He Served His Country And Voted For Trump. Now He Has Regrets.
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Anthony Muro helped other vets through his dream job at the VA. Now he frets over the future of veteran health care as Trump cuts government agencies.

Summary

Anthony Muro, a Marine veteran and former VA hospital worker, regrets voting for Trump after being fired amid sweeping government cuts led by Elon Musk.

Muro was one of 25,000 probationary (new) federal employees terminated, including 1,700 VA workers. Despite court orders deeming the firings unlawful, he remains on administrative leave.

Muro criticizes Trump’s efficiency drive as harmful to veterans, saying cuts damage morale and care quality.

Many VA staff and veterans fear reduced services and long-term impacts on healthcare. Muro hopes to continue helping veterans despite his uncertain future.

  • elbucho@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    3 days ago

    Yes, I certainly feel bad that the guy who took an oath to defend the constitution and then betrayed that oath by voting in a traitor is having a hard time now because of that vote. I am so, so sympathetic.

      • mister_flibble@lemm.ee
        4·
        3 days ago

        Look dude, if one ever does admit as such to me in person i will put on my best customer service smile, lie through my goddamn teeth, and pretend they’re not, at best, a fucking dumbass because yeah, any port in a storm and all that. As far as right now though? Let people vent. It’s highly unlikely the dipshit in the article is reading this thread and I ain’t kissing phantom ass.

      • elbucho@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        3 days ago

        I welcome his vote as long as it aligns with mine, but that doesn’t mean he gets a pass. He’s still a shithead.

          • elbucho@lemmy.worldEnglish
            42·
            3 days ago

            What’s infuriating to me is that people like you like to constantly shift the responsibility for these shitheads’ behavior onto the people who call them shitheads for being shitheads. What, am I supposed to flatter the traitors in the hopes that they’ll choose to not be traitors anymore? Should I buy a sheet of gold stickers to hand out? Fuck that and fuck you for sticking up for them. They are adults and 100% responsible for their own actions.

              • elbucho@lemmy.worldEnglish
                61·
                3 days ago

                See sweetheart

                Ok, first of all, fuck you, you condescending fuck.

                in order to win elections, you need to obtain more votes than the other team.

                Hey dipshit - you do realize that 10s of millions of people just straight up didn’t vote in the last election, right? And that the number of Trump voters has been fairly constant since 2016?

                Stop wasting your breath trying to coddle these fucking traitors. Focus instead on the people who didn’t give enough of a shit to vote against them. Maybe if we all loudly condemn the traitors and draw lines in the sand, we can shake a few million apathetic idiots loose in the process. Princess sugar tits.

                  • elbucho@lemmy.worldEnglish
                    11·
                    3 days ago

                    And they sure as fuck aren’t going to vote in the 2026 Midterms either, cupcake.

                    I would love to hear your reasoning as to why you’re going to have more success trying to be nice to traitors in the hopes that they will no longer be traitors than in convincing someone that not voting against a person who actively hates America is a bad thing. I mean, you’re going to have to really put your foot into this one, because that whole premise sounds stupid as fuck.

                    No, I’m going to spend 2025 focusing on you idiot Democrats

                    Great. Continue beating that drum, you fucking moron. See how that works out for you. I accept your vote, but you will never get my gratitude, you Vichy motherfucker.

                    Edit: Oops - I’m sorry. According to your idiotic theory, my being mean to you means that you’re going to vote for a fascist. Please, Mr. Rational Guy, sir, please don’t vote for Trump in 2028 (assuming we still have elections by then) - I promise I’ll be really really nice to you! Fucking idiot.