South Florida Trump supporters mourn as president's time in office nears end

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By ANTHONY MAN
SOUTH FLORIDA SUN SENTINEL
JAN 16, 2021

Sadness. Anger. Disgust. South Florida supporters of President Donald Trump say those are the emotions they’re feeling as they contemplate the end of his presidency and the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden.

Some are in mourning, expressing feelings of despair, and won’t even watch the new president’s inauguration on TV. Others have heard so many claims that Biden and other Democrats are socialists that they say they’re apprehensive. And some are expressing rage — at Republican leaders they think didn’t do enough to keep Trump in office.

“I feel like I’m not in my skin. It’s a horrible feeling. I don’t like what they did to the president,” said Florine Goldfarb.

Goldfarb, of Pembroke Pines, campaigned for Trump in 2016 — and was an alternate delegate on his behalf to the Republican National Convention in Cleveland — and continued working on his behalf through his unsuccessful re-election effort.

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https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/elections/fl-ne-trump-supporters-mourn-presidency-end-20210116-bimxcdzu6ndzzm5it7wh3l2hqe-story.html

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To echo what I saw and heard in 2016 ad nauseam:

[Wounded Bear]

1. Too bad, so sad...

Fuck their feelings.

[getagrip_already]

2. I don't care, do you?

I just hope they somehow feel worse than we did for the next 16++++ years...

[PJMcK]

3. Suck on it, snowflakes

We're disgusted with you so fuck your feelings.

[thucythucy]

4. Funny thing, I don't recall any slew of media stories about Clinton supporters

and how they felt after "losing" an election in which the Democratic candidate won the popular vote by millions, and lost the Electoral College at least in part through voter suppression and foreign interference.

I guess i must have missed all those in-depth stories of what Clinton supporters were feeling, their sorrow and anxiety. No "we must understand where the Clinton supporters are coming from," no panels of Clinton supporters featured on nightly news programs.

But here we go again, delving into the "trauma" of die-hard Trump fans.

Ugh.

[Renew Deal]

5. They'll take their improved healthcare and they'll like it.

Though they might not admit it until the republicans try to take it away again.

[DFW]

6. What a lovely looking couple

They should rejoice that their savior will be coming to live among them. With any luck, they will run into him, find out how little he could care about them when he finds out they have no money to give him, and get a little dose of reality.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

7. I sympathize with the Trumpsters.

It's how I felt in November 2016. Kicked in the gut. Demoralized. Shocked.

And, as your T-shirts say, "Fuck your feelings".

[Vogon_Glory]

8. Been in their situation. No empathy for the Trumpies

I not only mourned Hillary’s loss, but the beginning of the end of the American Experiment and the shattering of my misconceptions I’d had about the good judgement and common decency that I’d thought remained among the American electorate.

The belief that our country was indeed a City on the Hill
was not confined to clueless right-wingers. I, too, believed that America was the best hope of the world and it broke my heart to see the lights fade to dark as the electoral votes were tallied in the aftermath of the 2016 elections.

I’m still angry at Trump supporters and I’m particularly angry at the fools who continue to believe his regime horse (excrement) despite half a decade’s worth of evidence to the contrary. I have little pity for them: they had the tools for wising up and refused to use them.

I doubt that these people will ever wise up. Een so, I dearly hope this is a better country than what they and their idol sought to bequeath to us.

[Corgigal]

9. And again,

I’m embarrassed to be a regular white person. I don’t know how many more rocks I need to find to hide under.

I thought we would be better, culturally then where we are right now. We, all variety of humans had so much fun in NYC is the 80s.

It’s was nice to have the hope of a youngster.