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Wall Street Journal: Trump Voters Splinter Over His Rapid Shake-Up of Washington
WSJ ^ | Feb 17 | WSJ

Posted on 02/17/2025 2:22:09 PM PST by RandFan

Staci White said she voted for President Trump because she wanted lower prices and to stop fentanyl from coming into the U.S.

Now, with widespread federal layoffs and expected cuts, she worries her family will lose their house if her partner is laid off from his government-adjacent job. At the dialysis unit where she works, staff have started doing drills for what to do if Immigration and Customs Enforcement comes to deport their patients, some of whom are in the country illegally.

“When we said safer borders, I thought he was thinking ‘let’s stop the drugs from coming into the country,’” she said. “I didn’t know he was going to start raiding places.” She said she didn’t believe he would actually follow through on some of the more hard-line policies he touted during the campaign.

“Now I’m like: ‘Dang, why didn’t I just pick Kamala?’” said the 49-year-old Omaha, Neb., resident, referring to the former vice president and last-minute Democratic nominee.

(Excerpt) Read more at wsj.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Conspiracy
KEYWORDS: elizacollins; inyurdreamspinko; trump
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To: RandFan

I wonder how long it took to find that half wit to do an article on?


81 posted on 02/17/2025 5:07:33 PM PST by RetiredTexasVet (Trump has arrived and it is awesome to have a real President.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

The Trump base is only bothered that the audits aren’t moving faster.


82 posted on 02/17/2025 6:40:37 PM PST by lurk (u)
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To: RandFan

What a maroon.


83 posted on 02/17/2025 6:49:53 PM PST by Trump_Triumphant (“They recognized Him in the breaking of the Bread.”)
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To: RandFan

>> An unscientific interview with ONE Trump voter and all of a sudden the voters are turning on Trump in ... 3 weeks?

If only they weren’t “splintering”! That’s yuge. And series.


84 posted on 02/17/2025 7:56:15 PM PST by Nervous Tick (Hope, as a righteous product of properly aligned Faith, IS in fact a strategy.)
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To: hinckley buzzard

“ So they found a lone Trump voter who is dithering. Bombshell!”

Alleged Trump voter


85 posted on 02/17/2025 8:13:45 PM PST by BlueMondaySkipper (Involuntarily subsidizing the parasite class since 1981)
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To: RandFan

Yeah, she voted for Trump and she’s SHOCKED that he’s deporting illegals. Such BS.


86 posted on 02/18/2025 12:56:37 AM PST by Trump_Triumphant (“They recognized Him in the breaking of the Bread.”)
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To: Trump_Triumphant

This is a national newspaper as well

It’s stunning.

How the mighty have fallen.


87 posted on 02/18/2025 2:30:13 AM PST by RandFan
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