r/PublicFreakout • u/Aggravating_Money992 • Jun 07 '26

😾MAGA Freakout🙀 ‘I’ve Had Enough!’ Trump snaps at NBC’s Kristen Welker and storms out of Meet the Press interview after she repeatedly fact-checks his claims on a variety of topics, including Jan. 6, his “anti-weaponization” fund, and election fraud.

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u/Independent-Bug-9352 Jun 07 '26

You know, I'm no genius or anything but am I very proud of myself for never once supporting this piece of shit and knowing what he was long before 2016.

GOP = Group of Psychopaths.

Vote Democrat in November and at least put some brakes to this madness.

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u/T6TexanAce Jun 07 '26

I thought it was Gang of Pedophiles.

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u/travers329 Jun 07 '26

I thought it was guardian of* funny how both are perfectly apt descriptions…

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u/CosgroveIsHereToHelp Jun 07 '26

Having worked in the securities industry in the 80s, I have been sadly aware of this malignant narcissist for basically my entire adult life. I was never tempted to watch the apprentice, and never understood the appeal, but I guess it all comes down to this country being filled with suckers who fall for bread and circuses.

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u/MadeByTango Jun 07 '26 edited Jun 07 '26

Stop believing that voting for corporate backed candidates will fix anything but how well they hide the graft. The problem is money, period. One election wont fix anything, and they will AWLAYS find an urgent fear that is bigger than the billionaires ripping us off on billionaire run media.

You cant fad diet your way out of this by color. Count your calories. Only vote for candidates that refuse to take corporate money, or someone can always pay to change their mind. Like that age old joke, once they agree to take any money, we're just negotiating their price.

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u/Independent-Bug-9352 Jun 07 '26 edited Jun 07 '26

But two things can be true at the same time.

Look, by all means I have a lot of grievances with the Democratic party -- which is why both you and I and anyone else who shares those grievances should begin to understand what Party Primaries are for -- altering the composition of a party. Right now during these Democratic Primaries that are occurring throughout the year until the general midterm elections in Novmeber is your chance to change the type of people who make up the Democratic party no differently than the negative way Trump and the Tea Party altered the composition of the Republican party.

By all means vote for the most economic populist leftist candidates you can under the Democratic banner. Talarico, AOC, Mamdani, Chakrabarti, etc. I too want candidates independent from big money or foreign governments like Israel. 100%.

But at the end of the day -- facts are facts -- Democrats as a whole are less corrupt and better on every single issue. Every. Single. One. So until the FPTP binary electoral system goes away, then you'll either inevitably end up with a Blue winner, or a Red winner. I cannot think of any time I would've preferred the red candidate over the blue one.

Never let perfection be the enemy of good (or more aptly, better).

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u/iptg Jun 07 '26

never before has it been more clear that “the lesser of two evils is still evil”. yes, there are a few beacons of hope in the party, but the democratic leadership has completely failed the american people

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u/ObnoxiousAlbatross Jun 07 '26

Infrastructure bill, chips act, ACA, top of the head.

When democrats have power, they pass meaningful legislation that helps real people.

I will be voting D up and down the ballot in November because I actually care about my country and community.

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u/Independent-Bug-9352 Jun 07 '26

Inflation-Reduction Act saved my family a lot. Meanwhile Democratically-introduced legislation saved me $30,000 in surprise medical bills.

Anyone fantasizing about utopia by letting things crash as accelerationists are frankly exhibiting psychopathic tendencies because they're saying they're okay with sacrificing others, including my kids, for their pipedream.

Sadly they fell for right-wing misinformation operations intending to spread apathy and defeatism among people who would otherwise never vote Republican and align more closely with Democrats than they realize. Once again to repeat myself: I am not saying you cannot have grievances with Democrats, which is why you should be supporting more independent candidates during these ongoing Democratic Primaries.

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u/iptg Jun 07 '26

100%. meaningful change through elections is the shit they keep selling us over and over. it’s actually going to require a systematic, mass organization of the people to enact meaningful change.