People Are Sharing Stories Of Trump Supporters Who Voted Waaaay Against Their Own Interests, And It's Wild (2024)

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In light of the 2024 election results, some have been evoking a 2015 meme that pretty succinctly sums up the obvious harm that a voter for Donald Trump is likely to inflict on themselves down the road: So, as we stare down another four+ years of Trump, here are some stories of folks who are very quickly finding out what their vote actually meant: 1. There's the Trump voter who relies on theAffordable Care Act, which both the President-elect and Republicans are likely to not support extending past 2025: 2. There's the gloating MAGA neighbor who recently learned what a tariff is and how it'll likely hurt him: 3. There are parents of autistic children who are finding out that, yes, Trump does want to get rid of the US Department of Education: 4. There's the educational technology worker who is "happy at the turnout of the election" despite their company relying on government funding: 5. There's the company whose Trump-loving employees just lost their Christmas bonuses over concerns about the impact of higher tariffs: 6. There's the Trump businessman who found out that mass deportation will indeed affect his company where "a huge portion of [his] labor is illegal": 7. There's the pro-Trump coworker whose very job relies on special education funding, which is provided by the Department of Education: 8. There are the Trump-supporting illegal immigrants who are getting deported: 9. There's the undocumented, Trump-supporting U-Haul worker who thought that mass deportation of illegal immigrants didn't apply to him: 10. There's another MAGA neighbor who is distraught after learning he just voted to increase the price of daily goods: 11. And finally, the Trump voter who apparently didn't think mass deportation applies to his mother: Yikes. Is it too soon to say, "We told you so?"

Posted on Nov 8, 2024

"I actually had a Trump voter say to me today 'he’s not really gonna get rid of the ACA right? My wife and I both have plans through it.'"

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In light of the 2024 election results, some have been evoking a 2015 meme that pretty succinctly sums up the obvious harm that a voter for Donald Trump is likely to inflict on themselves down the road:

'I never thought leopards would eat MY face,' sobs woman who voted for the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party.
— Adrian Bott (@Cavalorn) October 16, 2015

Twitter: @Cavalorn

So, as we stare down another four+ years of Trump, here are some stories of folks who are very quickly finding out what their vote actually meant:

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1. There's the Trump voter who relies on theAffordable Care Act, which both the President-elect and Republicans are likely to not support extending past 2025:

I actually had a Trump voter say to me today “he’s not really gonna get rid of the ACA right? My wife and I both have plans through it.” https://t.co/LySDTAGeNq
— crunchyrugger (@crunchyrugger) November 8, 2024

Twitter: @crunchyrugger

2. There's the gloating MAGA neighbor who recently learned what a tariff is and how it'll likely hurt him:

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3. There are parents of autistic children who are finding out that, yes, Trump does want to get rid of the US Department of Education:

The people in my autism parenting groups who are just figuring out what gutting the Department of Education is going to do to their kids, after they voted for Trump. Whew, chile. It’s a whole lotta, “They can’t do that, right?” Nah, bro. They can and they’re gonna.
— @TheCoreyRichardson on Threads. Follow Me There. (@vexedinthecity) November 7, 2024

Twitter: @vexedinthecity

4. There's the educational technology worker who is "happy at the turnout of the election" despite their company relying on government funding:

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5. There's the company whose Trump-loving employees just lost their Christmas bonuses over concerns about the impact of higher tariffs:

So it begins.
MAGA is about to find out how tariffs actually work first hand. pic.twitter.com/xsmLftc7GC
— Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 (@JoshEakle) November 7, 2024

Twitter: @JoshEakle

6. There's the Trump businessman who found out that mass deportation will indeed affect his company where "a huge portion of [his] labor is illegal":

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7. There's the pro-Trump coworker whose very job relies on special education funding, which is provided by the Department of Education:

Someone was being pro-Trump at work, I told them “do you know your position is paid for by SPED dollars, which will go away if he gets rid of the DOE?”
They were dumbfounded
— Barbie of a Certain Age (@LenValyrian) November 7, 2024

Twitter: @LenValyrian

8. There are the Trump-supporting illegal immigrants who are getting deported:

my white neighbor (a trump supporter) just called ICE on my mexican neighbors who also are Trump supporters.. they’re crying in the driveway rn getting deported pic.twitter.com/C3NHwiCdnA
— Eren 👾 (@erenfromtargets) November 7, 2024

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9. There's the undocumented, Trump-supporting U-Haul worker who thought that mass deportation of illegal immigrants didn't apply to him:

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10. There's another MAGA neighbor who is distraught after learning he just voted to increase the price of daily goods:

My MAGA neighbor five minutes ago: “I just read that tariffs are going to raise prices for stuff. I don’t get it. I thought China was going to pay them.”
I explained how tariffs work. I wish you could see the look on the guy’s face when it sunk in.
So much ignorance out there.
— Jon Cooper 🇺🇸 (@joncoopertweets) November 8, 2024

Twitter: @joncoopertweets

11. And finally, the Trump voter who apparently didn't think mass deportation applies to his mother:

I have a friend. His mother is an undocumented immigrant. He admitted today that he voted for Trump due to concerns about inflation.
I just don't even know what to say anymore: he's college educated, but he still thinks Trump wasn't talking about his mom. https://t.co/EshJMSUwz2
— numbers fuckstein stan (@numfuksteinstan) November 6, 2024

Twitter: @numfuksteinstan

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