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highplainsdem

(63,104 posts)
Tue Nov 3, 2020, 07:52 PM Nov 2020

Voters rage at president after casting votes: 'I'm sick of being scared of what Trump will do next'

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/11/voters-rage-at-president-after-casting-votes-im-sick-of-being-scared-of-what-trump-will-do-next/


On Election Day, The Daily Beast profiled several voters in the final hours — and a common theme that ran through their discussions was disgust over the country’s constant political fighting, and how President Donald Trump has made it worse.

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“People are turning into monsters,” said Tuscon, Arizona realtor Tanya Barnett. “I’ve never seen polarization worse than it is now in my lifetime. I’m sick of being the country the rest of the world laughs at… I’m sick of being scared of what Trump will do next. And I’m ready to focus on fixing our broken system once he’s gone.”

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More at the Raw Story link and at the Daily Beast story they link to.

But I thought this was the core of the article.

Most of the country is sick of Trump.

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Voters rage at president after casting votes: 'I'm sick of being scared of what Trump will do next' (Original Post) highplainsdem Nov 2020 OP
K&R! SheltieLover Nov 2020 #1
That sums up my feelings. TheCowsCameHome Nov 2020 #2
AMERICA IS STRONGER THAN DONALD FUCKING TRUMP Skittles Nov 2020 #3
My closet doorknob is stronger than Trump.. AZ8theist Nov 2020 #8
That's what happens when all you've got are fear tactics pandr32 Nov 2020 #4
We're sick of this crappy reality show. You're Fired!! tanyev Nov 2020 #5
A couple of months ago, I was sleeping soundly... Dave Starsky Nov 2020 #6
I think after this is all officially over, we'll fully realize how on edge we've been renate Nov 2020 #7
I've had dreams like that. Actually, nightmares. Dem2theMax Nov 2020 #9
People need to understand it's an entire party, not just the Grotesque Orange Pustule. Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2020 #10
Exactly dhol82 Nov 2020 #11
The entire damned world is sick of worrying about his erratic, borderline despotic behavior. BobTheSubgenius Nov 2020 #12
FIRE trump America! Cha Nov 2020 #13

pandr32

(14,307 posts)
4. That's what happens when all you've got are fear tactics
Tue Nov 3, 2020, 08:00 PM
Nov 2020

After a while numbness sets in and anger and resolve follow.

Dave Starsky

(5,914 posts)
6. A couple of months ago, I was sleeping soundly...
Tue Nov 3, 2020, 08:03 PM
Nov 2020

At about midnight, when a surprise thunderstorm swept in. There was a HUGE thunder clap that shook the whole house. Car alarms started blaring. I bolted upright, and my VERY first thought was, "My God, he's gone and done it! He's blowing up the fucking country!"

I am exhausted by that baseline level of anxiety. This country cannot survive another two months of that fuckhead being in charge, let alone four years. Four days is even pushing it. My whole family is barely hanging on as it is.

renate

(13,776 posts)
7. I think after this is all officially over, we'll fully realize how on edge we've been
Tue Nov 3, 2020, 08:12 PM
Nov 2020

We’ve just been in crisis/coping mode so far. The true emotional impact will come later.

Dem2theMax

(11,005 posts)
9. I've had dreams like that. Actually, nightmares.
Tue Nov 3, 2020, 08:38 PM
Nov 2020

64 years old, and I'm having nightmares that the president is going to blow up the world. There's something really wrong with this.

Hopefully tonight, we will get word that we are on the way out of this nightmare.

BobTheSubgenius

(12,245 posts)
12. The entire damned world is sick of worrying about his erratic, borderline despotic behavior.
Tue Nov 3, 2020, 09:49 PM
Nov 2020

Imagine being so clueless, so wrapped up in your deranged little world that you can ignore being hated by more than half of your own country and probably more than half of the rest of the world!

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