Why People Voted For Trump

You’re telling me that the guy who’s notorious for not paying people who worked for him and also being against overtime had a lower payroll? I wonder why…

ETA: In case my sarcasm was too subtle for you (which wouldn’t surprise me, because the real reason I think people voted for Trump is because they’re dumb), this is not the flex you think it is.

Meh.

I don’t think most people who voted for Trump give two shits about campaign spending.

Trump still owes cities hundreds of thousands of dollars from his first campaign.

And he didn't spend any money this campaign because
1. A lot of his campaign funds went to pay his legal bills
2. He's too cheap and would prefer to use Elon's money in PA
3. He controlled the RNC and they didn't share any money with Republicans running for senate. Instead, they depended on wealthy candidates to fund themselves.
4. He had to pay thousands of dollars in fines for using music without the artist's permission
6.  Trump didn't open any campaign offices
7.  He most likely refused to pay cities again and most likely has outstanding debts again

Trump is not a smart businessman and his spending is not the great accomplishment that you seem to think it is.  Personally, I'm happy that Harris paid people instead of funneling money in ads to Fox and Rupert Murdoch.  And she didn't have to pay her husband, the Obamas, Clinton, Liz Cheney or any of her surrogates to campaign for her. Unlike the orange moron who paid his wife $240,000.  

And no, I don't think anyone looks at campaign spending as an indicator of how they will handle the economy.  If they did, Trump's spending or lack of does not inspire confidence.

She probably is. She dropped a small turd and ran. They can explain all day why they voted for him, and I will never get it. All I see when I look at him is a loathsome sociopath who ran to get out of his legal troubles. And amazingly, people bought it. For some reason that most of us will never understand, they like him and think that he will be good for the country. I guess that we will see.

Why do you think that?  For the most part, All that money went into our economy - it is not like it was all spent in China. (Or was it?  🤔🥴😆) Income for US businesses.  

Fighting dirty politics, politicians, and felons is big business.  I’ll happily but some of my money on the line to do that.

It makes you wonder what people who voted for Trump think about what candidates like Kari Lake spent? I bet the amount that her campaign spent between both FAILED runs plus all of her whining and contesting of the results would make people’s eyes roll…

Let’s talk about what all the PACS, people like Elon Musk, the Heritage foundation, etc spent.  

A city in my state was never paid by Trump’s people for an election event from the 2016 election.  They finally just wrote it off. 

I would actually ditch all the ingredients and just have the Irn Bru.

I had to look this up, because I have never heard of it.  Very interesting!! What does it taste like? (in general, I mean-- does it have a fruit flavor, a cola-ish flavor, etc.?)

I live in a sea of deep red in rural Iowa.

I can tell you that this does somewhat ring true. The last Democrat governor Chet Culver depleted the coffers and was heading to bankrupt the state. People want 'money in the bank'. The governor before him was also a Democrat, and a great friend of Ag, and was generally well regarded, but Culver tanked that feeling - and that is when Iowa went from blue/purple to red. Iowa was one of the first states to legalize gay marriage, and was generally progressive in thought. But after his term - boom. Branstad was reelected (he was governor, did not run after serving 16 years - then ran again after the Culver administration). Branstad was fairly bipartisan, but after his second time around he resigned to be Ambassador to China and Kim Reynolds became governor, and OH my LORD - what she had done to our state. There is so much polarization, she is killing our schools, decimating everything that had made Iowa a good and attractive state. But we got MONEY! We have an 1.38 Billion dollar surplus. People like that.

The Democratic Party (the leaders) in Iowa is f'ed up. They need to pull their heads out of the behinds and really look at what is going on. They will only focus on what is good for the major metro areas, and pretty much consider all the rural areas "dumb" as Gennifer so eloquently put it. As a rule, I don't talk religion or politics with friends, but if we do converse, they want immigrants to take legal channels to get here, but they want them! Most are Pro Life, but if asked - they support abortion for many situations. With the gay/trans issue - they mostly don't care, and are just tired of having it forced in their face... they are of the 'you do you' camp. Most don't love Trump (some are rabid about him, yes)... but many feel that he is the slightly better alternative to Kamala, mostly for economic reasons.

Irn Bru is the most popular soft drink in Scotland (fun fact: this is the only country where an indigenous product outsells Coke! 😁) and is often referred to as “our other national drink”. The taste is like nothing else, and it’s difficult to describe. Some people say it tastes like bubble gum (I don’t get that from it), or that it has a slightly metallic taste. It is an elixir! As an aside, their advertising campaigns are highly original and very quirky. There are several compilations of them on YouTube and I would recommend them. Some of them would NOT be shown on American TV! 

Adverts

Just because you caught the sarcasm in her OP doesn't mean others will, so I think the ETA was necessary.

I wondered why I bothered to open this thread until I read lainey and lesley's delightful conversation. Thank you! You are everything that makes this place somewhere I want to hang out. 

How dare you say Irn Bru and disgusting in the same breath! 😉😂

No taste?  It's packed full of taste.  The taste is disgusting (sorry lesley ) but the colour is rather fetching, in an EasyJet type of way.  

Oh yes, the Christmas advert is a staple each year too.  

Apparently, he is also fine with his campaign spending less money because he doesn't pay his damn bills to the cities he did rallies in. To the point where those cities wouldn't even let him hold rallies this year. But I guess that's AOK with ya'll. 

You realise you’ve just lost your favourite status, right?