Summary
Anthony Muro, a Marine veteran and former VA hospital worker, regrets voting for Trump after being fired amid sweeping government cuts led by Elon Musk.
Muro was one of 25,000 probationary (new) federal employees terminated, including 1,700 VA workers. Despite court orders deeming the firings unlawful, he remains on administrative leave.
Muro criticizes Trump’s efficiency drive as harmful to veterans, saying cuts damage morale and care quality.
Many VA staff and veterans fear reduced services and long-term impacts on healthcare. Muro hopes to continue helping veterans despite his uncertain future.
Some of you might not want to hear this, but his vote counts as much as yours.
If a former Trump supporter admits they fucked up by voting for Trump, welcome them to the left with open arms. We need every vote we can get in the 2026 midterms.
I welcome his vote as long as it aligns with mine, but that doesn’t mean he gets a pass. He’s still a shithead.
If we write off every former Trump supporter as an irredeemable shithead then we’re going to get another repeat of 2024.
Would you like to win elections, or would you rather smugly tell people “I told you so, shithead”? Pick one before the 2026 midterms, because we don’t have the luxury of being able to do both.
What’s infuriating to me is that people like you like to constantly shift the responsibility for these shitheads’ behavior onto the people who call them shitheads for being shitheads. What, am I supposed to flatter the traitors in the hopes that they’ll choose to not be traitors anymore? Should I buy a sheet of gold stickers to hand out? Fuck that and fuck you for sticking up for them. They are adults and 100% responsible for their own actions.
And what’s infuriating to me is that people like you don’t understand basic math. See sweetheart, in order to win elections, you need to obtain more votes than the other team. You do understand that concept, right?
Idiot self-righteous Democrats like yourself have been chasing away voters for decades. It’s time to learn from your mistakes, princess, unless you want another four years of MAGA.
Then again, maybe you do want another four years of MAGA? For all I know you might be some Russian piece of shit posing as an American and trying to pick fights between Democrat voters… By the way, if you are? I hope you get shipped to the front lines of Ukraine very soon, without a rifle.
Ok, first of all, fuck you, you condescending fuck.
Hey dipshit - you do realize that 10s of millions of people just straight up didn’t vote in the last election, right? And that the number of Trump voters has been fairly constant since 2016?
Stop wasting your breath trying to coddle these fucking traitors. Focus instead on the people who didn’t give enough of a shit to vote against them. Maybe if we all loudly condemn the traitors and draw lines in the sand, we can shake a few million apathetic idiots loose in the process. Princess sugar tits.
No thanks, pumpkin - You aren’t my type.
And they sure as fuck aren’t going to vote in the 2026 Midterms either, cupcake. Those people aren’t interested in voting. Get used to it.
No, I’m going to spend 2025 focusing on you idiot Democrats to try and help you win the 2026 midterms and I don’t care of you or some other idiot commie college kids on Lemmy or Reddit want my help or my vote, because there’s too damn much on the line. You’re getting my help whether you like it or not.
And yes, I’m going to tell limp-wristed, easily-offended “men” in the Democratic Party like you some things that might be hard for you to swallow. But you’re going to fucking swallow it, even if I have to shove it down your god damn throat like you’re a dog who doesn’t want to take some life-saving medication. Don’t like it? Tough shit, cry about it after we win the fucking Midterms.
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Look dude, if one ever does admit as such to me in person i will put on my best customer service smile, lie through my goddamn teeth, and pretend they’re not, at best, a fucking dumbass because yeah, any port in a storm and all that. As far as right now though? Let people vent. It’s highly unlikely the dipshit in the article is reading this thread and I ain’t kissing phantom ass.
Yes. That is correct. That is exactly what you need to do. It’s going to feel like taking a gigantic bite out of a shit sandwich but by god you’re going to do it because we both know there’s too much on the line.
Fair enough, but you have about nine months to get it out of your system. Get over that shit before the 2026 because the midterms are coming.
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