When Donald Trump supporters in rural Vermont cast their ballots, many say they never imagined immigration…

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/44641840

Machia voted for Trump, drawn by promises of border control and national security. “We didn’t want drugs or gangbangers,” he said. But what he didn’t expect was losing some of his most dedicated employees to immigration arrests.

“It’s scaring the farming community,” Machia admitted. “We didn’t think they’d come for the people who help us milk cows.”

LOL. Idiots

    • whoisearth@lemmy.caEnglish
      13·
      2 hours ago

      It’s hilarious because it’s the same shit as Brexit. At its core it’s racist policies that amount to “we don’t like brown people”. Sometimes you need to watch the house burn for people to learn.

  • mhague@lemmy.worldEnglish
    72·
    3 hours ago

    Sometimes it feels like being happy that Trumpers are suffering is like cheering when a disease dies with the host. It’s a momentary happiness that the Balrog fell… milliseconds before you realize it’s pulling you down with it.

    • MotoAsh@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 hour ago

      Nah, not like that at all. More like having the tiniest drop of schadenfreud when the idiot bus driver finally realizes they fell asleep on the job again and we’re about to go off the cliff. Much better when the idiots responsible for this mess realize it than not.

  • melsaskca@lemmy.caEnglish
    15·
    5 hours ago

    “I voted to get kicked in the balls and I must say that I was shocked when I got kicked in the balls.”

  • nyctre@lemmy.worldEnglish
    561·
    9 hours ago

    So you are… Checks notes 2200 miles away from the border. I feel like even if we disregard them voting for trump and just judge them based on that being their main voting issue, they’re dumb as fuck, aren’t they?

    • breecher@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      18·
      5 hours ago

      Never understimate the power of bigotry as a political motivator, in particular among the uneducated. Trump and his oligarch cronies certainly doesn’t.

  • AlecSadler@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    74·
    10 hours ago

    Even though Machia says he would still vote for Trump, the recent crackdown has prompted a deeper reckoning within his community

    Umm, okay, no sympathy then. Burn.

    • ianhclark510@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      22·
      8 hours ago

      Imagine being so dedicated to a politician/political party that you’re no willing to make a change that costs you 0$ to save your family business

    • Zexks@lemmy.worldEnglish
      231·
      8 hours ago

      This is exactly when the interviewer should have looked right in their eyes and said “so you didn’t learn a goddammit thing” then “enjoy your udders” then left.

  • orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    48·
    11 hours ago

    “We voted for racism, not poverty and hard work! We don’t want these jobs - they’re for the spi… I mean for those people.” --MAGA.

    • viking@infosec.pubEnglish
      259·
      12 hours ago

      Exploiting how? They were paid employees. Employed by idiots, obviously, but that in itself is not exploitative.

      • Stern@lemmy.worldEnglish
        70·
        11 hours ago

        If they’re milking their own cows at 4 A.M. and complaining that there’s no migrants to do the work, then one has to wonder if it’s because they couldn’t hire a citizen at the rates they were paying. If they can’t hire a citizen at the rates they’re paying well…

      • Bravo@eviltoast.orgEnglish
        201·
        12 hours ago

        “A red is any son-of-a-removed that wants thirty cents an hour when we’re payin’ twenty-five!”