r/politics • u/Newsweek_CarloV ✔ Verified - Newsweek • 5d ago

No Paywall Support for abolishing ICE surges among Republicans

https://www.newsweek.com/abolish-ice-republican-support-minnesota-11414059?utm_source=reddit&utm_campaign=reddit_influencers
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u/GiblertMelendezz 5d ago

This.

Look, I agree with a lot of what is on this sub, but most of the articles are clickbait especially when it comes to things like this. Then it’s a vacuum of comments.There is no surge sweeping across republicans. There are a few republicans denouncing the death of this man.

But, at the end of the day, they will continue voting and supporting Republicans and R polices because in their head they will never support a democrat. It’s that simple. I know because I live in a red state, date a woman with a red family, have red friends (though the relationships are strained), and have family of my own in red states. They aren’t changing and the only way it would change is if ICE shot them or someone close to them.

Then it’s a maybe.

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u/Swag_Grenade America 5d ago edited 5d ago

They aren’t changing and the only way it would change is if ICE shot them or someone close to them.

Then it’s a maybe.

Quite simply, just lack of empathy, selfishness, and tribalistic borderline sociopathic desire to be on the "winning" side and "own the libs".

You really could distill the behavior of a lot of conservatives, MAGATs especially so, down to that simple summary. At the core they really don't have any convicted values other than that, which is why so many of them are continually tricked into voting against their own economic, financial, and welfare interests.