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B.See

(8,394 posts)
Wed Mar 25, 2026, 01:49 AM 17 hrs ago

Trump's Thinly Disguised Contempt for His OWN Voters

Trump feels MAGA's 'red-hat yokels' have insulted him — and he's hitting back: analysis - Rawstory

While the less than 20% of Americans who identify as MAGA Republicans continue to support nearly every decision Donald Trump makes, his “contempt” for his most loyal supporters “is getting worse,” argued writer Amanda Marcotte in an analysis published Tuesday.

“To Trump and his top brass, like Vance, feeling like they owe anything to anybody, especially to the red-hat yokels who got them into office, is insulting,” Marcotte wrote on her Substack. “Their resentment at their own voters for actually expecting results is getting worse, and that’s starting to be reflected in policy choices.”

Trump’s directive to deploy Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to airports nationwide to help alleviate staffing shortages sparked by the ongoing partial government shutdown, Marcotte noted, negatively impacts MAGA voters.

“Trump and even... JD Vance can’t help but sneer with annoyance every time they’re asked to care about skyrocketing prices at the pump,” Marcotte wrote. “Trump even tried to spin that as a good thing, claiming that ‘we make a lot of money’ when gas prices go up. Of course, that ‘we’ does not include approximately 99% of Americans, so he’s basically just telling the rest of us we don’t matter. Including his own voters.”


And for SOME of them, the feeling is ever increasingly mutual (apparently):

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Trump's Thinly Disguised Contempt for His OWN Voters (Original Post) B.See 17 hrs ago OP
Whooo! MAGA BABY! Norrrm 16 hrs ago #1
Keep it up PEDO & Nazi boy miller Keep Cha 16 hrs ago #2

Cha

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2. Keep it up PEDO & Nazi boy miller Keep
Wed Mar 25, 2026, 02:53 AM
16 hrs ago

Digging your Own Hole to the Depths of Hell.

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