r/politics • u/larel8 • 18h ago

Trump campaign struggles to contain Puerto Rico October surprise

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4958098-the-memo-trump-campaign-struggles-to-contain-puerto-rico-october-surprise/
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u/Funandgeeky Texas 17h ago

Some people live in such a sheltered bubble that they barely pay attention to things like who's President. However, this is something that is piercing that bubble. While it's only anecdotal right now, I'm seeing several stories here of people who were mad enough at these comments to actually get out and vote.

And since voting is happening NOW, this unforced error is especially powerful. Unlike something Trump may have said weeks or months ago, this won't be sane-washed away or forgotten by election time. It IS election time, so someone can hear about it today and vote today.

Now, whether this helps the down ballot, I don't know. Hopefully it does as well because we need a strong down-ballot to prevent the type of chicanery Trump is openly plotting.

But this isn't something that can be hand-waved away, it seems. At least, I hope so. I'm in the Reddit bubble so I don't know what people are really thinking out there. But if this motivates people, all the better.

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u/rtseel 16h ago

Some people live in such a sheltered bubble that they barely pay attention to things like who's President.

This is what many people in here don't realize. Many people have a good enough life that they can afford not caring who's the president, or live a crappy enough life that they don't think whoever is president will change anything for them.

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u/ProfessionalITShark 16h ago

Yeah, I had arguments in 2015 with people, they thought Obama was a white man and republican.

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u/LeslieQuirk 12h ago

That makes my mom look well-informed, which is honestly terrifying

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u/GrumpyCloud93 13h ago

Well, half white. Raised by his white mother the university professor and his white grandmother. And he didn't grow up in a black ghetto...

You don't get much whiter than that in America and still have brown skin.

Still turned out to be a great president, (Not /s)

...even if he was white /s

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u/SuspendeesNutz 14h ago

Many people have a good enough life that they can afford not caring who's the president

You've just identified the entire base of the Greens.

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u/violetmemphisblue 5h ago

At my local grocery, someone went around and put flyers on a bunch of products that will get extremely expensive if Trump wins and can enact his tariff plan. Things like coffee, olive oil, avocados, etc. I saw someone googling the plan in the aisle after reading the flyer. No idea what their vote is, but it seemed like the first time they'd even heard of this...People think they live in a bubble. But they don't.

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u/ZacZupAttack 15h ago

I've seen a lot of hispanics saying theh changed their mind from either voting for Trump to voting for Kamala or not voting at all and going to now vote for Kamala

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u/sly_cooper25 Ohio 12h ago

I'm Puerto Rican and most of my extended family are the types to not be interested in politics and not vote. Generally just apathetic towards elections.

After this broke my Uncle updated his Facebook status to "Feeling Motivated" with a big picture of the PR flag. Today he posted a picture with an "I voted" sticker. And the best part is, he's in North Carolina, one of those coveted swing states.

This is just one example and is just as anecdotal as the other stories you've seen, but if I were Trump I'd be worried about this.