Imagine refusing to accept condolences just because you're such a "devout" follower of your political party that you feel it would be a betrayal to even TALK to an opposing political leader
I didn't know I still the capacity to do so but I honestly just feel heartbroken for her. Really sick sick environment were all living in. Make it stop.
As sad and fucked up as this is, as I take a sobered eye to it, trump didn’t call her, but the campaign raised hundreds of thousands to take care of her. Material responses always win over words. We need to be doing more for people rather than simply saying things
Second person to make that point and it’s fair, but even if she doesn’t eventually get anything, it probably feels good right now knowing money’s being raised with her situation in mind
Calling it now, the Trumpian juice is not transferable; it's all downstream of being Big TeeVee Man in ways that are no longer replicable in our media environment.
Once the dude is out of the running it's going to be the wild fucking west over there.
They all want to be Trump 2.0, but they don't have that perfect mix of Shameless TV Rape Clown going, and people won't latch on to them once he retires or expires.
Well, also, for the longest time the dude was a complete joke, but he was a complete joke with national profile, largely because of the huge audiences that reliably watched the people joking about him.
That's dead. We no longer live in that media universe. And the pool of replacements is _rancid_.
Reminded of the guy who said “let’s go Brandon” when Biden called to wish his son a Merry Christmas and then tried to become a right wing celebrity off of it.
“I don’t get involved in politics, I am supporting Trump but I don’t dabble in the political process”
This reveals so much. Republicans don’t see Trump as a political platform, they see him as a character in a story, and they want to fulfill a destiny made up by the man they are voting for.
i unfriended a guy on fb for posting this meme, and i just recently went to his facebook account and he's posting about wanting beavis and butthead to run for president. feel goofy for misjudging him.
don't think it signifies much what dumb memes a lot of folks post
No, he was clearly a very shitty person, but nobody deserves to see their father or spouse get shot to death in front of them. I will not lionize him, but he didn't deserve to be killed.
Aside everything else gleaned from this, the fact that she turned down condolences from the candidate willing to call her and continues to support the candidate who can’t be bothered to call the loved ones of his own supporter who died at his own rally … speaks loads.
If she wasn't going to before, or whatever, I understand her voting for Trump. That kid killed her husband and also stopped him from voting.
And btw no one expected Trump to call.
If she was a member of a cult she WOULD hold Biden responsible, and hold ill will towards him.
She may in the future.
Saying "I'm not one of those people who gets involved in politics" then immediately following it with "I support Trump, that's who I'm voting for" is wild.
Just shows how low the actual stakes are for the well-off WASPs who comprise Trump's base. There's no relation to their livelihoods; they might as well be picking a football team to cheer for.
I wonder if conservatives, when they shit talk single women, ever consider that some of those women are widows. They are single not by choice but by fate.
Years ago, I was venting to a former manager that I just didn't understand why some people acted the way they did. She told me to stop trying to understand them, it wasn't worth it, and to be thankful because it means I am not like them. I think about that advice often.
Trump's probably pissed that someone else upstaged what happened to him.
Also, lol @ wives being afraid to talk to certain people based on what their husbands would think of their politcal leanings. Can't wait for that HGTV show: Conservative Women Who Cheat Politically on their Husbands."
"So anyway, I wanted to call and say tough break on that guy... your husband. Did you hear about my ear? Don't worry, it's alright. I'm gonna come back stronger! I pumped my fist, see. They shot me and then I was pumping my fist. Crowd never saw anything like it. But don't worry about my ear...."
i do not understand the reaction to this. imo, it's making you guys look like ghouls.
she's grieving her husband, and she showed respect for his views. that makes sense. in fact, this statement is politically damaging to Trump and generous to Biden, so no reason to sacrifice your humanity.
I didn’t say anything about her and don’t think she has to talk Biden if she doesn’t want to. The fact that someone wouldn’t says a lot about politics in 2024 vs say 2004.
people in your comments are calling her a cultist when she literally attacked trump in the statement, and you're choosing to argue with me for noticing it....?
Wow. Yeah trump went golfing the next day. Didn’t care a wit about the collateral damage her husband and kid’s dad were. What a major disconnect ppl have. They are Apprentice fans. They think reality TV is real. They digest a torrent of disinformation on FOX, Sinclair- Truth Social. Sad 4 them!
The kids who won't take my 'solicitors fuck off' sign seriously say he can talk to anyone who listens. Pretty sure that means no roaming charges. He has a good plan.
“My husband would not have wanted me” to talk to THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES who was taking time out of his day to express condolences? That’s a hell of a drug.
The fact that otherwise functional (?) adults can be intellectually twisted up in this many knots shows the power of enforced community against vulnerable people.
She's being loyal to guy who wants to be a dictator because her dead husband would want her to be.
What? Her husband was killed at the rally by the "assassin." Biden called to offer her condolences. She refused the call to honor her MAGA husband (who was shot). Trump hasn't called. That's the gist. What are you seeing in the excerpt?
Layers of how fucked up that read was. She's loyal to the guy who didn't even reach out, but refuses to speak to the sitting president who did reach out and who, by her own admission, had nothing to do with it.
The only redeeming note is her statement assigning blame.
Probably good that Trump hasn’t called. Can you imagine him trying to perform “sympathy”? Particularly to someone who was hurt more than him in the same event? If it wasn’t for the “devout cult member” part, I’d definitely assume there was no way he wouldn’t completely alienate them if he tried.
Know-nothings, because they erroneously think God doesn’t want them to know things, walking into a chipper-shredder for a psychopath who couldn’t give the slightest of damns about them, or what they just lost.
Voluntary ignorance is killing our country more than any bullet.
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I hope she’s not waiting up for the call.
Once the dude is out of the running it's going to be the wild fucking west over there.
That's dead. We no longer live in that media universe. And the pool of replacements is _rancid_.
But I think you underestimate just how dangerous it is for a dictator to be hated.
Reluctant to comment much on people experiencing massive loss, but come on.
This reveals so much. Republicans don’t see Trump as a political platform, they see him as a character in a story, and they want to fulfill a destiny made up by the man they are voting for.
Trump equals violence
Biden equals empathy
And Trump hasn't even bothered calling.
don't think it signifies much what dumb memes a lot of folks post
Helps that she still has the brain capacity to think “Actually, this wasn’t Biden’s doing”.
Still sucks that she doesn’t even recognize the irony of this moment, though. Idk, I’d like to hope…
And btw no one expected Trump to call.
If she was a member of a cult she WOULD hold Biden responsible, and hold ill will towards him.
She may in the future.
But how much shit did the piece of crap do before hand?
Also, lol @ wives being afraid to talk to certain people based on what their husbands would think of their politcal leanings. Can't wait for that HGTV show: Conservative Women Who Cheat Politically on their Husbands."
There it is.
That is getting involved. She is not self aware
she's grieving her husband, and she showed respect for his views. that makes sense. in fact, this statement is politically damaging to Trump and generous to Biden, so no reason to sacrifice your humanity.
The fact that otherwise functional (?) adults can be intellectually twisted up in this many knots shows the power of enforced community against vulnerable people.
She's being loyal to guy who wants to be a dictator because her dead husband would want her to be.
I mean...
I wonder how this republican treats his trump voting democrat wife
The only redeeming note is her statement assigning blame.
DEVOUT republican.
Cult much?
Voluntary ignorance is killing our country more than any bullet.