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kerry-is-my-prez

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Sat Feb 14, 2026, 03:18 PM 23 hrs ago

Regretful Trump voters say their lives are 'getting worse by the day'. (FAFO) [View all]

Adam LynchFebruary 14, 2026 |

https://www.alternet.org/trump-voters-regret/

Follow-up interviews with Trumpsupporters one year later reveal a souring on the administration’s policies — and not for just one reason.
“Inflation, immigration, and Epstein are all in the mix, but there's a giant mosaic of disappointments,” reports Bulwark publisher Sarah Longwell, while reviewing voters comments in a Saturday podcast.

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“I see more people coming through the pantry lines than ever before, and every month it's new people, so it just tells me that there's greater need,” said another. “The economy is not good. The job market's not good. The cost of living is sky high. It's really hard to make ends meet for people and that just kind of overshadows everything else. And you couple that with healthcare costs and insurance costs and things like that and people just can't get ahead.”

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Yet anther disgruntled Trump voter complained that the way Trump talks to people with whom he doesn't agree is “just horrible.” “It’s probably the worst of any of our presidents we’ve dealt with,” said the respondent. “I feel like the longer he's in office, the more we're going to plummet to not being a good community or quality country at all, period.”

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Boo hoo durablend 23 hrs ago #1
I look at the polls and last I looked, he still gets 80% approval from Repugs. kerry-is-my-prez 23 hrs ago #4
Many of them are convinced that if they vote for a Democrat, that God will smite them Walleye 23 hrs ago #6
All these MAGAots popsdenver 21 hrs ago #39
Yep. I like Sarah Longwell and her focus groups are interesting but spooky3 21 hrs ago #29
It's not like he talks to his critics any differently Conjuay 21 hrs ago #33
This is what they chose. NameAlreadyTaken 23 hrs ago #2
Yep. Indeed! calimary 21 hrs ago #44
Plus,... ProfessorGAC 20 hrs ago #60
Exactly. NameAlreadyTaken 17 hrs ago #66
Oh but they owned the libs! 🙄 All of us suffer because of those @ssholes! Nt helpisontheway 23 hrs ago #3
They are so envious of us. They think we had too much fun in college. kerry-is-my-prez 23 hrs ago #7
And us with our rotisserie chickens, don't forgot. durablend 23 hrs ago #11
Hey--Costco rotisserie chicken is only $6 in DC metro. spooky3 21 hrs ago #30
You mean a chicken isn't a single serving? Conjuay 21 hrs ago #35
😀 spooky3 21 hrs ago #46
$5 here, and I can get 6-8 servings, including the soup I make niyad 20 hrs ago #56
"They're also angry because they think we have 'charmed lives' " dedl67 21 hrs ago #37
"They've no business to be different" Nasruddin 21 hrs ago #50
Yet more members of the Leopard Eating My Face Party LetMyPeopleVote 23 hrs ago #5
You want sympathy, effers? It's in the effing dictionary. mwmisses4289 23 hrs ago #8
"Sympathy is in the dictionary between shit and syphilis." Ocelot II 21 hrs ago #26
Actually, first time it a Secretary of State and former First Lady. Conjuay 20 hrs ago #54
That's because the "greatness" Trump and B.See 23 hrs ago #9
They don't realize that Trump and his cohorts laugh behind their back. kerry-is-my-prez 23 hrs ago #10
I've absolutely NO doubt he thinks they're B.See 22 hrs ago #13
It has been posted here before..BUT... BattleRow 22 hrs ago #18
hmmmm... B.See 21 hrs ago #27
A book before it was a movie ... eppur_se_muova 21 hrs ago #45
Thanks for posting this info.. BattleRow 21 hrs ago #49
Aren't they? Dan 20 hrs ago #58
"Great" to these people means being the Top Dog of the heap ... in the fighting sense. eppur_se_muova 21 hrs ago #32
Yeah, he was like this last time too. They are getting what they voted for....too damn bad! Jmb 4 Harris-Walz 23 hrs ago #12
Unfortunately, we're getting what they voted for too. Totally Tunsie 17 hrs ago #65
Post removed Post removed 22 hrs ago #14
Wow. You actually said it. Demobrat 21 hrs ago #24
You were saying? Cha 21 hrs ago #42
Guess I'm next. Demobrat 21 hrs ago #51
We need to reach out to these people in that they are not alone. ProudMNDemocrat 22 hrs ago #15
This pretty much sums up what their thinking was, Raftergirl 22 hrs ago #16
Nothing to worry about folks, Disaffected 22 hrs ago #17
"HE JUST NEEDS MORE TIME!!!!" durablend 22 hrs ago #19
Indeed he does, Disaffected 22 hrs ago #21
THIS!!! calimary 21 hrs ago #38
Can't blame them SamuelTheThird 22 hrs ago #20
And they voted for him a third time too! durablend 20 hrs ago #52
I hope they are disturbed enough to do something. We all make mistakes. Usually not that big though. twodogsbarking 21 hrs ago #22
they'd vote for him again tomorrow, given the chance Orrex 21 hrs ago #23
Trump will never be on another ballot, so they think it's courageous to say they'll never vote for him again. sop 21 hrs ago #36
Exactly. Orrex 21 hrs ago #40
Fuckin A right, they would. Iggo 21 hrs ago #47
Plink! dlilafae 21 hrs ago #25
All these FAFO voters are now totally COMPLICIT in the killings Justice matters. 21 hrs ago #28
Trump voters should be happy that they are getting what they voted for. RockRaven 21 hrs ago #31
They'll vote Republican anyway. RandySF 21 hrs ago #34
Everyone's lives are getting worse by the day. And it's your fault, Trump-voters! Iggo 21 hrs ago #41
70+ million Harris voters shrug Raven123 21 hrs ago #43
A fake, a sham, a zero value person. Aussie105 21 hrs ago #48
I've always said that when, and we will, survive this nightmare, the country is going to take a sharp left. Joinfortmill 20 hrs ago #53
So I've been hearing Warpy 20 hrs ago #55
They voted based on wanting to see him hurt others JI7 20 hrs ago #57
The answer for all their concerns durablend 20 hrs ago #59
But the Dow is at 50,000!!!!1! flvegan 20 hrs ago #61
Yeah, what are they complaining about? Dave Bowman 20 hrs ago #62
... GoCubsGo 19 hrs ago #63
To answer the last quote: So America ISN'T GREAT yet MagickMuffin 19 hrs ago #64
FAFO bdamomma 17 hrs ago #67
He showed them who he was... Joinfortmill 4 hrs ago #68
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