anecdotal healthcare workers perspective I heard 4 days ago

[beachbumbob]

I have several good friends who are doctors and nurses and of the 5, 4 are lifelong republicans who have NEVER voted for a democrat for any elected office. Of the 4, I had a brief discussion with 3 of the woman (neighbors) about Covid and trump and my god, like I opened a fire hydrant of hate on trump. One gal went on for 5 minutes that she will never vote for any republican and the other 2 said she would like to see trump locked up and the key thrown away. The 4 and 5th drive dowb my street and started giving me the thumbs up with all Biden signs in my front yard

Its anecdotal but none the less, surprised the crap out of me. How may thousands of these types are turning on the GOP all over the country?

[BComplex]

1. The states are showing pretty heavy voter turnout among registered republicans,

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and I'm hoping they're all voting for Biden...all but that insane 33%.

On edit!! I had a brain fart and typed "hope they'll all vote for trump" AAAAKKKKKKK!
My post got removed, but the kind moderators let me come change it.

sorry!!!!!!!

[stopdiggin]

3. trump? might want to fix that? (nt)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. Didn't you mean to say "I'm hoping they're all voting for Biden..."?

[dchill]

2. Similar things have been intriguing me for months.

I'm told that the solidly red area where I now live had many more Trump signs four years ago than now. I'm not seeing a lot of them, and there are quite a few Biden signs.

[barbtries]

5. many thousands.

chaos and incompetence are exhausting all the way around. People who work in medicine are acutely aware of the toll trump's catastrophic handling of the pandemic has taken in human lives.
even for people who think it's hunky dory that cruelty, crimes against humanity, non stop lies, and incessant corruption are also hallmarks of this administration, there is a stop point.

[Stuart G]

15. Millions of Republicans will switch this one time and vote for Biden.

Yes.....MILLIONS.....LIKE...1,000,000 x 10 = 10,000,000.....MORE THAN THAT...!!!!

[Rice4VP]

6. Of course they hate him...

he’s sending them thousands of patients and then has the nerve to say they are profiting from COVID. He’s a scumbag

[Mariana]

14. He said they're committing fraud in order to profit from Covid.

He's accused them of falsifying medical records and death certificates.

[Wellstone ruled]

7. As our Daughter said,

the true Hatred of Trump among here work mates and Fellow Nurses and Doctors is immense. She has lost two or her Care Team to Covid,and Memorials as well as Burials have been put on hold because everyone is on extra hours as well as the danger of some one else becoming infected attending these memorials and burials.

And as of Thursday night,Denver is Surging big time.

[AllyCat]

8. My mom's husband is a lifelong Republican.

Voting for Biden because he said 45 will not do anything to get us out of Covid-19.

[tinrobot]

9. My cousin is a nurse in Texas. She switched to Biden.

I think the pandemic has caused most medical professionals to wake up with regards to party.

[TheRickles]

10. Just wondering where this took place.....

[sleroy49]

11. I know plenty of republicans

that hate him, but I have a feeling many of them will still vote for him based on party.

[gibraltar72]

12. I commented on facebook group the other day, there was a new party in

south central Michigan. The Republican Butt Party. I base that on phone banking for 17 weeks this cycle. Increasingly after I introduce myself people tell me I am a Republican Butt. They then start listing their grievances with Trump. I even had one call me back because his phone went dead and didn't want me to think he hung up on me. One guy talked for 14 minutes, telling me why. At the end I said well have I convinced you? He chuckled and said I guess I convinced myself.

[Dem2]

13. Can't imagine many healthcare workers want to vote for the human virus

[calimary]

16. Hundreds of thousands, I hope!

[relayerbob]

17. I suspect it's a MUCH larger number than we led to believe by the polls

[renate]

18. There are WAY more medical "professionals" who think the virus is a hoax than I would have imagined

Not in ERs or ICUs but in other specialties.

But going after fellow doctors and nurses in such a personal and vile way might turn them against him. Maybe. They were with him till then, though.

[Jarqui]

19. When one accuses medical people of cashing in on Covid

by bumping the diagnosis numbers - as Trump did - nurses and doctors

when they are in fact, on the front lines, risking their lives to save others and getting their hearts wrenched as they fail to save so many, I can see how they would be more than pissed off.