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lapucelle

(18,040 posts)
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 10:46 AM Feb 2017

Why is there so much anger at Republican district town halls?

Aren't these the people who voted for Trump and the Republican promise to repeal and replace the ACA? They got who they wanted as president and will be getting what they wanted in health care policy. Why are they so angry?

The more I see it, the more I wonder exactly how Trump won.

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vlyons

(10,252 posts)
1. The angry people are mostly
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 10:52 AM
Feb 2017
NOT Trump voters or supporters. They have been energized by the progressive agenda and the criminality of Trump and the Republican party's complete capitulation to privatizing and profitizing everything that isn't nailed down.

LonePirate

(13,386 posts)
4. I don't think anti-ACA sentiment was a primary motivator for most of his voters.
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 11:00 AM
Feb 2017

Most voted for him because of his vocal bigotry, his bullshit promises to bring jobs back and his bizarre backing by fundamental Christians who somehow think he is the second coming of Jesus.

halobeam

(4,873 posts)
5. I wondered the same thing.
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 11:02 AM
Feb 2017

Sure, there are more Dems present, and speaking out as they should be. Imo, I believe that will continue to grow. I have watched a number of question and answer times in the recent town halls, and I DO see more republicans demanding truth to powers. They were duped and now they know it. I also believe that will continue to grow.

The bigger question in my mind is will it grow fast enough, in time to really be able to do something about it..

LAS14

(13,749 posts)
11. How can you tell the questions come from Republicans?
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 12:44 PM
Feb 2017

I'd love to think so. I'm watching and waiting to find Republicans who are waking up. There's much more at stake than differences of opinion about the role of government.

Tanuki

(14,893 posts)
6. Most are not Trump voters. I posted a thread recently about the Diane Black town hall in Tennessee,
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 11:11 AM
Feb 2017

and several here blasted the people in the video, saying they got what they voted for and accusing them of being hypocrites who belatedly found out their own healthcare was in jeopardy. However, one of these people was subsequently interviewed and said she voted for Sanders in the primary and Clinton in November and that although she had a good group health plan through her teaching job, she was speaking out on behalf of those in need. It's what we Democrats do. I will be protesting Marsha Blackburn's town hall today, and I am pretty sure that most of us there will be disappointed Democrats who want to make sure our voices and opinions are registered publicly and forcefully.Please don't forget that in every "red" area of the country, there are committed progressive voices working like hell against the status quo.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,750 posts)
8. One of those people said she'd voted Sanders and Clinton.
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 11:16 AM
Feb 2017

Not everyone, and maybe not even a majority.

I've seen too many reports of Trump voters who have belately learned what they really voted for, and now have voter's remorse. I find it more than believable that at least some of those showing up at the Republican town halls voted for Trump and the Republican present. Don't forget all those signs back a few years reading "Keep your government hands off my Medicare!" A lot of voters are very low information, alas.

I have been a blue voter in a red state, and now I'm a blue voter in a blue state, which is vastly better.

Initech

(99,915 posts)
9. We want them to know how dangerous their agenda is.
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 11:26 AM
Feb 2017

What Trump wants to do is bordering on Nazi-esque - silencing the opposition, destroying the press, eradicating all the freedoms we used to have in favor of "safety". This aggression will not stand!

stopbush

(24,378 posts)
10. I think a lot of these Trump voters are pissed that he hasn't moved fast enough
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 12:41 PM
Feb 2017

to fulfill his campaign promises.

They go to their doctor, and their Obamacare is still fully in effect. Do you know how disappointing it is when you have a preexisting condition and it's STILL being covered by Obamacare? When your whole white, privileged life is about complaining about what someone took away from you, it's difficult to maintain the hatred when something like your Obamacare hasn't been taken away.

And what about all them undocumented immigrants? If Trump had moved faster, they'd all be gone already, and the price of lettuce would have quadrupled. The fact that the price of produce hasn't spiked to Depression-era prices is just another bitter reminder that all them "illegals" are still here. How can the rubes feel good about things when their pocketbooks are telling them nothing is changing?

jalan48

(13,798 posts)
12. A silver lining to Trump's victory is the energizing of the left.
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 12:48 PM
Feb 2017

Both Sanders and Clinton supporters are coming together to demand answers from elected officials all over the country.

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