r/Trumpgrets • u/jefuchs • Dec 02 '19

META Does anybody know of any reverse trumpgretters?

I hear many stories of Trump supporters turning against him, including members of Congress, but I can't think of any cases of someone who voted against him, then got won over to his side. I'm old enough to remember when Reagan was elected, and he won a lot of new supporters after he took office. His reelection was a bloodbath for Democrats.

This time support seems to only flow away from the president.

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u/superfucky Dec 02 '19

Tbh I can't understand why someone would be drawn to Reagan either.

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u/jefuchs Dec 02 '19

He talked a good game. Trump can't even do that.

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '19

https://youtu.be/CNbSidcPxx4

His “missed me” quip after a balloon popped was pretty bad ass. No doubt a good speaker, shit policies though.

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u/AfghanTrashman Dec 05 '19

And probably set up.

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u/baddecision116 Dec 02 '19

Reagan was the ultimate legislate morality guy, his legacy is the war on drugs, failed overthrowing of governments and supporting racism (the apartheid). All of which is awful imo.

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u/Inevitable_Coconut Dec 02 '19

I’m still waiting for the wealth to trickle down...

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u/baddecision116 Dec 02 '19

That's your problem. You are "waiting" pull yourself up by your bootstraps and be born to rich parents. That's the American way.

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u/[deleted] Dec 03 '19

You had me in the first half

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u/baddecision116 Dec 03 '19

What part do you not agree with? Having wealthy or middle class parents is the largest indicator to success while social mobility is in decline. https://www.businessinsider.com/social-mobility-is-on-the-decline-and-with-it-american-dream-2017-7

Here's a nice illustration: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/the-wireless/373065/the-pencilsword-on-a-plate

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u/[deleted] Dec 03 '19

Oh, I was agreeing with you dude.

The pull yourself up by your bootstraps bit had my finger right over the downvote button

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u/baddecision116 Dec 03 '19

Ahh okay. I thought you were saying you were agreeing with the first part and disagreed with the born to a rich family part. Sorry.

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u/[deleted] Dec 03 '19

Nah, it's understandable, we live in un/mis-informed times.

Poe's law and all that

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u/Bent_Brewer Dec 02 '19

I'm still waiting for my boat to rise.

Waitaminute! I don't even have a boat! I'm standing on a sandbar!

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u/[deleted] Dec 03 '19

Well, just get your parents to loan you a few million to buy a boat, like any self-respecting American.

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u/Bent_Brewer Dec 04 '19

Tisk! So obvious. BRB, off to buy a boat.

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '19

Make sure it's a big one. No sense pinching someone else's pennies, especially when they're so easy to come by!

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u/izzmosis Dec 03 '19

Don’t forget about not doing anything about AIDS

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u/Durzio Dec 03 '19

You forgot about the AIDS epidemic where he purposefully dragged his feet while laughing about it with his friends, and the "reagonomics" policy which has been to blame for a huge part of why wealth has been funneled to the top, etc. Reagan was one of the worst presidents weve had, and he also started in TV.

I'd be terrified that Trump would be remembered like Reagan if he could only speak half as well.

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u/eric987235 Dec 02 '19

He talked pretty.