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Johonny

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26. They cant blame themselves for being idiots

Reply to dalton99a (Original post)

Mon Jul 14, 2025, 10:38 PM

Jul 14

So they have to pretend they didn't screw themselves.

This is why their lives will continue to get worse. They support politicians that don't respect them and don't support them and know they're too fucking stupid to admit it.

I'm glad they're getting what they voted for, though.

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A clinic blames its closing on Trump's Medicaid cuts. Patients don't buy it. [View all] dalton99a Jul 13 OP

DAMN! elleng Jul 13 #1

Politically speaking, they haven't shown intelligence in decades. mdbl Jul 13 #9

It's a cult JI7 Jul 13 #2

Yes. Something like 78% of that county voted Trump and surely their man could do no wrong. Practice was already.... dutch777 Jul 13 #10

The hospital can see the writing on the wall if the residents can't bucolic_frolic Jul 13 #3

That's why those rural hospitals and clinics need to be subsidized... Wounded Bear Jul 13 #6

Ok than what is the reason? Srkdqltr Jul 13 #4

Free markets newdeal2 Jul 13 #11

Free markets and the invisible hand of the market gab13by13 Jul 13 #18

Goobers and rational thought don't mix. NoMoreRepugs Jul 13 #5

Stupid is as stupid thinks mdbl Jul 13 #7

Ah, the old R's in the diner stories senseandsensibility Jul 13 #8

They will notice in a year when the cuts actually kick in enough Jul 13 #12

Hate-Radio carpet bombed these areas for 50 fucking years maxrandb Jul 13 #13

So, if not the Medicaid cuts, then it's all those Democrats in charge in Washington and Lincoln that are the culprits Mr. Ected Jul 13 #14

Reminds me of the idiots dying of Covid who were screaming with their last breath that they weren't dying of Covid. Xavier Breath Jul 13 #15

Blind allegiance to Herr Orange Julius. choie Jul 13 #16

To be fair they had to be in trouble going in dsc Jul 13 #17

Most of those rural hospitals in red states are barely hanging in. kerry-is-my-prez Jul 14 #23

I know dsc Jul 14 #27

old folks on welfare losing their socialist medical care. well elections have consequences nt msongs Jul 14 #19

He is their orange god Demovictory9 Jul 14 #20

The cuts don't go into effect until 2027 iemanja Jul 14 #21

I was thinking the same thing Greg_In_SF Jul 14 #24

They don't "think" anything till OrangeJaysus tells them to think it. Maru Kitteh Jul 14 #22

They will die rather than admit they were wrong mcar Jul 14 #25

They cant blame themselves for being idiots Johonny Jul 14 #26

Sources say that Permanut Jul 14 #28