People Are Sharing Stories Of Trump Supporters Who Voted Waaaay Against Their Own Interests, And It’s Wild

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People Are Sharing Stories Of Trump Supporters Who Voted Waaaay Against Their Own Interests, And It’s Wild

In light of the 2024 election results, some have been evoking a 2015 meme that pretty succinctly sums up the obvious harm that a voter for Donald Trump is likely to inflict on themselves down the road:

‘I never thought leopards would eat MY face,’ sobs woman who voted for the Leopards Eating People’s Faces Party.

— Adrian Bott (@Cavalorn)

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So, as we stare down another four+ years of Trump, here are some stories of folks who are very quickly finding out what their vote actually meant:

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1. Firstly, there’s the coworker who voted for Trump who is now worried about her undocumented husband:

my moms coworker voted for trump bc of the “economy” and is now in a panic bc she’s worried her undocumented husband will get deported. face, meet leopard.

— lizzie ⸆⸉ / ISO VANCOUVER (@asdfjklizzie)

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2. Then there’s the neighbor who found out how tariffs, which could get

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as 60% on ********-made goods, work:

Context:Neighbors are a split household; she leans left, he’s leaning into hard right.He just learned (from another man) how tariff’s work.He’s so raging ****** that she was right the WHOLE ***** neighborhood is hearing about it.Magas need more ****** supervision.

— ted cruz poodle tedcruzpoodle.bsky.social (@TedCruzPoodle)

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3. There’s the Trump voter who relies on the Affordable Care Act, which both the President-elect and Republicans are likely to not support

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past 2025:

I actually had a Trump voter say to me today “he’s not really gonna get rid of the ACA right? My wife and I both have plans through it.”

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— crunchyrugger (@crunchyrugger)

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4. There are parents of autistic children who are finding out that yes, Trump does want to get rid of the US Department of Education:

The people in my autism parenting groups who are just figuring out what gutting the Department of Education is going to do to their kids, after they voted for Trump. Whew, chile. It’s a whole lotta, “They can’t do that, right?” Nah, bro. They can and they’re gonna.

— @TheCoreyRichardson on Threads. Follow Me There. (@vexedinthecity)

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5.There’s the educational technology worker who is “happy at the turnout of the election” despite their company relying on government funding:

6. There’s the company whose Trump-loving employees just lost their Christmas bonuses over concerns about the impact of higher tariffs:

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7.There’s the Trump businessman who found out that mass deportation will indeed affect his company where “a huge portion of [his] labor is ********”:

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8. There’s the pro-Trump coworker whose very job relies on special education funding, which is provided by the Department of Education:

Someone was being pro-Trump at work, I told them “do you know your position is paid for by SPED dollars, which will go away if he gets rid of the DOE?” They were dumbfounded

— Barbie of a Certain Age (@LenValyrian)

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9. This MAGA coworker who is relying on his pension and social security to retire next year:

I just had my MAGA coworker tell me how excited he is to retire in April. He’s relying on his pension and social security.Did I laugh in his face?Why yes….yes I did.

— TheeQuietMia𐚁

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