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SamKnause

(14,908 posts)
82. Thanks for your input.
Sat May 23, 2020, 09:19 AM
May 2020

My mother does not have dementia.

She has a better memory than I do.

She is fit and healthy.

She has excellent eyesight and has all of her teeth.

She still drives.

She lives alone and cooks, cleans, and does her laundry.

She helps out at her church and is very active.

I was just in shock when she told me she supports Trump and thinks he is doing a good job.

This was information she had never mentioned to me before.

I know my sister, her husband, my niece, and her husband all support Trump.

I don't associate with them.

I think they have a lot of influence on my mother and her Christian religion as well.

She knows I am a political junkie but she doesn't believe anything I tell her.

She thinks Trump is doing a good job with the Covid-19 virus.

When she said that I just couldn't take it.

I was shaking for over an hour.

It was shock to my senses.

I will still talk to her but if she mentions Trump I will tell her I don't want to hear it.

If she asks my opinion on anything I will no longer give it.

Thanks again for your input.

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Very sorry. elleng May 2020 #1
These antidotes reinforce my determination to remain an Independent. olegramps May 2020 #85
My greatest fear was what would my WWII hero dad say if he was alive now. Eliot Rosewater May 2020 #2
My dad was a Lumbo fan. LakeArenal May 2020 #4
My situation too leftieNanner May 2020 #7
But would they have been horrified by rump and stay horrified, if you know what I mean. Eliot Rosewater May 2020 #8
I believe that the constant lies would have bothered him leftieNanner May 2020 #13
I kind of know what my WWII hero dad would have said frazzled May 2020 #28
Dad would have been 107! Now. safeinOhio May 2020 #52
Hang on cilla4progress May 2020 #3
My son, aged 19, thinks he's not that bad a president captain queeg May 2020 #5
19 and never had a job? Tipperary May 2020 #74
Less and less captain queeg May 2020 #76
Same here. I started with a paper route at 13 or 14, and I worked various other jobs all through Tipperary May 2020 #79
Same experience hangaleft May 2020 #89
My almost 21 year old nephew whistler162 May 2020 #80
That is good to hear. Tipperary May 2020 #86
I felt the same way StarlightGold May 2020 #6
Fox news fills people with hate & rage, the very reason it's difficult to reason with them KS Toronado May 2020 #34
Impossible to reason with? czarjak May 2020 #44
Fox news is professionally prepared propaganda. hadEnuf May 2020 #54
ha ur mom and my mom and my MIL would get along great. Wait for the "fake news" BS. jmg257 May 2020 #9
I am having Nikki28 May 2020 #10
That's the QAnon stuff. I'm sorry you're sister has fallen down that rabbit hole Arazi May 2020 #67
If the only place you do your research Kaiserguy May 2020 #95
So painful to discover this dreadful division, and so much pain Hortensis May 2020 #11
send her a sweet greeting card and tell her you love her Grasswire2 May 2020 #12
From what I've experienced, most "old souls" from your mom's Totally Tunsie May 2020 #14
That theory would depend on how she felt about Obama. After all Dream Girl May 2020 #36
That's true, but we weren't given that information. Totally Tunsie May 2020 #41
Thank the Goddess, that my 94 year old mom hates his guts. sheshe2 May 2020 #15
Sad...and I'm sorry for you. The old saying fits here, "we don't get to chose family." Thekaspervote May 2020 #16
Be forgiving. At 96 she may not be in her right mind, Liberty Belle May 2020 #17
Don't cut her out of your life. You'll regret not spending her last years with her. LastLiberal in PalmSprings May 2020 #42
... alwaysinasnit May 2020 #18
My 82 yr old father, back in March. I purposely refused to have a discussion and then that call LizBeth May 2020 #19
My mother was same way 97 years old bluestarone May 2020 #20
She is 96 malaise May 2020 #21
My thought, too. marble falls May 2020 #46
She is 96 FB47243 May 2020 #53
Nah. mercuryblues May 2020 #62
We aren't like them. marble falls May 2020 #65
+1 BannonsLiver May 2020 #99
+1 grantcart May 2020 #58
They are getting bad about calling Senior Citizens MiniMe May 2020 #68
I got one of those calls a few weeks ago. pazzyanne May 2020 #88
Nobody in my family is a Republican that I know of MiniMe May 2020 #94
Yeah my sister indigoth May 2020 #22
San, take a few days, call back and never mention politics again irisblue May 2020 #23
cool down, then DON'T DISCUSS POLITICS WITH HER Skittles May 2020 #24
This KentuckyWoman May 2020 #78
Elder abuse aeromanKC May 2020 #25
She is your mother Marrah_Goodman May 2020 #26
I feel your pain! My Mother-in-law was a huge dRump supporter - gave money to his cause - Liberal In Red State May 2020 #27
I know how you feel Ohioboy May 2020 #29
She's nearly 100 years old. Draw a line on all things political. Think loving thoughts. Speak loving Hekate May 2020 #30
So many people like your mother that it is scary. Many people I know like him. Very scary. Pepsidog May 2020 #31
I'd give it a rest. Let her live her wnylib May 2020 #32
Forget it. He's not worth it. ooky May 2020 #33
My gf is brainwashed by Fox. keithbvadu2 May 2020 #35
speaknow speaknow May 2020 #37
I don't understand this whole thread SCantiGOP May 2020 #38
Same. EllieBC May 2020 #48
Absolutely! nt Raine May 2020 #50
so sorry. my late dad ww2 pcafic . was with the team that delivered the a bomb to japan, AllaN01Bear May 2020 #39
I am 72 and my sister is 76 lillypaddle May 2020 #40
Sorry TuxedoKat May 2020 #69
It's tough lillypaddle May 2020 #73
I know how you feel pink May 2020 #43
This is my like my GMIL, except I won't cut her out. EllieBC May 2020 #45
Am so sorry! We need to remember that these older people are getting their news from secondwind May 2020 #47
You have my condolences. Different Drummer May 2020 #49
I can see why you're upset, I would be too, but it really doesn't matter. Chemisse May 2020 #51
96 yrs old and you hung up on her!!! 🙄 👎 Raine May 2020 #55
You seem very fragile. Reconnect with your mom, please, before it is too late. PTWB May 2020 #56
My father was in WWII. Except for the barracks he had built in Turkey and named for himself Karadeniz May 2020 #57
My father died in 2013 at the age of 97. mommymarine2003 May 2020 #59
I am sorry this is happening, warmfeet May 2020 #60
I understand. jaxexpat May 2020 #61
So sorry. SammyWinstonJack May 2020 #63
Unshake tiredtoo May 2020 #64
My mom got a phone call from the NRCC today MiniMe May 2020 #66
Sam, lots of good DUer advice above. JudyM May 2020 #70
My dad is 83 and likes Dump. roamer65 May 2020 #71
She's 96. RhodeIslandOne May 2020 #72
If I could have my mother back even for a day, I would not care a fig about her politics. Tipperary May 2020 #75
Let's be honest... Aviation91 May 2020 #77
My 92 year old Mom has gotten the brainwashing too. That and dementia... CousinIT May 2020 #81
Thanks for your input. SamKnause May 2020 #82
My sympathies to all of you with hard-case Republicans in the family DFW May 2020 #83
Thanks for your input. SamKnause May 2020 #84
I can't imagine the degree of your frustration DFW May 2020 #87
Sometimes older people are having small strokes. leftyladyfrommo May 2020 #90
Not all 45 fans are evil MyMission May 2020 #91
I am lucky 80-something mom is a staunch Democrat treestar May 2020 #92
My parents were life long Republicans RainCaster May 2020 #93
That has to suck... sorry to hear. InAbLuEsTaTe May 2020 #96
I'm sorry you have to feel the betrayal and sick Bluethroughu May 2020 #97
So sorry pandr32 May 2020 #98
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