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marmar

(79,222 posts)
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 11:07 AM Dec 21

The FAFO has reached epidemic proportions this year

'Maybe we need a change': Trump voters in key swing state revolt as prices soar


President Donald Trump carried Clare County in Michigan by significant margins in the 2024 presidential election, but his supporters in the rural community are readying to ditch the president as prices continue to soar and food pantries become overwhelmed, Reuters reported Sunday.

“I would probably vote the way the conditions are going,” said Bob Benjamin, a retired auto worker and Trump supporter in Clare County who’s been forced to rely on a local food pantry amid soaring costs, speaking with Reuters on how he sees himself voting in 2028.

“If [Trump is] doing good, if you can see it coming out of a hole, then I give it two more years. But if it's starting to go back down again, well maybe we need a little change."

Trump campaigned heavily on lowering prices for Americans, pledging on the campaign trail to “bring down the prices of all goods,” and “starting day one.” Prices, however, have only increased since Trump took office in January, with the costs of all food rising by 2.1 percentage points between January and November.

Energy costs skyrocketed by nearly 10% during the first five months of 2025, an increase “substantially higher than in previous years,” due in no small part to the rapid development of Artificial Intelligence data centers, a key priority of the Trump administration that carry astronomical energy demands and are often subsidized by neighboring communities. .............(more)

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-voters-2674817915/



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The FAFO has reached epidemic proportions this year (Original Post) marmar Dec 21 OP
My FAFO collection. Open to suggestionsa for new ones, but no guarantees. 😎 usonian Dec 21 #1
Leopard Eating My Face Party is growing LetMyPeopleVote Dec 21 #2
I lost any sympathy for the idgits a long time ago. mwmisses4289 Dec 21 #3
They're never not voting for Trump durablend Dec 21 #5
Uncurbable morons. CanonRay Dec 21 #4

usonian

(23,511 posts)
1. My FAFO collection. Open to suggestionsa for new ones, but no guarantees. 😎
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 11:30 AM
Dec 21
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219770873

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and there are lots of other cool illustrations in my graphics folder.

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mwmisses4289

(3,206 posts)
3. I lost any sympathy for the idgits a long time ago.
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 12:05 PM
Dec 21

They were told, but insisted on sticking their fingers in their ears and saying la,la la i can't hheeaarrr yyyooouu!

durablend

(8,896 posts)
5. They're never not voting for Trump
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 12:21 PM
Dec 21

That would be an admission they made a mistake.

Like you said "LALALALALALALALALA"

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