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Its my only income: Trump voter shocked after learning he plans to cut key program she needs
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/05/its-my-only-income-trump-voter-shocked-after-learning-he-plans-to-cut-key-program-she-needs/
Krista Shockey, a Trump voter who relies on the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program to survive, reacted with shock this week after CNN told her that President Donald Trumps budget proposes massive cuts to the program.
In an interview with CNNs Heather Long, Shockey explained that there is simply no way shell be able to find work if her SSI payments get reduced or even eliminated.
Theres no way I could go back to work, Shockey explained. Ive got a lot of problems. Im crippled in my feet, knees, back, hands.
CNN first interviewed Shockey this past fall, when she explained that she was a life-long Democrat who was voting for Trump in the fall. At the time, Shockey said that there was no way she could possibly live without SSI payments.
Its my only income, she told the network.
Adrahil
(13,340 posts)avebury
(10,952 posts)find out that they are sailing on the Titanic.
emulatorloo
(44,131 posts)I do sympathize and feel bad for her. Lots of folks out there who've spent tons of money to lie and confuse voters.
Will she continue to vote for the people who want to destroy her to enrich the 1%?
LisaM
(27,813 posts)They're poor, they can be - and were - manipulated, they probably voted out of fear. I just wish that once the same people would feel sympathy for others.
moonscape
(4,673 posts)the uneducated who get caught up in group-think, think Fox is news, and yes are scared and manipulated.
The ones I don't are people like a woman I used to be friends with who is crazy smart, a devout Catholic one-issue voter and rationalizes everything evil in order to blindly travel any road that would lead to Roe v Wade being overturned, Planned Parenthood shutting down, etc. Saw a FB post of an image of 45 with beam of light proclaiming he was bring ethics back or some insanity. Okay, she used to be crazy smart, now she's just crazy.
3_Limes
(363 posts)I find it really hard to look at bec' of that.
nycbos
(6,034 posts)SaschaHM
(2,897 posts)wants to send families back to war zones. No sympathy.
leftstreet
(36,108 posts)The article doesn't say
Horse with no Name
(33,956 posts)Miles Archer
(18,837 posts)Maybe the answer is in there. I don't know.
yardwork
(61,650 posts)They are lifelong Democrats who didn't vote for Hillary or Obama.
They thought Hillary was "conniving."
They (a) didn't get enough information about Obama and (b) were "bombarded" with information about his religion, which led them to believe that he was a Muslim who wouldn't protect us in a war. When pressed by the reporter (clearly annoyed, stated that Obama isn't a Muslim) they got defensive and admitted that maybe it was "bits and pieces" of information, maybe "not all accurate" but....
At that point I felt so nauseated I quit watching. I grew up in rural Ohio and can easily translate the eye rolls, euphemistic pauses, and pursed lips. The attitude is unbelievably gross. Translation: Fox News and my Facebook feed said that.... and I'm not voting for no (uppity woman, uppity .....)
Willful ignorance fed by defiantly lapping up the racism, xenophobia, and sexism. (Successful women are "conniving" don't you know.)
Why I left. Why I never go back to visit. Blech.
Crunchy Frog
(26,587 posts)They're the type of lifelong Democrats who don't vote for Democratic candidates.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)It seems they lie as much as their hero Twitler.
Enjoy your slow and miserable death under Trumpcare and his budget from hell "life long democrats".
BlueCaliDem
(15,438 posts)Odd, isn't it?
wildeyed
(11,243 posts)Racism and conservative social values trump their economic concerns. They might split their tickets for a conservative white male Democrat once in a blue moon, but functionally, they are GOP.
world wide wally
(21,744 posts)You got what you wanted, you should be happy that Trump is turning more profit and stop thinking about yourself all the time.
Demtexan
(1,588 posts)Some how she would keep hers.
All about profit.
No pity.
leftofcool
(19,460 posts)cagefreesoylentgreen
(838 posts)/sarcasm
SoCalMusicLover
(3,194 posts)She deserves to be a Drumpf voter. She's a Selfish Prick who only cares about herself.
Notice she's concerned about her SSI payments. WHAT ABOUT EVERYONE ELSE'S YOU ENDANGERED WHEN YOU VOTED FOR THAT MORON?
If it didn't impact her, she couldn't care less. But since it did, nothing but WAAAH WAAAH WAAAH. You deserve what you get.
Miles Archer
(18,837 posts)"If it son't affect me I don't care."
Tried to tell him about the things that WILL affect him.
"You're listening to fake news."
SoCalMusicLover
(3,194 posts)KingCharlemagne
(7,908 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)in half for some while, consistently leaning slightly Republican; but in 2016 it leapt up to 66% for rump.
As for how a "lifelong" Democrat could vote for rump and all that means, being a Democrat does not mean being a liberal. We know she is not a liberal because she did vote for rump and all he called for.
Being a Democrat also does not mean self awareness or political awareness. Or keep some of us from being dumb as rocks. Some conservatives are still Democrats because their parents, spouses, friends were. In 2016 the blizzard of propaganda probably caused this one to notice and became emotionally engaged enough to go vote her nature.
And I'm among the non-sympathizers. Our nation depends on enough of these people being slapped with the consequences of their actions to keep them from continuing on their destructive course. As soon and as hard as possible.
oasis
(49,389 posts)reflection
(6,286 posts)and ask a relative or close friend who has regular free time to come by once a day and kick you square in your stupid ass until the day you die.
You screw everyone around you, and throw my kids' future in the shitter, and you're still only worried about YOUR Social Security? Please be sure and shed your mortal coil before the next election, you selfish prick.
bresue
(1,007 posts)If people are gullible enough to trust this fool....than they deserve what they get!!!
Sorry, but why are we insisting to help the suffering...if they do not want our help?
Crunchy Frog
(26,587 posts)I've got no sympathy over what they have coming to them.
rusty fender
(3,428 posts)She registered as a Democrat when the Dems were the racist party and she never got around to re-registering. In her heart of hearts, she is a deplorable
taught_me_patience
(5,477 posts)yeah... this was racially motivated.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)No sympathy at all for them just a white hot rage at all the innocent people they will take down with their incredibly stupid vote!
Stellar
(5,644 posts)Maybe if Obama was a different color she would have voted for him. I think she watched too much FOX 'news'.
C_U_L8R
(45,003 posts)If only these dopes understood
RKP5637
(67,111 posts)about. Now, millions are suffering. I wish the Trump herd could just go off and live on their own and enjoy what they voted for and leave the rest of us the fuck alone! But now, they sucked the entire country into their stupidity and the consequences there of!
nolabear
(41,986 posts)Part of that woman knows the Muslim stuff is crap but it's all she's got to justify her dislike, so she buys into it. Its far easier than thinking and suffering.
I was struck by the woman who had a paid off house and a good life never ONCE offering anything to the one who hadn't had water in two years, had no car and didn't know what she was going to do. Oh, she did offer a high five about them both being "Christians."
Freedomofspeech
(4,226 posts)You voted for a piece of crap who mocked a handicapped man....and you thought he would give a rat's ass about you?
n2doc
(47,953 posts)Hurry up and die, and make sure you give the medical and parma industries all your remaining money (if any) while you are at it. Sucker.
liberalmuse
(18,672 posts)Is racist, self-righteous and bigoted towards non-Christians. Fuck them. I guess you should actually vote for politicians because you've read their policy positions, not because you think they're going to fuck over everyone you don't like. Boo hoo. I'm in an ugly mood today. I've had enough of this shit.
wildeyed
(11,243 posts)It's hard to feel sorry for people who are so blatant in their hypocrisy and consistently self destructive in their voting habits.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,862 posts)every other form of support were cut off to everyone else. Just so long as she got her SSI. Chances are she also gets SNAP, and depending on where she lives, perhaps a subsidized rent. Plus she's going to be on Medicare or Medicaid or both.
Surely her city has a homeless shelter. I'm sure she'll be quite comfortable there.
lillypaddle
(9,580 posts)He lied the entire time he ran. He showed his true colors. WTF did they expect? Too bad, so sad. I'm disgusted.
ck4829
(35,077 posts)StarryNite
(9,446 posts)Come back as a bunch of unborn cells, just don't ever come out of the womb!
GallopingGhost
(2,404 posts)and make us feel sorry for idiots?
If you hold your arm out to a shark, and it gets ripped off, is it the shark's fault?
Comrade Cornsilk is a liar and a conman, but you'd have to be irredeemably stupid- seriously, lighted-firecracker-in-the-underwear stupid- to not have known just from listening to the man that he was going to do these kinds of things.
The Repub mantra- the filthy rich get theirs, now screw everybody else.
How many times do these morons have to get bashed with the same painful stick before they scream enough, it hurts!
yardwork
(61,650 posts)I guess she thought they didn't mean her.
No sympathy.
onethatcares
(16,172 posts)maybe she can move to Montana or Kansas. I hear they are big on safety nets there.
Vinca
(50,278 posts)And women voting for him. Don't get me started. This fool better figure out how to earn a living because her lord and savior Donald J. Trump plans to kill her.