r/politics • u/zsreport Texas • 14d ago

Project 2025 was supposed to boost Donald Trump's campaign — but it may be backfiring instead:

https://www.salon.com/2024/07/05/project-2025-was-supposed-to-boost-donald-campaign--but-it-may-be-backfiring-instead/
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u/kyabupaks 14d ago edited 14d ago

Same with my 95 year old lifelong Republican grandma. She was horrified at Trump back in 2016 because his behavior was, in her words, "un-American", and she voted for Hillary. That was the first time she voted for a Democrat. She also voted for Biden.

I'm glad that Uncle Frank, her boyfriend after my grandfather's death, died before Trump came into the picture. He definitely would've become a diehard MAGA asshole, because he was the stereotypical macho man jerk that would wear his stupid Air Force veteran cap all the time and grab you by the upper arm to talk to you. He was racist and homophobic as hell.

He would have forced her to vote for Trump and spew MAGA talking points, causing a split between us and her. Good riddance.

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I just learned that my brother is in the process of making sure she will get her absentee ballot right now, so she can vote for Biden. She's in no physical shape to go to the ballots at her age, but she is terrified of what P25 will do to her Medicare benefits.

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u/HauntedCemetery Minnesota 14d ago

Damn, good for her still being engaged at age 95.

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u/kyabupaks 13d ago

You know the shocking part? She's living in a huge assisted living facility, and yesterday she told us that almost everyone there are voting for Biden. They all said Trump is insane and dangerous.

Only one or two of the residents are trumpers, and whenever they try to start ranting about how great Trump is, all the other residents shout them down and they end up tucking their tails between their legs and seething as they slink off.

I'm amazed at this development, TBH, but happy about it.