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Yahoo
16-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
People Are Telling This Trump Voter To "Pull Up Her Bootstraps" After She Complained About Possibly Losing Government Housing Benefits
Another day, another regretful Trump voter getting roasted on the internet. In the r/LeopardsAteMyFace subreddit, user u/MoreMotivation shared a truly absurd exchange between two MAGA supporters. Everything started when someone tweeted about the Trump administration's proposal to slash rental assistance. A woman (who I'll call T) wrote, "I'm not sure about this one. My mother is 88 years old and only draws $926 Social Security and $86 retirement ck. She lives in a Section 8 202 property for seniors and disabled and rent based on her income. She really needs this apt." A man (who I'll call C) replied, "Needs to pull up her bootstraps unfortunately instead of sucking up taxpayer dollars." But T didn't like that! She responded, "Wow! She's 88 frail, and has health issues but I guess she can go back to work!! Why would you say that? I do agree that healthy able bodied young people should be off Section 8." C wrote, "Sounds like a lib begging for a government to pay her rent. Not cutout for MAGA." LOL. T replied, "I am 💯 MAGA, voted for Donald Trump 3 times! My mother voted for him, too. Her life story is too detailed to go into here, but I can assure you it is not her fault she is living there. I agree people lie and get benefits they don't deserve." Related: "Let Them Eat Teslas": People At The "No Kings" Protests This Weekend Brought Signs That Were So Clever I'm Still Laughing About Them Obviously, people had a lot to say in the comments for this one: "Sounds like you and Mommy are getting exactly what you BOTH voted for. Enjoy!" —u/JennieGee "Ah yes, can't have people sucking up taxpayer dollars except your mom apparently. Also, I am so sick of the 'taxpayer' dollars argument. Somehow, they don't complain about the millions spent on golf or a stupid parade? Plus, if they ask the states to pay for everything, I see no reason to pay federal taxes." —u/Francl27 Related: Well, Well, Well, For The Second Time In 2 Weeks, People Are Letting JD Vance Know EXACTLY How They Feel About Him In Public "Sounds like granny needs to stop being a welfare queen if she's gonna keep voting for racism." —u/dismayhurta "This quote will be forever useful." —u/SpicelessKimChi "These elderly people just don't want to work anymore… It's a shame." —u/BugEquivalents "She and her mother are getting exactly what they voted for, so why are they complaining? I don't get it. They ordered the shit sandwich, and now they get to eat the shit sandwich." —u/Dragonshatetacos "Saying, 'You're not MAGA, I'm MAGA' is a real flex for these dolts." —u/AJayBee3000 "Looks like [the Trump supporter] is about to get a new roommate." —u/highonnuggs "The families together..." —u/DiamondplateDave "I am soo, soo happy he confirmed she voted to destroy her entire life. I was about to feel bad for a minute." —u/DOAiB And finally, "It astounds me to see how many stupid people live in America. Dirt poor people voting for a billionaire who they think will have their best interests at heart. So fucking stupid." —u/Alone-in-a-crowd-1 What do you think about all this? LMK in the comments below! Also in In the News: "Honestly Speechless At How Evil This Is": 26 Brutal, Brutal, Brutal Political Tweets Of The Week Also in In the News: This Dem Lawmaker Is Going Viral For His Extremely Shady Question To Secretary Kristi Noem Also in In the News: This Conservative Said He Wears A Fake ICE Uniform For A Really, Really, Really Gross Reason
Fox News
13-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Fox News
‘White Lotus' star talks Trump-voting character on the show, criticizes her own Trump-supporting family
"The White Lotus" star Carrie Coon admitted to "The View" on Friday that she does have friends and family who support President Donald Trump just like one of the characters on the popular HBO show. During Friday's episode of the ABC talk show, the actress discussed her "White Lotus" co-star Leslie Bibb playing a Trump voter and noted that she also has Trump-supporting family members in real life. Coon went on to say they're now impossible to talk politics with because they follow an authoritarian. "I had family members who voted for Trump. We're from Ohio. We had to have those conversations," she said when asked by co-host Ana Navarro if it's "actually possible to have friends who don't share your same beliefs." A scene from the show went viral in March when Kate, played by Bibb, appears to reveal to her horrified best friends Laurie and Jaclyn, played by Coon and Michelle Monaghan, that she voted for Trump. During the scene, Kate's friends – who assumed she was a Democrat – slowly get it out of her during dinner that she voted for Trump. After Kate admits her husband is a Republican, Laurie asks her outright if she supported him. She responds with a curt smile and a long pause before saying, "Are we really going to talk about Trump tonight?'' and quickly changing the subject. Later that night, Kate sees her friends laughing and mocking her decision to vote for Trump. After admitting that she has Trump-supporting friends, Coon suggested to "The View" co-hosts that those voters are brainwashed. "I think there was a time when it was possible to have conversations about it," she said. "But when you're in an authoritarian slide it becomes a closed system. The leader is the source of information. That is not penetrable, so when you're inside of that circular information system, then it's very hard." Several of the co-hosts nodded in agreement. Coon continued, saying Trump voters don't have much "basis in fact" any longer. "It's very hard to talk about anything because there's no basis in fact. And now we're seeing the defunding of the NIH [National Institute of Health] and NSF [National Science Foundation]," she said, adding, "So, like, science which – I believe in science, and I don't think, there's not like a — there's no middle ground there." Co-host Joy Behar followed up by asking if Americans will be shocked into seeing Trump's dark side because of the cuts he's made to government programs. Coon indicated she wasn't so sure. "I think narrative is very powerful and it's very easy to teach them that they should blame immigrants or trans people while billionaires are picking their pockets," she declared.
