The former president found a supportive audience at the Republican Jewish Coalition gathering even after his Hezbollah comments.

The former president found a supportive audience at the Republican Jewish Coalition gathering even after his Hezbollah comments.

  • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    31·
    1 year ago

    Well, if it gets to the point where his goons have arrested little d's son in law for being Jewish (and Ivanka for being a race traitor) and they are rounding up Jews all around the country, maybe then they might think twice about their support for this fascist.

      • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
        61·
        1 year ago

        It's fairly common for conservatives to suddenly have an epiphany if something affects themselves or their immediate family.

        I think a lot of right wing POC, immigrants, women, lgtbtq, Jews, etc., think that they'll be considered one of the "good ones" and won't ever face any bad outcomes as a result of their own support for the Republicans.

        If the cons seize power, they'll eventually get around to the purity tests, of that I'm certain.

        • Salamendacious@lemmy.worldOP
          7·
          1 year ago

          I remember a story about a trump supporter whose husband was undocumented and guess what happened? He got deported.

          “I think our President is going to keep all the good people here. He is not going to tear up families. I don’t think he wants to do that. He just wants to keep us safe,” Helen Beristain told WSBT in March.

          Today, she feels betrayed.

          Here's the article in case you'd like to read it.

          • TechyDad@lemmy.world
            7·
            1 year ago

            I remember that. It was a total "I didn't think the Face Eating Leopards were going to eat MY face" moment.

            Say what you want about Trump, but he didn't even try to hide his intentions towards immigrants. It's not like he came in saying "I love immigrants" and then suddenly turned. He was quite clear that he hated every immigrant and would deport as many as he could. For this woman to hear that and add "except for my husband" in her head was crazy.

            • Salamendacious@lemmy.worldOP
              5·
              1 year ago

              I didn't look into what they're doing now but I know they had children and ran a business. It's ridiculous that she though trump actually cared about her and her family.

              • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
                5·
                1 year ago

                Maybe she thought she would get just tax cuts that would especially benefit her (and her non-deported husband?). I swear there are some conservatives that would load their own mothers onto boxcars if they thought they'd get a tax cut though.