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33. They really did.

Mon Dec 1, 2025, 03:49 PM

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We traveled in a rural area last October, a few weeks before the election. We saw barns painted with huge signs "Trump: Hold on I'm coming!" and other nonsense.

We stopped at a Subway for lunch and saw an older couple wearing Farmers for Trump t-shirts. They were unfriendly.

They convinced themselves that Trump would fix every problem in their lives.

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MAGA nurse I work with and "professional nurses" [View all] AllyCat Monday OP

As an RN, I often say, "Nurses eat their own....." FarPoint Monday #1

Who does she think runs the undergrad nursing programs? Irish_Dem Monday #2

Would love to have had the time to get into that part of it. AllyCat Monday #3

Maybe GOP long term plan to cut medical care costs? Just get rid of the real care-providers and let people die Attilatheblond Monday #8

Yes the rich do not want money going to the sick for healthcare. Irish_Dem Monday #12

Or letting people of different ethnic groups even stay in the US unless they are VERY rich and will pay up Attilatheblond Monday #23

Women who are not totally subservient must go as well. Irish_Dem Monday #29

Any thinking female not replaced by a Stepford bot is gonna have to fight. Attilatheblond Monday #31

One hospital I worked at stopped identifying our role on our nametags so the travelingthrulife 20 hrs ago #41

NY state in 1976 mgardener Monday #4

And they/we definitely ARE professional. However, AllyCat Monday #5

Rural people elected Trump and he is literally killing them. yardwork Monday #7

They're killing themselves BaronChocula Monday #15

Amazing, isn't it...... popsdenver Monday #16

They voted for a Jim Jones death cult. Irish_Dem Monday #30

They really did. yardwork Monday #33

They are doing a Darwin, making themselves extinct. Irish_Dem Monday #34

I've found it's impossible to use logic to reach MAGATs, especially the conservative Christians. yardwork Monday #6

From Professor Altemeyer: markodochartaigh 20 hrs ago #40

Many nurses and medical technicians are also foreign-born as well as female FakeNoose Monday #9

You can't fix stupid NewEnglandAutumn Monday #10

LOL NEA popsdenver Monday #14

Headline should read: OhioBack2Blue Monday #11

And it's a shame because she is an excellent nurse. Welcome to DU! AllyCat Monday #13

Anyone who has to do so many mental gymnastics to avoid reality may not be a good nurse. Irish_Dem Monday #32

Tell her lower pay and benefits are also good for women... Trueblue Texan Monday #17

You can't argue with MAGA, because they use the same tactics as apologetics sakabatou Monday #18

Still professional with state license bayberry Monday #19

How does one become a nurse or an educator or a physical therapist AllyCat Monday #22

I worked with Just Jerome Monday #20

Jesus Lemon Lyman Monday #21

I've dated 5 nurses in my lifetime, Pas-de-Calais Monday #24

😢 AllyCat Monday #26

MAGA proponents have well and truly brainwashed the MAGA-verse. They have a bullshit answer for every dubious move Martin68 Monday #25

It is indeed brainwashing. hadEnuf 22 hrs ago #36

Absolutely. markodochartaigh 20 hrs ago #39

Frankly, I don't see how it could have been missed. hadEnuf 19 hrs ago #43

Is she smart enought to work as a nurse? mgardener Monday #27

That she acknowledges that women have lower earning power put her at 9dds with maga BlueWaveNeverEnd Monday #28

The pretzel logic used by MAGA is both daunting and disgusting wolfie001 22 hrs ago #35

What an idiot!! LilElf70 21 hrs ago #37

The very large public hospital in markodochartaigh 20 hrs ago #38

I think "Well, it only affects graduate-degree nurses, not us" says a lot of it ToxMarz 20 hrs ago #42