Bos has two daughters, with a third due in January. At the grocery store, five items cost as much as a full cart once did. And on Wednesday, Bos and nearly 1,400 other people were laid off from their jobs at what had been the Navistar truck factory in southwestern Ohio.

Asked how many times he had voted for Trump, Bos held up three tattooed fingers. But he said he’s done with the president.

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    Sipping tea from beer mugs with his co-workers…

    What the fuck??? Who does that? The lead photo in the article clearly shows them drinking beer. Such a weird sentence.

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      That’s where we should be different. We should want them to see the error of their ways, but we shouldn’t want anybody to struggle to get food on the plate.

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        We should want them to see the error of their ways

        a significant number of them are incapable.

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    “This year’s election is a test for the working-class coalition that lifted Trump into the White House and gave majorities to Republicans in the House and Senate” - the under-educated coalition? This is the only reason working class would vote Republican. Oh, hold on, bigotry too.

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      “If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he’ll empty his pockets for you.” - Lyndon B. Johnson

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    If that happens 3 OR 4 HUNDRED MORE TIMES they MIGHT start to MAYBE Reconsider voting for Republicans!

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      they just vote for R harder, if the derailment in 2023, dint affect them, this wont either. especially with the gov running interference in omitting any bad news in the state.

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    I see a lot of hatred towards these people, it makes sense given what community we are in.

    Personally, I don’t want them to suffer, but I do find humor in it, just as my coping mechanism.

    I would be salty and get them to admit they were wrong, taking satisfaction in a big I told you so is much better than wanting more suffering even if they deserve it.

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      The point is they weren’t tricked. The constantly claimed they were tricked but they weren’t, trump told them who he was and what he would do if elected, and they voted for him anyway, and then he did exactly what he said he was going to do, and now they’re upset.

      The whole project 2025 was a matter of public record. Granted these people can’t read but still, I’m sure they could have found an audiobook version or something.