Editor’s Notice: All through this publish, respondents use anti-LGBTQ+, anti-immigrant, and racist language. We felt it was vital to replicate these responses as written however acknowledge that is incorrect and dangerous language.
We not too long ago asked individuals within the BuzzFeed Community who voted for Donald Trump a query first posed within the r/AskPolitics subreddit: What may Donald Trump do to lose your help? The responses we acquired and that individuals shared within the Ask Politics subreddit have been sobering. Listed below are just a few of them:
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1. “Proceed disregarding the legal guidelines of this nation. We elected a president, not a king.”
2. “If Trump didn’t observe via along with his guarantees to deport ALL unlawful migrants, remove DEI, purge the FBI, and ban transgenders, he would lose my help.”
3. “Trump misplaced my help on Inauguration Day when he couldn’t transfer the nation ahead by offering optimism, positivity, and hopefulness to the USA. Trump introduced as a menace instantly, and I do know voting for him was an enormous, large mistake.”
4. “I’m from West Virginia, and his current freeze of federal packages harm my household and lots of buddies. He has misplaced my help already.”
5. “The one factor he may do to make me sad with him is that if he would begin placing liberal insurance policies again in place. I really like, love, love what he’s doing proper now!”
6. “We voted for border safety. We didn’t vote for my husband to lose his authorities profession and advantages for which he has labored so exhausting.”
“This chance is looming over numerous households proper now. We don’t know what our monetary future holds. My husband devoted the higher a part of his life to this nation, first within the army and now working for the federal government. I’ve watched as he busted his ass each single day for this job. Our story is like many others, but they [the Trump administration] see them as finances line gadgets.
We aren’t a fucking line merchandise. We’re actual individuals with households who must put meals on the desk identical to everybody else. We’ve got completed nothing however help this nation. To be disregarded and tossed out to save lots of a buck is sickening. I help Trump on many issues, however I gained’t help him on this. He has already misplaced my help.”
7. “I’m one yr away from retirement age, which is 65. I fear that he’ll cut back social safety advantages earlier than I attain retirement age, placing me in a predicament of getting to proceed to work till 67 and even 70.”
8. “If he magically morphed into Joe Biden.”
9. “Tank the economic system as a result of he’s too conceited, or drag us right into a conflict as a result of he can’t maintain his mouth shut.”
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10. “He has already misplaced my help for attacking federal employees who’re veterans.”
11. “If he went woke, I’d cease supporting him. That’s it.”
12. “I’ve supported him in all elections and have by no means fully agreed along with his border insurance policies. I feel some unlawful immigrants pose a menace, but it surely’s exhausting to persuade a local Floridian with a mother who’s Panamanian that every one unlawful immigrants pose a menace. I feel he’s utilizing it as a scare tactic for individuals who stay within the Midwest or in suburbs that presumably lack range.”
“There are hundreds of thousands of the reason why I like him. Primarily his enterprise thoughts and toughness. I do know many immigrants presently contribute to creating America nice. I’d cease supporting him if I sensed his deportation ways have been creating hate towards Hispanics or inciting violence.
I hope we aren’t kicking out clever and certified people who find themselves disregarded simply because they converse Spanish or are brown. It’s exhausting to know or perceive who’s getting deported and why, and it looks as if most Republicans don’t care.”
13. “Retaining Musk round!”
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14. “If he bad-mouthed JD Vance, he would lose my help. He would lose my help if he tried to get a 3rd time period. Nonetheless, he’s higher than the opposite choices, in my view.”
“There are truthful arguments for and towards either side of the aisle. At the least he’s stored his guarantees, no matter how unhealthy or good they have been. That’s greater than what most politicians may say.”
15. “I must cease supporting President Trump if he did one thing inexcusable like ease up on the significance of deporting people no matter age/intercourse or giving preferential therapy to any particular person based mostly on their intercourse/race/id. Additionally, permitting youngsters to be sexually exploited by educating them about sexuality or sexual preferences.”
16. “If he begins imposing even bigger tariffs with out increase our fuel and oil provide. So, as an alternative of costs taking place, they go as much as 2021–2022 ranges (which is what it looks as if he’s doing).”
17. “If he takes away grants that help underprivileged individuals, reminiscent of SNAP, Meals On Wheels, Head Begin, and veteran companies. My coronary heart breaks simply considering my vote might have contributed to this.”
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18. “If he does something apart from enhance social safety. Any cuts could be a purpose to vote for impeachment.”
19. “I’m a one-issue voter: border management.”
“If you wish to increase the minimal wage, I’m all for it. In case you want to promote contraceptives to ladies, go for it. If you wish to present higher healthcare to the struggling center class, go for that!
However when companies are taken from US residents as a result of different individuals are allowed free and unfettered entry to our borders and social companies, that are all very meager, then we’ve got to attract the road.”
Reality Verify: Individuals within the US illegally are ineligible to obtain help from federal packages like Medicare and Social Safety regardless of financially contributing to each in the event that they work.
20. “He must prohibit or wish to prohibit gun rights greater than his opponent.”
“Gun legal guidelines are THE political concern for me. In my view, gun management doesn’t work (Chicago, for instance). It solely disarms law-abiding residents who ought to have them for private protection or to insurgent towards a tyrannical authorities.”
Reality verify: Illinois has a few of the strongest gun security laws within the nation, and its violence fee is slightly below the nationwide common.
21. “If he doesn’t observe via on tax cuts for decrease and middle-income employees, I’ll be extraordinarily upset.”
Reality Verify: Trump’s proposed tax cuts have persistently promised to learn higher-income taxpayers and, in flip, harm lower- and middle-income taxpayers.
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22. “Get the US concerned in one other countless, pointless conflict.”
23. “My Trump-supporting mother mentioned that if he lifted sanctions on Russia, she would vote Democrat subsequent election.”
24. “Fail to deport hundreds of thousands of migrants, authorized and unlawful.”
“I voted for him in 2016, and he failed to try this; it was simply marketing campaign rhetoric. So I didn’t vote for him in 2020 or 2024.”
25. “He’s made some very daring and express claims on superfluous issues just like the JFK files and extra severe subjects just like the deportation of unlawful immigrants who’ve additionally dedicated violent crimes. Additionally, he promised not to place federal restrictions on abortion rights. I’d prefer to see some fairly fast and intentional actions taken on these points in his first few months in workplace.”
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26. “Tax unrealized capital positive aspects, regulate AI so solely large tech can do it, regulate crypto into oblivion.”
27. And at last, “If he fails to safe the borders or deport people who find themselves right here illegally.”
“If he raises taxes and pushes insurance policies that cut back gasoline or energy manufacturing within the US, inflicting larger gasoline costs.”
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Responses have been edited for size/readability.
