Miranda Blair didn’t vote for Donald Trump in 2016 because he scared her.

This week, she was wearing a bright red “Make America Great Again” hat as she waited in sub-freezing temperatures to hear him speak in Manchester, New Hampshire, as he rallied Republican voters to choose him as their nominee.

A lot happened in between to change Ms Blair’s thinking.

“Just a few years ago under Donald Trump, I felt like I could afford groceries and bring my girls skiing, and do all the things we wanted to do,” she said.

The 40-year-old sales manager voted for Barack Obama, a Democrat, in 2008 and found Mr Trump’s lack of political experience disqualifying in 2016. Disliking the options, she didn’t vote that year.

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    Just a few years ago under Donald Trump, I felt like I could afford groceries and bring my girls skiing, and do all the things we wanted to do," she said.

    Yeah because Trump deferred tax increases and other similar items to the following years to make his successors look bad and you fell for it, also combined with rich corporate assholes systemically price gouging our necessities, but yeah sure Donal Trump of all selfish greedy entitled people is going to make it all better. 👍

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        Maybe that’s why they support Trump because “the other side” doesn’t listen to them or help them to understand why Trump isn’t going to help them.

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      They’re doing exactly what they did in 2015. Endlessly talking about Trump. Regardless of what they say, it’ll be a billion dollars of free advertising for him.

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    I’m still at a loss to account for how any sentient being can listen to Trump drivel on for more than a minute without wishing for the sweet release of death, let alone actually make the effort to show up at one of his events.

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      Seriously, hearing him talk for 2 minutes in 2015 I was “wow, what the fuck is wrong with the this guy?”. I can’t fathom how anyone would have ever voted for him for any reason whatsoever, but somehow people come up with explanations.

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        Strange isn’t it?

        I want answers to two questions from anyone wanting my vote:

        What are you going to do for me?

        How are you going to pay for it?

        That’s it. The weird thing is that Trump couldn’t give a fuck about doing anything for me, or anyone else who isn’t already a billionaire or has nice tits and blonde hair.

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    Lynne Mason, 60, said she didn’t believe that the storming of the US Capitol three years ago was violent.

    Did she not see the rioters literally smashing glass and breaking into the Capitol building? And physically attacking cops?

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      If she watched Fox or whatever… no, probably not. Tucker Carlson did an entire hour of edited footage that omitted all the destructive and violent parts.

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      Yeah shooting someone trying to crawl through broken windows to attack Congress and hang the VP is definitely not violent…

      /s

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    Her financial struggles

    So she’s a fairweather Democrat. What a nothingburger article about a two dimensional person.

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    I hate these stupid narrative articles. If you witnessed 4 years of Trump after voting for Obama and your takeaway is he’ll do more to lower my groceries, you’re off your rocker. This isn’t serious journalism.

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    Hey guys! This fucking maniac is on to something. I got the best BJ ever received while Trump was President. Maybe there is a connection?

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    I like how there’s another thread and article saying the exact opposite of this. Media is gonna media I suppose…

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    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    This week, she was wearing a bright red “Make America Great Again” hat as she waited in sub-freezing temperatures to hear him speak in Manchester, New Hampshire, as he rallied Republican voters to choose him as their nominee.

    Ms Blair’s evolution towards Mr Trump, spurred by the soaring cost of living in recent years, US involvement in new foreign conflicts and a belief that the Biden government has abandoned people like her, helps explain why the former president looks near certain to win the Republican presidential nomination.

    In New Hampshire, the second state to choose its nominee, Mr Trump has opened a double-digit lead over former UN ambassador Nikki Haley, and his other big rival, Florida governor Ron DeSantis, has dropped out.

    In interviews across the state before voting began on Tuesday, at campaign headquarters and pubs and diners, Mr Trump’s supporters said returning him to the White House was, as Ms Blair put it, “our last shot at restoring our beautiful country”.

    On Sunday, dozens of supporters gathered at Tempesta’s, a pub in rural Keene modelled on a grand Dublin bar, to hear Congressman Matt Gaetz, a key Trump ally, make his pitch for the former president.

    After his speech, he fielded a question from one man about the January 6 “hostages” - how Mr Trump has started referring to the individuals who were jailed, convicted, or pleaded guilty for their participation in the Capitol riot.


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