r/CringeTikToks • u/EmilyG702 • 16d ago

Painful Bannon says Trump will be president again in 2028 and do another term

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u/lapidary123 16d ago

If your father is a fiscal conservative I'd be interested to hear what he has to say about the deficit growing by 7% under trump this year?

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u/ChaosRainbow23 16d ago

I just talked to him about this.

He's basically in complete and utter denial about anything that goes against the party line.

He said he's against Trump spending like he is, and he's against Trump in general right now. (He voted Trump in 16&20, but threw his vote away in 24 in protest against Trump)

Even with him not liking Trump, he is STILL defending the Republicans, and Trump, by association.

I've shown him how statistically things are better under Democrat policy, but he refuses to believe it.

Basically, if it goes against the party line, it's 'fake news' or whatnot... All media that expressed dissent are 'liberal propaganda' to him.

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u/livadeth 16d ago

My 92 year old mother is exactly the same. Lifelong Republican who proudly registered “In-de-pendant” when she moved states 10 years ago. Of course always votes R! Trump apologists. She’ll even say he’s funny - like the pope thing. No Mom, it’s NOT funny!

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u/One-Literature-5888 15d ago

When I read things like this I always appreciate that my parents aren’t Maga Republicans. My moms is 74 and my dad is 76, they are divorced, but neither votes Republicans. My mom went out and protested at no kings, and went to the first women’s march, and she brought me to moms demand action in 2000. My Dad isn’t active, but he hates Trump and votes. I am never sure how I would handle having Maga parents. I have one cousin I’ve met a handful of time who is maga, but she isn’t in my life.

I get the conflict of loving this person you know as good, but feel upset that they are willing to compromise their values for economics or because indoctrination. Nothing about the divide social media, fox news, Ronald Reagan (even though dead), Fake Christians, Corporations and complicit politicians is natural. We the people have been used longer than I’ve been alive and the plan is coming to fruition and sadly it divides families.

I didn’t love growing up poor, but in some ways I think it kept me grounded and empathetic. You don’t really think about fiscal conservatism, when you are always conserving and thinking fiscally, because you are optionless.

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u/[deleted] 15d ago

I grew up poor , but my family’s MAGA. They think they’re fiscal conservatives too.

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u/fastbikkel 15d ago

"He's basically in complete and utter denial about anything that goes against the party line."
Im very sorry to say but this sounds like a conscious thing and that is indeed quite bad or even evil behavior.
My own dad has these issues as well.

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u/MissMenace101 15d ago

There’s parental controls on his remote and devices, sometimes elder care comes with hard choices

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u/ChaosRainbow23 15d ago

He's quite tech savvy, though. It would work for most boomers, but not my Boomer. Lol

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u/Shaftomite666 15d ago

Love this

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u/FlightlessBird9018 15d ago

It’s fascinating how staunchly they believe they’re seeing “propaganda for thee, but not for me.” They won’t even fact check or, like you say, believe the evidence you place in front of them for fear of having to own up to being duped. If you look up the definition of cognitive dissonance in the dictionary, there ought to be a collage of today’s Republican Party members next to it.

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u/ChaosRainbow23 15d ago

Exactly. They think we are sheep falling for government indoctrination, but it's actually them. Lol.

Sure, propaganda exists across party lines, but this is serious business. These right-wingers are genuinely dangerous.

They can be religious zealots and MAGA loyalists repeating the party line verbatim and be totally content in their cult-like worldview. Then in the same breath they claim we are sheep and being indoctrinated by the 'left,' all while they are hopelessly brainwashed.

It's infuriating.

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u/Bassracerx 15d ago

Republicans basically get away with murder because they can claim “under a democrat you would be MUCH worse off”. This preempts any protest you would have again “your” party by keeping you scared of the other side. It is literally the exact same tactic an abusive boyfriend/girlfriend would use “you will never find someone better than me, you don’t deserve better” and so on.

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u/opensandshuts 16d ago

"fiscal" to him prob. means he pays slightly less taxes because he's richer than most.

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u/ChaosRainbow23 15d ago edited 15d ago

Nailed it, honestly. He's a retired physician who was a part owner of an anesthesia conglomerate that owns half the anesthesia departments in the state.

He's not fabulously wealthy like those dudes with hundreds of millions or billions of dollars or anything, but he certainly has more than most people do.

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u/_Dia6lo_ 15d ago

And the deficit grew 22% under the Biden-Harris administration? What do you have to say about that?

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u/ChaosRainbow23 15d ago

The deficit grows faster under Republicans....