My friend who has been a Republican

[Norbert]

told me he was Republican since he could vote up until this year. He is white and married a lovely African-American lady.

Things are changing and happily he is evolving. He has had a dose of the stereotypes his wife has to endure. I think expected that but not in such frequency and it rattled him a lot. He was put off by the WH COVID-19 response. The George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery murders changed him because of his concern for justice and the fact that he is worried about the future of his bi-racial children. The last straw with him, being in the military and still in the reserves, is the calling up of servicemen and women to DC and the subsequent gassing of citizens so the orange menace could have his photo op.

He has informed me that he is no longer a Republican and expects to vote for Joe Biden in November. Judging by the posts he puts on Facebook recently, he in in earnest. He is a good guy. He made a mistake in 2016, but I'm happy he has switched sides.

[Wounded Bear]

1. One voter at a time...that's how we win this thing...

That's how America wins this thing.

[Aristus]

2. Glad to hear he came around.

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But voting for Trump in 2016 was not a 'mistake'. It's not like the people who voted for him didn't know who and what he was at the time. He was the same squalid, vile, filthy, self-obsessed, disgusting monster he's always been, and still is to this day.

I refuse to believe anyone who says they've been had; that they didn't know he was so sordid. They're just covering up for the fact that they voted for him because he shares their slimy, inhumane beliefs.

[Cornus]

5. Completely Agree

All of his *evil ways* have been well documented for the last five decades. This was even more apparent if you lived in the NYC metro area as I do. I still have no understanding how anyone could have voted for him the first time.

[Lokee11]

6. Yep -

"When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time." - Maya Angelou

Same Asshole as he was day 1.

FDT

[DENVERPOPS]

10. good one Lokee

I grew up with a parent that always preached: "Actions speak louder than words".........

But then, I have always felt that if there is ONE word that perfectly described Republicans it would be HYPOCRISY.......

[ace3csusm]

16. 100% Correct everyone knew who he was no excuses

I could never vote for some who never presents their taxes while running for President ...

[AlexSFCA]

3. these are the most hopeful messages I like to see

republicans changing to vote for Biden.

[yonder]

9. Yes they are.

They're encouraging stories and I enjoy reading them.

[lagomorph777]

4. Amazing he could support the cognitive dissonance of raising children that his party

would like to eliminate.

Glad he eventually saw the light and welcome to him.

[DENVERPOPS]

11. Amazing, isn't it lago

I know many people who are a minority or gay/lesbian that are staunch supporters of the RepubliCON party.
It flies in the face of rational, reasonable thought........

And they call the black RepubliCONs: "Log Cabin Republicans"?????? I don't understand what that even means......

I am getting too old for this crap...........

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

14. I thought that "Log Cabin Republicans" meant

LGBTQ who were Republicans. Again, a group who doesn't understand they are supporting an organization that will do anything in its power to eliminate them.

[orleans]

15. i never heard black republicans being part of

log cabin republicans unless they were lgbtq

"gay conservatives in California created the Log Cabin Republicans. "
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Log_Cabin_Republicans

[DENVERPOPS]

18. I'm getting old and forgetful

but thought the Black Republicans were called that long before the LGBTQL crowd started using it.....

In any case, it defies reason, and is un-fathomable that ANY minority, LGBTQL, women of any color, or poor citizens could vote for RepubliCONs...

[FoxNewsSucks]

31. Any time I see a reference to Log Cabin Republicons,

I think of something like this




And while I'm always glad to read things like the OP, I always think "Jesus H Christ, how could it take THAT MUCH to finally open someone's eyes???"

[Stuart G]

7. Thank You for posting..K and R..We see posts like this often. Not the first, and won't be the last..

What is great is that time and time again, people are finally seeing the "light." While it is late, it is true that it is "better late than
never." And more the merrier. And it also means Trump will be gone in January...........if.....................................

....we all vote, no matter what we think the outcome will be

[crickets]

8. And the blinders fall away...

That's so wonderful to hear & congratulations to your friend.

[Binkie The Clown]

12. We all make mistakes, and deserve forgiveness when we get it right.

Even I voted for Ronald Raygun back in the day. (Oh what a fool I was!)

[hunter]

19. My parent are artists. I grew up among all sorts of interesting people.

My dad had a union job.

My parents dragged us along to strikes and anti-war protests.

I always knew what Reagan was -- mean and ignorant.

White kids who grew up in very protected environments didn't see the actor Reagan behind the act, especially affluent white kids. They didn't see the small venal man who would do or say anything for a blow job. Nor did they recognize the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, which were especially apparent during Reagan's second term.

There are still people who think Reagan was a great president. To acknowledge otherwise would be too painful for them; a recognition that many of the stories they tell themselves about their own success, that they "pulled themselves up by their own bootstraps" and so on, are lies.

Many Republicans don't recognize what's wrong with their party until it affects them personally. Maybe they have a gay kid. Maybe they start worrying about children in their own families who are not white. Maybe they suffer a serious accident or illness that bankrupts them. Even then they may still see only the narrow picture as it affects them and fail to recognize that we, as humans, are all in this together.

In our modern world of instant communication and 500 mile per hour travel we are all neighbors. There is no "other."

[lpbk2713]

13. Some times all it takes is turning off Faux.

And looking around to see what is really going on.

[WinstonSmith4740]

17. The arc of justice is long...

My late husband saw the light in 1992 watching Patrick Buchanan spewing hatred at the Republican Convention. He re-registered the next day, and was out registering voters with me that week-end.

Right now, I'm holding out hopes for one of my nephews. He was raised on Fox, so didn't know any better. But he is married to an absolutely wonderful, 1st generation American of Chinese descent...and they live in North Carolina. There's no doubt he's had to deal with the stares and flat out racism thrown their way. He knows Trump is a total liar and loser, but I don't think he's ready to cross the aisle yet. He bought into the Tara Reade narrative because "body language experts" on youtube said he was lying in his Morning Joe interview. But unless Trump somehow develops a brain and becomes a statesman between now and November, I think he will vote 3rd party. The education continues.

[Bucky]

20. For someone always lauded for his political instincts, Trump has no sense of self-preservation

He could easily become a viable candidate again just by making a few adjustments in his behavior oh, so that he's not constantly alienating the respectability-minded mainstream Republicans, who love his tax cuts but cringe at his personality.

I mean, 4½ years later, the Andy Kaufman-in-a-Trump-suit joke still works because he continues to be a clownish imbecile, showing how a sturdy steady majority of Republicans will consistently value their party above the national interest.

[MrScorpio]

21. Good people will come to their senses...

People without any good sense at all will remain in Trump's cult.

[live love laugh]

22. I have doubts as Trump supporters like "bright, shiny things"

which I’m sure they will spare no efforts to baffle and dazzle their base.

I hope his change of heart lasts through the fireworks.

[Normanart]

23. Low information voter

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Since I do not know the person referenced in the post, I cannot speak to the reason he voted for tRump. However, there are many people that would qualify as low info/no info voters. Certainly no one here on DU, but a lot of ordinary people simply have no clue about anything political. My wife was asked during a prior election " Who's running?" Really...

[Midnight Writer]

24. Trump supporters drip, drip, dripping away.

[Sucha NastyWoman]

25. Lots of learning going on right now

Let’s try not to be bitter at what they did, and who they’ve been.

Hope for redemption.

[SallyHemmings]

26. One at a time!!!!

[Cha]

27. Good to hear.. I like these

personal anecdotal messages of repubs seeing the light.

Mahalo, Norbert

[Olafjoy]

28. I have a great friend in Ohio

She is catholic and more conservative than me. We do not talk politics. In a text yesterday, she wrote “...like that idiot Trump. I can’t stand him.” OMG that was huge!! I was thrilled.

[Mopar151]

29. Who's Cornflakes can he piss in today?

That's all that's left.

[musclecar6]

30. Ego

Is a big factor in admitting one is wrong. Eventually when the dumbest of the bunch figure out they've been conned ( fucked) there is progress inspite of a resolute ego.