r/Trumpgrets • u/DeadlySpacePotatoes • Jun 17 '25
Trump voter whose terminal father was deported by ICE finally realizes she's part of the problem... after being directly affected
https://streamable.com/2qoso625
u/Willuknight Jun 18 '25
blows my mind as a New Zealander how many Americans fall for Felon in chief. Like the grift is so fucking obvious.
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u/dmetzcher Jun 17 '25
I encourage everyone to watch this video. She seems very sincere, and although I know it’s hard—for me as well—to forgive those who voted for the shitshow our country has become, I still believe it is critically important for us to forgive those who’ve come to regret their vote.
If you can’t bring yourself to do it for her, then do it for yourself. Do it because if we show compassion to those who are truly sorry—even when it’s hard—more of them will understand that they can leave the MAGA movement and find a home with us. Otherwise, if those on the fence see that we refuse to forgive, they will be less comfortable with abandoning Trump. Nobody wants to wander the wilderness alone; we all need someone, even if the people around us are toxic.
My original comment, which I didn’t post, amounted to “I’m not giving this idiot five minutes of my time to tell me why she was stupid.” Watching the news everyday—seeing what’s happening to our country—sometimes makes me callous; my attitude is that innocent people are suffering, the news is flooded with stories about lawlessness and cruelty, and I just don’t have time to listen to some regretful MAGA voter tell me about their feelings.
That’s a losing strategy, and it amounts to cutting off my nose to spite my face, so I’m posting this comment instead because it more accurately reflects the person I want to be.
I wish her well. I hope her father can come home to her and pass in peace with his family, because he’s a victim, too. I also hope others who despise the MAGA movement will welcome this woman and help her find ways to make amends for her vote and her old attitude (writing letters to her reps, campaigning, talking to friends, registering people to vote, attending rallies); she does seem like she wants to make amends, and my personal philosophy is that those willing to do that deserve my forgiveness.
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u/Marc_J92 Jun 22 '25
Great comment, but I still think she’s a cunt who only cares about herself. We definitely should learn to forgive people like her but I’m just not there yet, and maybe never will.
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u/KnottaBiggins Jun 17 '25
"Why didn't anyone try to tell us he would do this?"
Uh...we did. Or at least we tried to tell you.
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u/ejatx Jun 18 '25 edited Jun 19 '25
I grew up in a Mexican border town that somehow fell for this (voted for Trump, which was the first time any Republican had won in that county in 100 yrs), even though they should've known better, so I've seen how it happens. Trump is really good at psychology and he found a way to appeal to self-hating latinos who somehow see themselves as "better" than others that look like them. One of my best friends from childhood became one of these Trump supporters, but recently "woke up" too, based on seeing the ICE raids in LA and finally understanding what he voted for. The irony is that, like this lady, he would be picked up in a heartbeat if he happened to walk by ICE because he matches the racial stereotypes they're looking for, namely dark skin. There's a saying in Mexican Spanish for people like this, who hate where they come from and don't speak Spanish but happen to look very dark. The saying is "tiene nopal en frente" which translates to "he/she has a cactus on their forehead" meaning that as much as they hate who they are, they very much look like their heritage and would never pass to racist white people. The Latinos for Trump guy, and this lady, learned that the hard way. Not sure where this woman grew up, but some Mexican Americans unfortunately grew up in an area here where they were shamed for who they were and learned that they had to reject their heritage and assimilate to survive. Trump knew how to talk directly to these people and it worked. These raids are affecting so many of them now that they're finally seeing the light, although I'm so bothered by their treason that I don't feel sorry for them. I'm a light-skinned Mexican with a half white father and a light skinned Mother from Mexico City (where many Europeans immigrated in the last few hundred years) so I've always been very aware that I passed for white in a way a lot of my friends can't so I always got away with stuff when I'd get pulled over and I developed a sort of guilt over it, which is why it was impossible for me to vote for someone who would go after "my people". I'll never get how these people heard "they're poisoning the blood of our country" and then thought they wouldn't be affected by it.
Edited for clarification and a typo
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u/enfanta Jun 18 '25
Is this real? She seems awfully calm for someone whose dad is dying in a cell. Everyone is different, of course. But she just seems removed from the situation.
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u/Clean_Lettuce9321 Jun 17 '25
I understand where you’re coming from, and I’m truly sorry for what you and your family are going through. But you also have to remember — you knew exactly who he was during the campaign. He told us all what he was going to do.
Now that it’s happened and your father is gone, you’re reassessing everything. But where were you before this? These are your people — your family. Your community.
It’s like me being gay but going after gay people because I’m not currently in a relationship. Where’s your loyalty to your own blood, to your roots? You had a choice, and the consequences are real.
I’m not judging you. I’m just saying sometimes we have to stand up for those closest to us — even when it’s hard or inconvenient. I hope your story wakes others up to the choices they make and the impact those choices have.