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[–] RichardButt89@lemmy.world 15 points 6 days ago

Good. Fuck him and anyone who voted for Trump.

[–] Jimmycakes@lemmy.world 14 points 6 days ago
[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 14 points 6 days ago
[–] Freefall@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Haha, I love the shadenfreud and I refuse to feel bad about it

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 days ago

"refuse to feel bad"?

I'm openly laughing about this. I always feel bad when bad things happen to people, even to bad people, but this guy literally asked for it, and persuaded others to also ask for it.

[–] zildjiandrummer1@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] IhaveCrabs111@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

He probably didn’t even try not sucking

[–] Tarogar@feddit.org 1 points 5 days ago

Oh je tried very hard not to suck. But he sucks at that too.

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 162 points 1 week ago (9 children)

I’d like to see the information environment that made this guy a Trump supporter.

What did he see? Was he deep in Facebook? Twitter? Local stuff?

[–] BenVimes@lemmy.ca 136 points 1 week ago

From what I understand, Republicans, especially in Florida, put out political ads targeted specifically at Cuban immigrants. They play off the inherent hatred of communism in this demographic to convince them to vote against the "radical Marxist Democrats."

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 59 points 1 week ago (2 children)
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[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 42 points 1 week ago (5 children)

environment that made this guy a Trump supporter

A LOT of Immigrants and Illegals in the US are very pro-Trump. I spoke with a few in my old neighborhood to get their take.

They said that the government didn't worry them because it wasn't that far off from where they came from. They felt elitism created niches where someone knowledgeable could profit. Party of the entrepreneurs and all.

Two said they didn't want any more immigrants here, they felt pressure from the incoming immigrants to take their places and out-compete them for work.

Because this was the last trump presidency, there was less deportation talking. I'm sure that gave some concern, but If I had to guess based on their psyche, I'd say they expected the deportation to lighten the low-hanging fruit and take the pressure off their own jobs at the same time, expecting them would just be ok because they were always ok.

[–] programmer_belch@lemmy.dbzer0.com 50 points 1 week ago (12 children)
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[–] sundrei 127 points 1 week ago (2 children)

OMG he must be so happy right now.

[–] noride@lemm.ee 70 points 1 week ago

He is! He voted Trump for the free flight home! So much winning!

[–] bitchkat@lemmy.world 39 points 1 week ago

He really owned the libs.

[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 101 points 1 week ago (6 children)

“I’m on of the good ones!” They scream as they are being put into an ICE van!

“I voted for Trump!” They plead.

“I’n here legally!” They cry.

ICE cares not for their screams. For ICE only cares that they are non-white*.

*Don’t worry white immigrants. One day, you too shall be deported. Once all the non-white people are gone.

[–] Notyou@sopuli.xyz 43 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (7 children)

Funny fact about a cage, they’re never built for just one group, So when that cage is done with them and you still poor, it come for you

~~Killer Mike~~ El-P

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[–] Modva@lemmy.world 100 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I would bet money he still supports Trump, there's no limit to the doubling down.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 63 points 1 week ago

I would bet money he still supports Trump

Obviously, trump just put him there by accident, he didn't know he was one of the good immigrants, If they just had some way to signal him, he'd change his plan.

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[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 86 points 1 week ago (4 children)

The Cubans thought they were safe because they've been staunch Republicans. One of the key demographics in keeping Florida red.

Well, now they learn. And for people thinking oh they'll release him when they find out they can't deport him because there are no flights to Cuba...

ICE asks where you're from but they don't take your word for it. They can easily decide you're from anywhere else, like Haiti or El Salvador. And with quotas they are now incentivized to do so, rather than before where the paperwork incentivized them to accept you were not deportable.

[–] Jumpingspiderman@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Deporting him to Haiti would be hilarious.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

No it wouldn't. Nothing about this is funny.

[–] CptOblivius@lemmy.world 40 points 1 week ago (5 children)

I always thought it was funny Cubans voting Republican. I am told it's because they fear socialism because of Castro, so they vote for fascism. Even though the DNC is still far into the capitalism territory. It makes no sense to me.

They feared the tankies so much, they voted the far-right...

🤣

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[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 66 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 50 points 1 week ago (4 children)

He’s also gay which makes his support for trump extra stupid

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[–] Nanook@lemm.ee 49 points 1 week ago

That’s a quality self-own, if you ask me.

[–] ef9357 43 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I’d feel sorry for the guy, but he literally asked for this.

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[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 42 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Wait, hold on, this person was actually here illegally (not passing judgement) and openly campaigned for someone who was talking about deporting people?

Edit: Fix typo

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 39 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

https://www.cubaheadlines.com/articles/296478

He's an anti-communist who thought he was the right kind of refugee.

Keeping in mind refugees and asylum seekers are not illegal.

Unfortunately for his dumb ass, Trump didn't just not reinstate the Wet Feet, Dry Feet policy, he specifically complained about its existence (despite it ending under Obama)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet_feet,_dry_feet_policy

But, also, he's literally a criminal and a scammer so while this is still a Face Eating Leopard situation it's not * just* because Trump is a racist.

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

so this is not an issue of stupidity, just a scammer seeing the opportunity to and trying to board the mother ship by kissing ass (like many other scammers and billionaires) but failing miserably. I am sure when ICE came to get him he was shouting "BUT I SUPPORTED TRUUUUUMP"

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 42 points 1 week ago

Protip: You aren't being a "Model Minority" or "One of the good ones", you're being a useful idiot and will be left holding the bag 200 out of 100 times.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 41 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Well, that was a pretty dumb thing for him to do. It's not like Trump was unclear on his deportation policies.

[–] spooky2092@lemmy.blahaj.zone 30 points 1 week ago (3 children)

"But I'm one of the good ones"

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[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 40 points 1 week ago (2 children)
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[–] illi@lemm.ee 37 points 1 week ago (3 children)

This community really fired up since the US election lol

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