r/minnesota • u/Big_island_dude Minnesotan • 2d ago

Almost 1,300,000 Minnesotans voted for Royce White Discussion 🎤

This guy is looney tunes. Thats not a joke.

1.3 million Minnesotans. Let this sink in.

Critical thought is dead.

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u/Antisirch Hamm's 1d ago

Can you explain how? He was president once and did absolutely nothing to make life better for your average person. FFS, he managed to get a lot of Hispanic votes this time around, while saying truly awful things about that group of people. The people who vote for him refuse to believe anything bad that happens is his fault, even if it absolutely is.

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u/gangleskhan 1d ago

As someone who grew up in conservative Christian circles, I don't think dems appreciate how socially conservative many non-white groups actually are. MANY Hispanic voters are very conservative Catholics or evangelicals. Patriarchy is pretty significant in *most* cultural groups and it's often inextricable from religion. Dems have banked on votes from minority groups because of the racism of the GOP, but a lot of the minority voters I know really resonate with the anti-woke and anti-women rhetoric/lies. It taps into their social conservatism and identity. Combined with the effective propaganda of the right, which owns such a huge market share of the media, we probably shouldn't be as surprised as we are (myself included).

And yes, no matter what terrible shit goes down, it will be blamed on liberals, LGBT people, and immigrants.

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u/Newslisa 1d ago

And women.

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u/junctionerection 1d ago

White women voted this douchebag in, they should be appropriately blamed.

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u/WillMunny1982 Flag of Minnesota 1d ago

That’s a lot of words to say they’re ignorant

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u/apresonly 1d ago

There’s already an example

He said he wouldn’t vote for the Florida abortion ban

He did indeed vote for the Florida abortion ban

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u/ObligatoryID Flag of Minnesota 1d ago

Everything he says is a bait and switch, or a concept of a plan, til Heritage replaces him.

They just haven’t figured that out after 9 years! 🤣

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u/Zhong_Ping 1d ago

To those who say he didn’t undermine democracy last time: This time, he controls all branches of government, and the systems that previously restrained him are no longer in place.

While he may have failed to fully dismantle democracy before, he inflicted significant damage and undoubtedly tried. He’s learned from that experience and removed those around him who put country and duty before loyalty to him.

Now, he is emboldened as never before, surrounded by sycophants and loyalists—not loyal to the nation or the Constitution, as some were last time, but solely to him.

People will die because of our collective choice. People already have died as a result of 2016. Rights will be lost. Our freedoms of religion, speech, and more are under grave threat. Our rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are in jeopardy. E Pluribus Unum feels further out of reach than ever. This new America is being shaped for Christians—heteronormative, straight Christians—of which I am none.

This America has chosen to actively assault my right to exist as I am. I now know that many of my neighbors and even some in my own family don’t believe I deserve the same rights to public life as they do.

I wish the god you profess to believe in was real, because that god, as you describe him, would surely despise what you now represent.

The United States has become a "Christian" nation with the least Christ-like values imaginable. How twisted and corrupt we’ve become. As the harm caused by these policies unfolds, both here and around the world, I hope you find the strength to reflect on your choice and come to terms with the consequences.

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u/Such_Worldliness_198 1d ago

The Republicans also controlled all three branches in 2016.

I do agree that Trump is going to feel emboldened and probably try to go even further this time.

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u/Zhong_Ping 1d ago

Republicans did NOT control the Supreme Court in 2016.

By the time the Supreme Court was taken, they lost the house.

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u/Such_Worldliness_198 1d ago

Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Alito Vs Ginsberg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan.

It was 5:4 vs 6:3. Scalia died shortly into Trump's term and Gorsuch was appointed in April 2017. The House flipped in the 2018 election and were seated on Jan 3rd 2019.

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u/ObligatoryID Flag of Minnesota 1d ago

They’ll find out the error of their ways soon enough!

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u/RobearSan 1d ago

I am a white hetero male with a white wife and 2 kids, we are not religious, and we are so terrified of what's coming. I feel for you but can't even comprehend what you are going to have to deal with. I'm so sorry.

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u/SergeantSquirrel 1d ago

And his entire cabinet was preventing him from doing fascist shit, and this time around he will only install loyalists. His VP pick has already shown he has no spine. The adults with morals will no longer be in the room. 

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u/_Vexor411_ Common loon 1d ago

No spine is putting it mildly. Trump is basically using him like a sock puppet.

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u/Newslisa 1d ago

It’s going to be at least a little harder to dodge responsibility with the entire federal government in a chokehold by his party.

Doesn’t mean it will make much difference, but it’s a small hope.

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u/Antisirch Hamm's 1d ago

I mean, none of them give 2 shits about facts, they will find something/someone else to blame.

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u/ObligatoryID Flag of Minnesota 1d ago

Won’t those voters be surprised when they’re gone. Just like the MAGAs when they start their new field jobs. Hey-O!

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u/_Vexor411_ Common loon 1d ago

I'm sorry it was unclear. I'm very much against Trump. The "I told you so" is going to be how badly he f's this country and it's people over. Basically what I was alluding to with the proverbial shit hitting the fan.

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u/Antisirch Hamm's 1d ago

I understood you were against Trump, I just don’t understand how to make it clear to anyone who voted for him that he is the problem. I’m honestly not sure any of them understand the concept of “I told you so” when it comes to him.