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In reply to the discussion: I think du should welcome people who voted for trump and subsequently woke the fuck up [View all]mdbl
(4,973 posts)66. If they voted for trump they were never asleep
they were just sitting in their own denial of the facts. They will just do it again when the most idiotic repuglican runs again.
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I think du should welcome people who voted for trump and subsequently woke the fuck up [View all]
elehhhhna
Aug 2017
OP
You go first. Step 1, vote for the Democrat. See how that works? WE don't join YOU.
WinkyDink
Aug 2017
#8
The hostility occurs when there is outright attacks against Dems and the Dem party
Fla Dem
Aug 2017
#68
People who supported Sanders and O'Malley in the primary and HRC in the general are 100% welcome
Maven
Aug 2017
#51
It's not a matter of who they supported in the primary. It's who they voted for in the GE.
Fla Dem
Aug 2017
#64
If Sen. Sanders supporters voted for Hillary...fine...but if they didn't then no.
Demsrule86
Aug 2017
#87
Voting for Trump pretty much shows a person's true colors. THIS IS WHAT THEY VOTED FOR:
MrsCoffee
Aug 2017
#116
Thanks. I'm up on current events so I'm well aware of Trump stupidity and antics.
ATL Ebony
Aug 2017
#118
Then you should understand the reluctance to welcome people who voted for that.
MrsCoffee
Aug 2017
#119
I understand that winning involves voters and turning them away or ignoring them
ATL Ebony
Aug 2017
#120
Do you understand that if we don't secure our voting process it doesn't even matter?
MrsCoffee
Aug 2017
#144
What about the BoB'ers who knew damn well what not voting for Hilalry meant?
JoeStuckInOH
Aug 2017
#4
They're welcome to join the party and make contributions. And to read DU. Not to
bettyellen
Aug 2017
#23
There were horrible attacks toward hard working and committed Dems here much of last year- until
bettyellen
Aug 2017
#44
I am mean spirited and mad as hell at people who claim to be progressives
Eliot Rosewater
Aug 2017
#78
The act of not welcoming people who sabotaged the Democratic efforts is not mean-spiritedness.
Squinch
Aug 2017
#113
Those BOBers have proven that they are not people we can depend on in the future. I don't
Squinch
Aug 2017
#111
+1 Yeah & What about the ones now rejecting thier Trump vote but who STILL hate Hillary ??
lunasun
Aug 2017
#93
Not sure people's feelings on hillary matter much anymore (except as a litmus test).
JoeStuckInOH
Aug 2017
#114
Just figure if they fell for all that and still don't see it as propaganda they will be hooked again
lunasun
Aug 2017
#115
Do you, now? And just where are these "huge opportunities" for the converted morons?
WinkyDink
Aug 2017
#7
How do you teach someone to not vote for a demonstrated bigot, misogynist, racist mocker
LuvLoogie
Aug 2017
#52
I didn't read Skinner's statement as an absolute, merely a sentiment implying support of the Democra
LanternWaste
Aug 2017
#16
Yeah noticed a few super-literal replies in that thread, along the lines of
emulatorloo
Aug 2017
#48
You mean like all those rust belt guys who were so concerned with economics? You crack me up!
Squinch
Aug 2017
#28
The people who heard him calling Mexicans rapists and murderers solely because they were
Squinch
Aug 2017
#36
I see. So they voted Trump but had an awakening and now support equal rights for women, POC, LGBTQ
Maven
Aug 2017
#49
people got to start somewhere. People don't just wake up one day entirely enlightened on every issue
JCanete
Aug 2017
#94
Please - It's always how do we reach out to idiots who don't know who to vote for
XRubicon
Aug 2017
#59
If they are genuinely interested in electing Democrats, why would they discuss 2016?
yardwork
Aug 2017
#85
Sure, but I don't think such a person should run around bragging that they voted for Trump...
D23MIURG23
Aug 2017
#97
if they really woke up they would apologize for it and accept why people are upset
JI7
Aug 2017
#126
I don't like the foul language but agree 100% that we need ALL Dems; Past, Present and FUTURE!
JoeOtterbein
Aug 2017
#127