Dear Blue Collar, Trump voters. Please, please read this.

[Cyrano]

The world has changed for you. You may or may not be working. You are, of course, worried about your future and how you will provide for your family.

I get it. I've been there. And I may soon be there again right with you.

Some of you have bought some of the crap that politicians fling at you/us.

Some of you may actually believe the bullshit they throw at us.

So let me be blunt here. Politicians, like Trump, and all the others in your district who are promising you a better future, are lying to you. They don't really give a shit if you live or die. They only wan't your vote to put them in a position of power.

And American corporations only give a flying fuck about selling you stuff. They are only interested in their bottom line, not you.

So think about this. Almost everything you buy is made in China, Vietnam, the Philippines, or anyplace else in the world where labor is cheap.

Read the label on everything you are wearing or on everything you own.

Donald Trump has made his money through cons, scams, lawsuit settlements, and 100% pure bullshit. He hasn't even paid the people who worked for him and who have left or were fired during his current campaign. (If you don't believe me, Google it.)

So here's my point. Many American politicians have a history of screwing their constituents (us). And the Republican Party has screwed us far more than the Democratic Party has ever dreamed of.

And now we're faced with Donald Trump. You want to talk about who will fuck you more? Holy shit! If you won't or can't see that this man wants everything that everyone owns, and wants to be "Emperor" of the world, put your brain in gear and give it some thought.

If you think our political system has spent decades screwing us, then go ahead and vote for Trump. Just be ready when someone walks up to you and says "Papers please." And you damn well better have those "papers." And you had better fear for your own well-being and safety if you don't have them.

[Ms. Yertle]

1. Part of his appeal

(and I have heard it from Trump supporters I know) is that he is _not_ a politician. He is _not_ a Washington insider. He may be an unknown quantity, but they are willing to take a chance on him because they don't trust Washington insider politician types who have been screwing them over for decades.

[femmocrat]

4. I am dumfounded at their reasoning.

"He tells it like it is!" and "He's a businessman; he'll bring jobs!" are two of the frequent reasons for supporting him. Both based on nothing.

[Ms. Yertle]

10. Based on false hope

The politicians have been promising those people the sun, moon, and stars for more than 30 year, and haven't delivered. They figure they have nothing to lose at this point.

[demigoddess]

15. I've seen a lot of businessmen who didn't know anything about business,

and they either failed or just limped along for years. Some business owners actually mistreated their employees. A lot of businessmen don't know how to run a business. They just hire people to do it for them. Trump is one of those.

[humbled_opinion]

9. What do you have to lose?

That is the lingering sound bite, it was not meant for minorities it was meant for middle class whites, who have not been moving on up as in the past.

[Fast Walker 52]

12. indeed, but it's a totally illogical point

granted, logic is probably not their strong suit, but still...

[Hayduke Bomgarte]

2. "put your brain in gear and give it some thought."

If they had that capability, to begin with, they wouldn't BE drumpf voters.

[KG]

3. too many words. try flash cards.

[Binkie The Clown]

5. How many blue collar Trump supporters do you suppose are on DU to read this? n/t

[lunatica]

7. Believe me, there are plenty of trolls

[Zambero]

8. A few perhaps. More importantly however....

is that the post is absolutely correct. If DU is to be effective beyond "preaching to the choir", this and other meaningful messages need to go out beyond the confines of DU.

[Cyrano]

14. I wish I knew how to get it out there

Wingnut websites will either delete it immediately, or use it for fodder for their acolytes to spit on.

[Zambero]

17. Letters to the editor (for starters)

Our local newspaper, paper and digital copies, allow up to four published letters per year per physical address. And having this info at the ready for "polite rebuttal" if and when the subject comes up, is always useful. And yes, there are those that are so hard-baked in their position that nothing will be effective. I detect others who are getting a lot of mixed messages from divergent sources, and don't seem to know exactly where the truth lies (no pun intended!). Those are the people who can be persuaded. An in the absence of tactful persuasion they can make the wrong choice.

[lunatica]

6. You'll only confuse them with facts

Whenever any fact rears its head around Trump supporters they stick fingers in their ears and say, "Lalalalalalalallalalalalalallalallaaaah!"

Although occasionally one or two will actually hear the fact and then you get the dear in the headlights look just before they do the above.

[world wide wally]

11. I worked as a carpenter for ten years.

There is NOTHING worse than getting stiffed by an unscrupulous contractor.
Trump has a history (a very long history) of stiffing people who work for him.
Think about the time(s) that happened to you.
And then tell me you would vote for THAT guy to be President.

[Cyrano]

13. Exactly

Anyone, who has ever gotten screwed out of what they are owed by someone for whom they did work, google Trump's history of screwing people he owed for services rendered.

The immigrants who worked in his hotels and on his golf coursed couldn't sue because they were afraid of getting deported. But citizen contractors who did work for him, and then got screwed out of what they were owed, have filled the courts for decades demanding pay from this serial criminal.

So go ahead and vote for him if you are so inclined. And then prepare to get screwed deeper than you ever have been in your life.

[GeorgeGist]

16. So I take it you're voting for Trump

So let me be blunt here. Politicians, like Trump, and all the others in your district who are promising you a better future, are lying to you. They don't really give a shit if you live or die. ...
If you think our political system has spent decades screwing us, then go ahead and vote for Trump.