Where are the Republicans?

My Ex-SIL got job training as part of a democratic policy in her state. She took full advantage of it and got a good job. 

Guess how she votes. 

There seems to be a lot of hatred to go around.  I have not heard or seen any/many comments from the Democrats/liberal about how if the ‘correct’ candidate did not win a civil war was needed.  That there is some hate, if you want to start a war with your own citizens because you think our country is ‘headed in the wrong direction’.  

Those comments have mainly seem to come from MAGA supporters and not necessarily true/old school Republicans. And the MAGA supporter are the ones that voted for a felon who has had a lot of hatred for a lot of people for DECADES and has shown it in every speech he has given.   So hypocritical hate from the left?  🤷🏻‍♀️. But oh so much hatred from MAGA supporters.  And to not at least acknowledge this is, IMO, also very hypocritical.

keriwest and others, I truly believe there is a difference between MAGA supporters and who they label (with a bit of hatred might I add) RINOs (or old school Republicans in most people’s words).   The below quote from my Governor is the response that I expect from true/old school republicans and how I would tell the difference between a Republican and a MAGA supporter.  

My state’s Republican Governor has consistently been the highest rated Governor…in a state that has elected Bernie Sanders and is considered to be a very very blue state. He is supported by about 70% of our voters no matter their party affiliation.  So no matter if you agree with him on everything or not, most Vermonters do feel that he is trying to make things better for all of the people in our state.  Just putting this out there as A disclaimer that all of my opinions hinge on this distinction of who I would consider a MAGA supporter and who I would consider a Republican.  So while not all Republicans are Trump supporters/MAGA supporters…unfortunately all MAGA supporters are considered Republicans.

Sorry so long:


Vermont Gov. Phil Scott told reporters he cast his ballot today for Vice President Kamala Harris at the town office in Berlin.

“I did some soul searching and thought about a lot of different things — what would benefit Vermont, what I needed to do myself — and came to the conclusion that I had to put country over party, and do the same thing that I did four years ago when I voted for Joe Biden, and vote for Kamala Harris,” Scott said.

Scott said he’s never voted for Donald Trump. In the 2016 presidential election, he wrote in Jim Douglas, the former Republican governor of Vermont, for president. And in 2020, he made national headlines after breaking with his party and voting for Joe Biden. During the primary season this year, he campaigned for former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley.

“In my opinion, there’s no one less equipped, no one more incapable of healing the huge divide we have in this country than Donald Trump,” Scott said at a rally for Haley in March. “He’s made a career of throwing fuel on the fire of hate and anger.”

This summer, after the debate between Trump and Biden, Scott said he would not be voting for Biden a second time if he remained on the Democratic ticket. “I don't think either candidate should be running for office or are fit for office, but for much different reasons,” he told reporters.

Once Harris became the nominee, Scott kept his choice for president to himself until after he voted Tuesday.

“I know that Donald Trump, from my standpoint, doesn't have the ability nor the desire to unite our country,” he said. “But does Kamala Harris have that ability? I don't know either. But I do know that she wants to. And she'll try — and that's half the battle."

Hi cindytred 
Just wanted to pop in and let you know that I am in your corner - both as a Republican and Cancer Survivor.

I enjoy 2Peas but avoid all of the Political posts.  I know my stance and refuse to get into a battle with strangers on the internet.  

I do not feel the need to celebrate our victory online much in the same way that I did not feel the need to bemoan our loss in 2020.  Either result does not change the fact that I am proud to be an American and will support (not agree with necessarily) and pray for whomever our POTUS might be.

Just wanted to let you know that you are not alone here.

Not interested in talking about politics but just wanted to let you know for your own information, you CAN see Russia from a certain part of Alaska. She never said she could see Russia from her house (lol I think that was SNL and anyway I know where her house is)

And how are you preparing for the insurance marketplace to disappear? Because that is one of the promises he ran on and plans to implement?

If I were you I’d start preparing now to have a plan b because it is at the top of their agenda.

Good luck to you.

MY hypocrisy? You voted for a RAPIST and PREDATOR!

And if his policies are so wonderful why would you care if someone wishes you would feel the effects of them?
I hope you and yours get everything you deserve. Don’t cry when the leopards eat your face or those of your children. You chose this for them. When you are suffering remember what you did.

Be sure to drink a lot of raw milk and skip any FDA-approved medical treatments in the future. For the next pandemic, you get no treatment except ivermectin. Enjoy!

(BTW, when you voted for Trump, you voted to hurt people I love. People who have done nothing to you. That sounds a lot like hatred to me.)

I’m cool with hating rapists and predators as well as those that think they should lead the country.

I get to deal with worry about my family of immigrants, my pre-existing conditions, and the students I teach.

I voted for Trump, not kalama. 

As you can see, you have your answer.  

I voted for Trump, and am beyond happy he won, and won BIG.  The American people have spoken, but some cannot accept that.  I usually skip the political threads because in the past I have learned that the majority of this board think republicans are evil, uneducated, lack critical thinking, are fools, immoral, etc.  They are incapable of reading another’s person opinion (even when they respond with asking a question, nothing you say will change their thinking), without throwing barbs, wishing them ill will, catastrophic effects to their families, or simply a fuck you. 


I am only commenting because I opened the thread (because of the title), and just to say you are not alone.  And now I'm back to reading only non-political threads.   

 

You don’t think Trump was on either of those lists? He was said to be very close friends with Epstein.

so maybe we all should be buying land and opening cemeteries.. cause if you gut the public health system on the national and local level, if you continue to take away women's health, if you dismiss vaccines ... then the cemeteries will be in high demand.. as that is what happened before our strong public health system.. people, and esp. children died. from currently preventable disease. who is lining up their kids to die from measles? or from unregulated food supply? or from poor food manufacturing quality control?

and as you take regulations on pollution and coal, etc..that's more people dying from bad air and bad water.

that is the direction the maga people want us to go...death and destruction. you can't dismiss their words as pie in the sky.

Raw milk and ivermectin? You’re joking me right? This is trolling, it has to be.