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    “There are a lot of people who are being harassed for the color of their skin, and that’s not right,” said Ramirez, who broke from her Democrat-voting family to cast a ballot for Trump.

    “I’ll never go Republican again,” she said.

    Trump made inroads with Latino voters like Ramirez during the 2024 elections, earning support that helped propel him to a second term in the White House.

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      I just can’t believe it worked though. It seems obvious to me that voting for Trump as a working class non-white is shooting yourself in the foot.

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          It seems to work on apparently smart people too, but they lack skepticism or a critical thought process.

          Two colleagues who are amazingly intelligent fell for the propaganda, and still do. It baffles me. Even when I present facts they seem really confused.

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              Either they’re finally showing their true colors, or they’re not as smart as theykeep telling you they are.

              I had one who always claimed how bright and well informed he was, bragging about how instructed his kids to always be skeptical.

              He listens to focks nooz in the car

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                Its not them telling me they are smart, its me witnessing them grasp stuff faster than anyone I know and have massive insight into things, and yet there is this part of them that has a tremendous blind spot

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                The guys saying they’re smart aren’t who I’m talking about here. Its the guys who I respect their intelligence except on this issue that I’m baffled by.

                Although admittedly less and less of them are still Trump supporters at this point.

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        Hell even working class white makes 0 fucking sense. The guy is clearly out for 2 kids of people.

        1. People with the last name Trump.
        2. Billionaires

        If you aren’t one of those 2 very specific groups and you voted for him, you have to be one of the dumbest people on the planet. It reminds me of a George Carlin bit. “Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that!”