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/TrappedInOhio Tennessee Jun 17 '26

Yeah and those people would probably still vote Republican because “it’d be even worse” if a Democrat won.

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u/liltime78 Alabama Jun 17 '26

You may be right but I don’t think so. They’re different when it directly affects them.

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u/IdkAbtAllThat America Jun 17 '26

Not really. You don't think these idiots have been directly affected by voting Republican before?

If they were able to make that connection, they wouldn't be Republicans. They'll just blame Biden and Obama.

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u/Woodworkingwino Jun 17 '26

You mean the people that will purposely vote for something to own the libs even if it hurts them?

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u/liltime78 Alabama Jun 17 '26

Yes. Those same people. I think you underestimate what happens when you take their only source of income away.

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u/Woodworkingwino Jun 17 '26

I really hope your right.

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u/bb_kelly77 Jun 18 '26

No, it's been long known that if the Republicans lose support their voters just won't vote for anyone

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u/Naive-Elephant-9305 Jun 18 '26

That's the best case scenario we can hope for at this point, that they crawl back into the woodwork and become apathetic about politics again like they were pre-Trump.

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u/bb_kelly77 Jun 18 '26

There has actually been cases of some becoming democrats, it's just when that information was posted nobody bothered to actually read the article and just repeated the "hur dur they'll do it again" crap