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[–] makeshift0546@lemmy.today 1 points 6 minutes ago

What do you want🤷‍♂️

They are retarded deplorables. Unredeemable.

[–] BillyClark@piefed.social 2 points 57 minutes ago (1 children)

FTA:

Thirty-five percent said gas prices would have gone up the same amount under a Democrat, while only 34 percent of Trump’s 2024 voters believe gas prices would have gone up more under a Democratic administration.

Am I reading this correctly? 69% of Trump voters think gas would have been the same or worse with Harris?

I seriously doubt that any of these people thought for one moment about what they said, but this is actually a complicated issue. Would Iran have closed the Strait of Hormuz if only Israel had attacked them? My guess is that they wouldn't, but it's just a guess.

[–] Spezi@feddit.org 1 points 17 minutes ago

It could very well be that Israel wouldn’t have attacked Iran in the first place if Trump wasn’t president.

[–] mycodesucks@lemmy.world 15 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Can't even get it right when these idiots are admitting they're wrong.

GAS WOULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS OF AN ISSUE EITHER WAY BECAUSE WE WOULDN'T HAVE PISSED AWAY 2 YEARS PRETENDING ELECTRIFICATION WERE DEAD.

[–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 28 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

It is expected but still sad that only some can admit not being at war with Iran nor closing the strait of Hormuz, IN HINDSIGHT, would have led to cheaper fuel.

[–] Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz 18 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

Even sadder is that so many of those people care more about gas prices going up than the illegality of the war itself and its civilian casualties in Iran.

[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Republicans do not care about human lives. They barely care about American lives.

[–] halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 2 points 1 hour ago

They don't care about any loves other than their own. They lack empathy. Everyone other than them is expendable.

[–] SpruceBringsteen@lemmy.world 6 points 3 hours ago

I don't think people realize the humanitarian crisis that's going to occur if the desalination plant attacks spiral any further. It'll consume not just Iran but the entire region.

[–] WhatsHerBucket@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago

Obligatory leopards and faces

[–] aarch0x40@piefed.social 19 points 4 hours ago

…..and what did they learn? That’s right, nothing.

[–] AngryRedHerring@lemmy.world 10 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Exactly one Iran war cheaper

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 4 points 3 hours ago

Tarrifs, corruption, ICE funding, concentration camps, protest response, extra assassination attempts, remodeling the white house every six months, the ballroom, setting up adversarial trade relations with most of the world, lawsuits (sometimes against himself in order to extract money from the government), Trump has spent more than any other president and has greatly increased the debt ceiling.

[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Some Trump supporters believe in objective reality? Well, that’s a start.

[–] halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 2 points 50 minutes ago

All of them have been lied to for decades. Some are beginning to see it.

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago

Lots of things would be cheaper.

[–] Bwaz@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago
[–] CobraChicken3000@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 hours ago
[–] Steve@startrek.website 1 points 4 hours ago

Theres a name I havent heard in years