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piddyprints

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Wed Aug 14, 2024, 12:47 PM Aug 2024

Didn't expect to be this close to a MAGAt rally. [View all]

We had business in Asheville, NC, today. Had some trouble parking at the garage where we can usually find a spot on the first level. Turns out there’s a Trump rally here.

Asheville is pretty much a blue dot, so some of the locals expressed their dismay. Apparently people are coming from red outlying areas. We were told he had to pay cash up front for the venue. Good move on that point, Asheville! I saw women with Trump T-shirts and flag outfits (which has always struck me as disrespectful), bumper stickers, the works. I didn’t bother to find out exactly where they were going.

We live in very red TN, but no one ever bothers to come to our immediate are and I have recently seen very few bumper stickers. Somehow I found being in Asheville today more shocking and upsetting. Maybe it’s because we’ve long seen it as our relatively safe haven that is now being polluted by the orange shitgibbon and his mindless minions.

I continue to ask myself and anyone who will listen: How can so many people be supporting this degenerate piece of shit scumbag? How can women of any color be supporting him? Doesn’t it matter to them that he’s a convicted felon and adjudicated rapist, women especially? WTAF! It’s disheartening, to say the least

Glad we’re on our way home so at least we don’t have to see the mind numbing stupidity quite so up-close. I’ll soothe myself with Kamala news and videos once we get home. Maybe pull a few weeds and name them all after MAGAt sycophants.

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THIS RIGHT HERE.... what you said is EXACTLY what I ask myself daily. CurtEastPoint Aug 2024 #1
Dunkin Donuts has garages now? Think. Again. Aug 2024 #2
Wrong venue, it's at the landscaping outfit. jaxexpat Aug 2024 #8
Ahhhh, sorry to hear about your run in. Sometimes even when we actively avoid crap, it still happens! SWBTATTReg Aug 2024 #3
Too bad you didn't wear a hazmat suit. Dave Bowman Aug 2024 #4
They gonna be Traildogbob Aug 2024 #5
Now that's funny LearnedHand Aug 2024 #6
"Stay out of the line of gun fire" is posted at every trump rally lately. Think. Again. Aug 2024 #10
FWIW I like to pull weeds, and with each one I think to myself: a Republican for Harris ... fierywoman Aug 2024 #7
You might be amused to know that Traitor Tot has a moth named after him. OMGWTF Aug 2024 #9
I agree completely. Love the Asheville area. I'm down there 4 or 5 times a year for friends, food and shows Cheezoholic Aug 2024 #11
I think his support is primarily drawn from Torchlight Aug 2024 #12
When in Asheville... ECL213 Aug 2024 #13
In fairness to the women BWdem4life Aug 2024 #14
If you live over in TN, likely most of those people were your neighbors Warpy Aug 2024 #15
In fairness, many people in that area have been wearing orange for decades. dameatball Aug 2024 #16
Not so likely, actually. piddyprints Aug 2024 #18
Sure they do Warpy Aug 2024 #22
My best friends live in Parrotville, TN... rubbersole Aug 2024 #20
That's really good to know Warpy Aug 2024 #23
I landed in Chicago two weeks ago. LeftInTX Aug 2024 #17
He may be in blue Ashville, but he had Lt. Governor Mark Robinson speaking - TBF Aug 2024 #19
I can answer your questions Zoomie1986 Aug 2024 #21
I feel the same about Asheville SouthernIrish Aug 2024 #24
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