Totally lacking in empathy and I voted for him: Disillusioned supporter unloads on Trump

[riversedge]

Source: raw story


30 Aug 2017 at 14:07 ET


......... a Pittsburgh panel of voters that was held on Tuesday evening,.....................................

Trump voter Tony Sciullo, an insurance company president, said that while he still agrees with Trump on many of the issues the president ran on, he thinks that Trump’s larger-than-life personality has completely overwhelmed the focus that should be placed on his agenda.

“What most disappoints me is he’s such an incredibly flawed individual who has articulated so many of the values that I hold dear,” said Sciullo. “The messenger is overwhelming the message.”

Sciullo also takes issue with the president’s response to the violence committed by white nationalists during the Charlottesville rally.......


“He is almost totally lacking in empathy,” he said. “That’s why he scores so poorly on all of these issues. He cannot put himself in the other person’s moccasins, whether it be racial or international or socio-economic. He’s incredibly obtuse. And I voted for him.”

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They really did not pay attention to trump during the primary and general. His character was all there for all to see.




Video clips of voters discussing Trump at link.

Link to tweet

[Wellstone ruled]

1. Just caught the interview.

What a critical piece on Trump. Lovin it.

[Missn-Hitch]

2. So, it's just the messenger really.

[Squinch]

3. What the hell value has trump(R) ever "articulated?" He couldn't

articulate a grunt.

[world wide wally]

4. Must have been the racism

[Squinch]

8. And the sexism. And he made fun of a guy with a really, really difficult disability, and

now they're shocked at his lack of empathy?

They have to be too stupid to live.

[brush]

9. Yep, that's the only thing that was clear from trump's campaign. Oh, and the fucking wall.

[iluvtennis]

15. Racism, misogyny, anti-Muslim, anti-disabled,anti-immigrant,anti-LGBT thats what they like abt Dump

[brush]

20. Yes, all of the above.

[irisblue]

31. 10000000

[hibbing]

22. My question too..

I think it is the racism.


Peace

[Squinch]

23. Peace to you too.

[knightmaar]

5. Anybody else asking "What values were those?"

Seriously.

Make a list. Find something he supported that he also didn't contradict himself on.

Even the things he didn't contradict himself on ... are those really values anybody could place a premium on?

[progressoid]

29. 1. Making America great again for white men only.

That's it. That's all I can think of.

[PatSeg]

30. Yes

That jumped out at me, "What values that he holds dear?" I listened to Trump and I heard meanness, hatred, violence, ignorance, racism, etc. Whenever he tried to talk about issues, world events, or policy, it was totally incoherent and uninformed. What did this guy hear? And what was "dear" about it?

[fleur-de-lisa]

6. "incredibly flawed individual" . . .

He's just now noticing that? Has he been in a coma for the last 2 years?

Oh, wait. Chumpy is now saying/doing things that affect this guy PERSONALLY.

Like all republicans, they don't give a shit until they are directly impacted.

[iluvtennis]

17. Ding, ding, ding....u got that right.

[adigal]

36. And Chuck Todd pointed out, the disappointed Trump voters are college educated

I think his "poorly educated" are staying with him.

[MyOwnPeace]

7. A Pittsburgh link:

http://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/david-shribman/2017/08/30/David-M-Shribman-In-hard-conversations-with-Pa-voters-firm-disappointment-with-Trump/stories/201708310072

[Girard442]

10. Trump's personality is getting in the way of promoting his racist and fascist policies?

I guess that's sort of a good thing in a really perverse way.

[bullwinkle428]

11. Hey, Jacko - did you ever consider the idea that the ENTIRE PHILOSOPHY

that both you and he subscribe to is what's actually "lacking in empathy"?

Methinks it's more of a case of you being upset that he's said so much of this shit out loud, when it was all dog-whistled in the past.

[iluvtennis]

12. When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time." Maya Angelou...

...Hillary, MIchelle Obama said this over and over during the general election

[Srkdqltr]

34. Agreed

People were told over and over but would not believe. Gee..

[Bradical79]

13. Your values are rotten, buddy

Trump's platform was mostly racist, cruel, and stupid. As an insurance company president, I can't think of a single thing from Trump targeted at this guy which can be called "good".

[Coventina]

14. Thanks for dumping us in hell, dude.

It wasn't like there were any warning signs.

No forgiveness for these folks.

None.

[Skittles]

16. what the fuck are these "VALUES" you "HOLD DEAR?"

THE MAN IS A PUSSY GRABBING CON MAN

[brush]

21. "Values I hold dear" is just something repug a-holes learn to voice to make it sound like ...

they have values

The only one them and trump has is "Don't get in the way of me getting mine".

[geek tragedy]

18. "He's angry for himself, not for us" is a killer, killer, killer line of attack to use against

Trump.

[catbyte]

19. So what? What I got out of it is that he's pissed that Twitler can't fulfill his horrific,

mean-spirited agenda because of his "flawed personality." He's just as vile as PINO.

[dbackjon]

24. Trump voters are incredibly obtuse.

No, he does not champion anything you stand for, unless you are for tax cuts for billionaires and making white supremecists great

[Eugene]

25. Trump articulated the values of hubris, greed, grievance, entitlement, dishonesty, division, ...

Most of this was evident before the November election. Is Trump's incompetence Mr. Sciullo's real disappointment?

[Perseus]

26. I don't think Tony Sciullo realizes

that he is as obtuse as Trump, and as lacking in empathy as Trump too.

Anyone who voted for Trump is like the bumper sticker post in DU, "1 out of 3 Trump supporters is as stupid as the other two"

Anyone who is expecting any changes, any miracles in Trump's behaviour falls in that category as well.

[Eliot Rosewater]

27. GReat point and hasnt noticed yet what he SAID

“What most disappoints me is he’s such an incredibly flawed individual who has articulated so many of the values that I hold dear,” said Sciullo.

You cant hold those values and NOT be also flawed, they are FLAWED and anything but values, you ASSHOLE.

[elmac]

28. what the hell did they expect?

and some of those dumbasses would vote for him again.

[onethatcares]

32. fark him

he shares the same values. should we feel sorry for this asshole?

NO!

[vi5]

33. We can't count on or rely on these people..

..if they were so willfully obtuse and ignorant as to vote for him in the first place.

If that was something that they did in the first place then they are fickle and easily persuaded by things other than facts and data (feelings, emotions, anger, hatred, etc.).

Let's worry about the many more non-voters out there than about the small minority of people who voted for Trump and now are willing to express regret and remorse.

[kimbutgar]

35. The guy is probably a bully himself who got turned on by the ultimate bully twitler.

All the twitler supporters I have known or encountered have personalities that are bully types. They like to make fun of and intimate people.

Years ago I worked with a guy who was a total jerk. I was always polite towards him and never really spoke much to him but I used to see him be so mean to others. I saw on his Facebook page he was a big twitler supporter. He sent me a friend request which I ignored. Birds of a feather flock together.

[rockfordfile]

37. Tough he's your baggage

[NNadir]

38. Who cares if an ignorant racist has buyer's remorse. He dragged the rest of us into his racist...

...pit, and I'm not at all sorry that his favorite racist is an ineffective racist.

He, like the man he voted for, is a piece of garbage.

[truthisfreedom]

39. Oh, boy, don't call him obtuse. Ever seen The Shawshank Redemption?

You're gonna get thrown in the hole.

[tblue37]

40. But he still agrees with him "on the issues." nt

[sprinkleeninow]

42. Ha, you bet me toit! GMTA 😉

[sprinkleeninow]

41. Wait. Wait. He 'still agrees with' the issues the fraudulent

ran on, but he's DISAPPOINTED!11!@¡¿%?&$§

Oh, my achin'....