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Tonk

(86 posts)
Thu Jun 26, 2025, 05:38 PM Jun 2025

Too bad but I have no tears to shed. 'They used us': Latino voters in Florida react to Trump's deportation measures"

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Too bad but I have no tears to shed. 'They used us': Latino voters in Florida react to Trump's deportation measures" (Original Post) Tonk Jun 2025 OP
What's sad to me is that Tonk Jun 2025 #1
Scant sympathy here Vogon_Glory Jun 2025 #2
I have no sympathy for trump supporters Wifes husband Jun 2025 #3
The sad reality is that they refused to listen when told this and worst would happen. Escurumbele Jun 2025 #4
Nom, nom, nom....go the leopards! Coventina Jun 2025 #5
I think the end part where the last guy said that the Democratic party could improve "If they get a compelling vision" Eko Jun 2025 #6
They deserve all the pain they're receiving if they can't figure that out for themselves. Baitball Blogger Jun 2025 #7
_ LudwigPastorius Jun 2025 #8

Tonk

(86 posts)
1. What's sad to me is that
Thu Jun 26, 2025, 05:46 PM
Jun 2025

one thinks her loved one will be deported back to Venezuela. She must not have heard that the US Supreme Court just greenlighted that they could be deported to any country, whether it's South Sudan, Guantanamo, or El Salvador.

Vogon_Glory

(10,182 posts)
2. Scant sympathy here
Thu Jun 26, 2025, 06:42 PM
Jun 2025

Not only has Donald John lied so many times before his re-election, his behavior before his re-election has followed treads that even casual students of Latin American history should have recognized from their history. (IMO his behavior has resembled an inverse mirror image of Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez).

But despite the history, despite the warning signs, so many citizen-immigrants and second-generation Latinos went right on ahead and voted for Orange Julius.

Too late to change their votes now—but plenty of time for regrets.

Escurumbele

(4,005 posts)
4. The sad reality is that they refused to listen when told this and worst would happen.
Thu Jun 26, 2025, 06:50 PM
Jun 2025

During trump's first stunt as president he legitimized Maduro, ended Guaido's career as a politician and did not accept the results of an election that had shown Guado as the legitimate winner and new President of Venezuela, but Latinos, and Venezuelans in general decided to put plugs on their ears to make sure they would not listen to facts they were being told. They decided that trump would be the saviour of Venezuela, even though John Bolton in his book wrote about what Putin had told trump and reason why Bolton was not able to push for regime change in Venezuela. John Bolton dedicated Chapter 9 to Venezuela, and one may not like Bolton, but one thing is for sure, he is very intelligent, well informed, and dreams with being part of regime change.

I cannot prove the following but, I have the suspicion that some Venezuelan journalists who fled Venezuela to "El Doral" in Miami because they had opposed the Chavez/Maduro regime, were recruited by the republican party to sway nationalized Venezuelans to campaign and vote for trump and republicans, and they did, but of course now these talking heads are quiet about what is happening, they now discuss other topics on their podcasts.

The support for trump was so strong that they got the nickname of MAGAZolanos.

Knowledge IS power when its not ignored. Now they are finding out in the worst of ways.

Eko

(9,809 posts)
6. I think the end part where the last guy said that the Democratic party could improve "If they get a compelling vision"
Thu Jun 26, 2025, 09:42 PM
Jun 2025

Was outrageous. I screamed back "How about we are not going to do mass deportation!" Why do we have to have some magic message when the truth is right there and should be compelling enough.

Baitball Blogger

(51,656 posts)
7. They deserve all the pain they're receiving if they can't figure that out for themselves.
Thu Jun 26, 2025, 10:35 PM
Jun 2025
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