My favorite part was when he said they lost their home in the housing collapse, blamed Dems, and then voted Republican because....of spending on defence.

Defence spending doesn't help the housing market but you do you. At least they finally woke up.

Typical myopic stance. "I had no idea it was bad until it started to impact me." The complete and total lack of empathy from people is a core problem I don't care what political side you are on. How can you be so selfish to not think about impactful others around you? Do you live on an island of one? Are your fellow citizens nothing to you?

Social media has allowed us to slip even more into a solipsist mindset.

He literally goes “this third term” at one point in the article. And that we need to go back to the morals this country had up until “Joe Biden’s term” He hasn’t learned a thing.

“It’s okay to be wrong. You made a mistake, it was a bad choice, but it’s not the end of the world."

Uhm about that ...

It's heartbreaking that they only ditch maga when it negatively affects them, but yet wildly cheer maga when it negatively affects their fellow Americans.

the 2008 housing market crash left him “really disillusioned with the Democratic Party.”

So the last year of Bush's second term. What a fucking idiot.

Wait a minute, I hadn't read it until now.

Ron, who served in the military for 25 years, said the 2008 housing market crash left him “really disillusioned with the Democratic Party.”

Who was in office when this happened, you stupid fuck? Was is a man named George W Bush? Was he a dem? I don't appreciate the dems (they don't do anything but perpetuate the status quo; I want socialism), but this man betrays his lack of thought with that quote.

Ron said he supported Trump with donations, bumper stickers and the “whole nine yards” of MAGA.

I always found it funny that stupid people sent money to "a rich guy" for the first campaign. Of course, his many failing businesses don't matter after the graft of his second term. Whether he was close to insolvency or not, he's got a lot of money now.

“I bought into the lie about the stolen election and all that, and I thought January 6 insurrectionists were actually patriots,” Ron said.

"I thought stupid, violent criminals were good people. Like the guy wearing the Auschwitz tshirt who was in a lot of media."

realizing that I was dumb as a roc

Oh my fucking god, he said exactly the thing I said about some other right-wing assholes!

The wife:

I just started drawing up very different conclusions and found out that I was clueless, and most people are today, but now I'm awake and looking at it for what it is

No, most of us aren't. You're just a fucking dumbass. Others read and learn and check facts and verify what people say. I'm not clueless. There's a lot that I don't know, but I am not someone who just listens to a blowhard and nods my head like you did. Wait, let me put gauze on my ear to show support for some jackass who loots my country because I don't know what's real and what's not. We need a ballroom!!!!

Ron said he now votes for Democrats, and Chrissey said she considers herself an Independent but has voted for Democrats three times now, something she “never thought in my entire life” would happen.

Well, I'm sorry to say that the dems will disappoint and these people will return to fringe right-wing bullshit as a result. We need actual leadership and change. I voted for Bernie but he's retiring and even he wouldn't call out the genocide in Gaza (fuck israel). Give us people who want to upend the system to take care of people and tax billionaires, I promise they'll get votes. Instead, Chuck Schumer will blah blah blah blah blah and Nany Pelosi will retire on a pile of money.

"One of the Greatest Wall Street Investors of All Time Announces Retirement"[0]

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All the things Trump is doing was laid out in Project 2025. I was begging people to read it and all of my mouth breathing friend just ignored me. I really don't have friends anymore and I am OK with that. This dumb fuck claiming he did know Trump would do this just ignored the warnings because he thought Trump was only going to fuck the libertards. So the leopard eats his face and he cries.

“It’s okay to be wrong. You made a mistake, it was a bad choice, but it’s not the end of the world. We can fix it. We just got to ride it out and hold strong and support each other through it,” Ron said.

Absolutely astounding how Americans care NOTHING about anyone that is not themselves. The orange pedophile has literally been directly responsible for the slaughter of THOUSANDS and that fact does not even register with this piece of shit

Imagine working FOR the government and ever voting for the party of small government.

You know, it's great that they woke up at all, late as they are. Two less trump supporters, and if they can spread their story they might bring a few of their friends and neighbors along with them. Give them a place to vent their discontent without being shunned by "liberals" or brainwashed in maga echo chambers.

But I had to laugh at this:

Ron, who served in the military for 25 years, said the 2008 housing market crash left him “really disillusioned with the Democratic Party.”

Obama didn't even take office until 2009. What a dumbass.

I DON'T CARE

IT'S TOO LATE

YOU FUCKING TOOLS DID THE SAME THING WITH BUSH JR

YOU WILL DO ALL THIS AGAIN BECAUSE YOU ARE IDIOTS

None of this means anything. These people do not learn from mistakes. That is abundantly clear at this point. And in the unlikely scenario that this one actually did, they are such a vanishingly small percentage that it really just doesn't matter. The vast majority of conservative voters that actually are turning on Trump will NEVER, EVER, EVEN UNDER PAIN OF DEATH, vote for anything other than Republicans.

That's how cults work.

"It's okay to be wrong. You made a mistake, it was a bad choice, but it's not the end of the world. We can fix it."

Acknowledging a mistake only works if you them stop making that mistake. And I'm not convinced these or similar people will do that.

How many red flags have they ignored? They didn't give a shit about other people being screwed over by him. It was only when it affected them that they started to question. He worked for the Federal government and was still bashing the shit out of it. They ignored the January 6th riots. They voted for the this THREE times. This is all typical maga idiocy, and the reason why we're in such a mess.

I mean, I guess it's good they're seeing reality now. But holy shit. And these stories are basically pointless. Anyone who hasn't pulled their heads out of their asses by now won't because of other people's accounts like this. The only thing that will change their minds is personal hardships. And even then it's a toss-up.

"Ron, who served in the military for 25 years, said the 2008 housing market crash left him “really disillusioned with the Democratic Party.”" ...what? How unaware does someone have to be to say something like that? The GOP took (literally) the WH and held congress for most of the years leading up to the '08 Crash. I mean, not knowing that the GOP are the ones that led us into the Great Depression (a feat they're about to repeat) is one thing, but this moron was alive and presumably can read during the events he is describing.

If only these people had figured it out after his first term. Oh wait, they weren't harmed personally in his first term.

If someone said, "I was dumb, I didn't know he was going to cut off aid to starving people, didn't know he was going to send masked thugs into the streets to beat, kill, kidnap and disappear innocent people, didn't know he was going to start wars, didn't know he was going to betray all our allies and destroy any remaining drop of goodwill toward the US in the world, ... etc"

Then I'd say, "yes, you were dumb, very fucking dumb, exceedingly dumb, but welcome to humanity. Some things are permanently ruined because you were so fucking dumb but now let's start picking up the pieces and try to create a better system than the one that allowed someone like trump to gain so much power."

But it's never that. It's always, "I didn't know he was going to hurt MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"

Great now we’re up to what 7 defectors? Just 70 million more to go.

“You were just a conservative. There was no thought behind it. You listen to Fox News, and you listen to conservative outlets, and you're spoon-fed,” Chrissey said.

My god, the clarity! Sadly, the people able to see it and recognize their error is vanishingly small. Most just seem to double down on their error and make excuses to justify their position.

Was? Nah you just jumped ship because it affected you negatively. You still dumber than a rock drooler.

"...until he got into office this third term".... Yeah, the brainwashing is still in there. I don't think this reform is going to stick.

I promise they didn't stop believing terrible things. Don't consider these assholes "the good ones" or the ones "that converted". They hate people who aren't like them. They're probably racist (I don't know that). They're probably bigots against other religions (especially from Brown places). They just found out that the asshole they worshipped doesn't give a shit about them. They didn't become good people with positive values.

I know we gotta support people ammending their mistakes and all, but it's hard when he speaks like "Now we can turn the ship around and fix everything."

ICE already killed people, they aren't getting revived.
We can reverse his monetary problems at most and he talks as if that's the entire thing.

Good for them.

I can't believe things have actually gotten so bad that people are getting directly affected and realizing they fell for the propaganda machine. I had hoped this might help counteract the regime. Let's see if it does.

It's always "Not MY face!"

It's never about actual values or morals or rights or principles. It's never about concern for family, friends, neighbors, fellow citizens.

It's always "This isn't working out for ME."

Maybe it's the nature of the news business. Maybe there are some who are changing their minds more quietly, who don't get profiled in the news.