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(5,591 posts)MyOwnPeace
(16,940 posts)Trump voter said a couple of years ago:
Hes not hurting the people he needs to be.
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/1/8/18173678/trump-shutdown-voter-florida
Nice people, huh?
sop
(10,271 posts)Unlike Edmund Burke, who believed that "part of the duty of a representative was not simply to communicate the wishes of the electorate but also to use their own judgement in the exercise of their powers, even if their views are not reflective of those of a majority of voters," this guy just wants the wishes of the angry mob carried out.
intheflow
(28,505 posts)Bettie
(16,129 posts)they are decent or want our country to do well, they are just cravenly grasping for power to destroy our nation for their own personal enrichment and amusement.
That's what I get from this guy.
Wounded Bear
(58,726 posts)It was basically: "Support Dear Leader in whatever he wants to do."
meow2u3
(24,774 posts)PA GQP official: We sent (Toomey) to do the bidding of a savage, lawless tyrant who we back.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)MissMillie
(38,583 posts)They didn't want Toomey to "do the right thing." They want Toomey to support Trump. This statement would indicate that these two things are mutually exclusive.
musclecar6
(1,692 posts)Spoken like a true deplorable.
Hotler
(11,447 posts)They voted for the orange one because he was the one they could get to hurt and own us.