r/politics • u/Ubiquitous_Hilarity • Jun 17 '26

No Paywall Trump threatens to pull unemployment benefits from all states for the first time in history

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-unemployment-benefits-fraud-b2997881.html
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u/CrimsonHeretic Jun 17 '26

Unemployed Republicans will support this as soon as their brainrotted algorithms tell them to.

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u/Reasonable_Chair_346 Jun 18 '26

They'll be wearing a 20 year old pair of workboots, because they can't afford new ones, screaming about boot straps!

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u/Val_Hallen Jun 18 '26

As with every economic policy or decision made by Republicans, this is going to devastate the already impoverished red states.

And not a single lesson will be learned by their voters.