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bmichaelh

(601 posts)

13. People voting against their self-interest

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed Nov 6, 2024, 01:53 PM

Nov 6

I know of a MAGA who voted for Trump.

They voted against their own self-interest.

They get flu vaccines every fall.
Trump is on record that he might ban some vaccines.
This could create a healthcare crisis, never mind the bird flu.

They also complain about needing help for a disabled loved one.
Harris proposed expanding Medicare for home health care.

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Harris to Concede Defeat to Trump in Evening Speech, Sources Say [View all] BumRushDaShow Nov 6 OP

I hope some serious investigation is being undertaken between now and then. pat_k Nov 6 #1

What is to investigate Miguelito Loveless Nov 6 #7

Getting numbers of rejected mail ins and why, pat_k Nov 6 #9

I suppose it's the right thing to do, but I still think turnabout would be fair play. generalbetrayus Nov 6 #2

She should NOT concede! Carolina_Blue79 Nov 6 #3

So well said!!! hamsterjill Nov 6 #6

Bravo BunkieBandit Nov 6 #24

I suspect much of the MSM is going to lose a lot of their readers and viewers as a result of this election, because of JohnSJ Nov 6 #4

Well bdamomma Nov 6 #16

She lost pretty convincingly...why wouldn't she concede? Prairie Gates Nov 6 #5

I wish she would wait Marthe48 Nov 6 #8

You are proposing an overthrow of the government SCantiGOP Nov 6 #26

No Marthe48 Nov 6 #28

The real reasons she lost FakeNoose Nov 6 #10

Dems who didn't get their ponies. we can do it Nov 6 #14

Is there a site where we can BEG her NOT to concede. It's what they want. THEY KNOW THEY DIDN'T WIN.... The_REAL_Ecumenist Nov 6 #11

They won we can do it Nov 6 #15

Of course they won SCantiGOP Nov 6 #27

CLEARLY, you have NOT been watching MSNBC with your own eyes nor listening with your own ears.... The_REAL_Ecumenist Nov 7 #32

NO THEY DIDN'T!! The Selzer Poll that has been VERY accurate, considered the gold standard by even Nate Silver... The_REAL_Ecumenist Nov 7 #31

By now it's too late but in the morning I... electric_blue68 Nov 6 #19

Not even a little bit of a fight. :-( Please don't ask me to reach out and unite with them. Hotler Nov 6 #12

not playing nice bdamomma Nov 6 #17

People voting against their self-interest bmichaelh Nov 6 #13

I'm increasingly thinking that the majority of voting American people have simply become too ignorant generalbetrayus Nov 6 #18

WTH? I thought her speech was at 6P, but you tube shows it as Already Given. electric_blue68 Nov 6 #20

Yes it was originally that because some other sources claimed it BumRushDaShow Nov 6 #21

Got it. Just finished watching it. electric_blue68 Nov 6 #22

I have a feeling too that because we are back on EST, it is now dark at 6 pm BumRushDaShow Nov 6 #23

You make absolutely perfect sense. And I was thinking of it inside*... electric_blue68 Nov 6 #29

The "inside" venue would have had all the celebratory stuff BumRushDaShow Nov 7 #33

Vice President Kamala Harris delivers concession speech after loss to Donald Trump but says, 'I do not concede the fight Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 6 #25

I have never felt so shell shocked by a political event in my life. Passages Nov 6 #30

Same tRump4prison Nov 7 #34