must be better"
Mon Jan 21, 2019, 03:07 PM
Jan 2019

pretzel logic. At least some people are waking up now.

Pope George Ringo II

(1,896 posts)
30. I'd be just as happy if he voted against the status quo one more time.
Mon Jan 21, 2019, 03:13 PM
Jan 2019

The incumbent in the White House does not deserve reelection.

KentuckyWoman

(6,679 posts)
33. My brother is one of these idiots.
Mon Jan 21, 2019, 03:16 PM
Jan 2019

I still cannot figure out how a perfectly intelligent, kind, thoughtful human being like my brother became such a racist fuck that he supports Trump. He still supports Trump. The support is wearing pretty thin, but he's hanging in there.

flibbitygiblets

(7,220 posts)
34. Faced with actual consequences, Trumpsters start to get a clue
Mon Jan 21, 2019, 03:19 PM
Jan 2019

Welcome to our reality, idiots. Sorry your children had to go without food and heat for you to wake the eff up. Maybe one day you'll realize you're not smart enough to have children. Or vote.

Tom Rinaldo

(22,911 posts)
35. It's tempting, I know, to continue blasting people who are finally second guessing their Trump vote
Mon Jan 21, 2019, 03:25 PM
Jan 2019

Lord and/or the Universe knows that they fucked up really badly, and most if not the overwhelming majority of them harbor racist, sexist and/or xenophobic beliefs... but it won't help us end this national nightmare if we only shame them when they acknowledge their mistake.

Any step made toward enlightenment is still a move in the right direction, even if they are on the proverbial journey of a thousand miles.

trueblue2007

(17,194 posts)
36. i hope the Trumplovers soon hate his guts.... like they were meant to
Mon Jan 21, 2019, 03:28 PM
Jan 2019

Everyone just gotta Hate Trump, Oh yeah they gotta hate Trump.

(Sung to the tune of the song ....Girls just wanna have fun)

 

beachbum bob

(10,437 posts)
37. We haven't seen a major fallout yet in trump's base support, when that happens then the
Mon Jan 21, 2019, 03:31 PM
Jan 2019

headline is more true than not

Jake Stern

(3,145 posts)
38. Like most everything
Mon Jan 21, 2019, 03:43 PM
Jan 2019

Republicans support/oppose something until it affects them personally.

Same with those Republicans who "support" LGBT rights - 99% of them only did so after a son or daughter or brother or sister came out of the closet.

ooky

(8,908 posts)
39. And he still doesn't get it. There is nothing wrong with being anti-
Mon Jan 21, 2019, 03:48 PM
Jan 2019

"status-quo". Anti status quo can be a good thing, unless it also comes with a heaping dose of demonstrated bad character. People like him, they all had plenty of warning that they were voting for a low class piece of shit, and they ignored it. The signs were everywhere, and may as well have been glowing in neon red. And they ignored it.

He got what he voted for. Unfortunately we also got what this stupid ass voted for.

What is going all through me is that all of these clowns who are complaining now waited until their own lives were affected before they would start peeling off from this evil prick. Where were they when the reports of small children being separated from their parents started coming in? I think these people are near as evil as Trump is.

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