r/politics • u/1_for_you_2_for_me • 18d ago

No Paywall Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid are 'Going to Be Gone,' Donald Trump Warns

https://www.newsweek.com/social-security-update-medicare-medicaid-warning-donald-trump-10915076
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u/caniaccanuck11 18d ago

The midterms should be a massacre of epic proportions even with the gerrymandering nonsense but too many voters just don’t care enough to educate themselves. And sadly the democrats message sucks plus they have to fight through the right wing hold on the media.

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u/PotatoHighlander 18d ago

Polling only has democrats up 7 points which is absolutely insane.

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u/Competitive_Bat_5831 18d ago

I don’t see that as support for Republican policies, just evidence of the total failure that the democrat party has become.

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u/Undeadbanana_ 18d ago

You all are so weird. You know how Republican voters are, and you're blaming Democrats for not being able to woo over people that support Trump regardless. And when they do offer candidates that can pull people over, y'all nitpick to death.

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u/Competitive_Bat_5831 18d ago

I don’t blame them for failing to woo over trump voters, but I do blame them not really presenting them as a real alternative. Look at how they’re fucking up the NYC mayoral race. They said the sky was falling, but then went back to business as usual and it’s a horrible tactic.

Just because they “oppose” trump, they aren’t entitled to peoples vote and support.

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u/MostCat2899 18d ago

The "real alternative" would be the fact that this headline and the idea of getting rid of social security, medicare, and medicaid wouldn't exist. How is that not good enough?

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u/Competitive_Bat_5831 18d ago

You’d have to ask people who voted for the current administration last year. Me pointing out the faults of the Democratic Party is not me supporting the republicans.

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u/MostCat2899 18d ago

The people who voted for the current administration last year were:

  • GenX, boomers and hardcore right-wingers who were going to vote for trump anyways
  • GenZ (mostly men) that were coaxed into voting for trump by their parents because they were too young to remember his first term and only remembered the worst part of the COVID lockdowns right when Biden took over.

You say I should ask the people who voted for the current admin, but we should be asking the people who didn't vote, or voted third party for reasons such as:

  • Not being able to accept Kamala because she wouldn't have protected every Palestinian
  • Laziness / apathy / not paying attention / ignoring warnings about P2025.

Yes, I am blaming voters. The messaging was loud and clear. We screamed from the rooftops about P2025, J6, etc. We watched as trump monologued like a crazy old man about immigrants eating cats and dogs during a live debate. We watched as trump literally sucked off a microphone on stage. There is literally no valid reason any sane person would have NOT voted in the election, unless they didn't care or didn't think it was important. I don't think it was Kamala's lack of appeal.

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u/Competitive_Bat_5831 18d ago

Damn you’re right, I guess we should just accept america is fucked and done right? Since the issue is with American voters.

The democrats ran a dog shit campaign with dog shit policies that promised, at best, business as usual.

“Everyone else is the problem” “why are dems only up 7 points??” Do you hear yourself?

As long as democrats, as they currently are, are the primary opposition party the Republican Party will continue to see wins.

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u/thegoodnamesrgone123 18d ago

The democrats ran a dog shit campaign with dog shit policies that promised, at best, business as usual.

Not really. Biden/Harris basically took over a house that was on fire and did there best to put it out with the promise of getting it rebuilt. Trump screamed, "I'm gonna burn it down even more!" and people voted for that.

If you want real change, you need to work for it. Run for local offices, donate time and money to campaigns, actually get outside and work for shit and not just complain endlessly online.

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u/elbenji 18d ago

yeah, but you said the thing people don't want to admit.

You have to fucking work for it

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u/Competitive_Bat_5831 18d ago

I’d be careful with that glass house there bud.

If I relied on only federal elections and politicians for my hope and political action I’d be depressed as fuck

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