In light of the 2024 election results, some have been evoking a 2015 meme that pretty succinctly sums up the obvious harm that a voter for Donald Trump is likely to inflict on themselves down the road:
In a recent post-election article, we highlighted stories of Trump supporters who are already finding out what their vote actually meant. Now, we’re back with a few more:
1. There’s the coworker who thought that Trump’s plan to scrap the Department of Education wouldn’t affect her special needs child who relies on its funding:
2. There’s the “MAGA cousin” who found out, lo and behold, that grocery prices will likely actually increase:
3. There’s the “Latino male Trump voter” who was granted asylum but didn’t think that Trump’s mass deportation promises would extend to “family-oriented” undocumented immigrants:
4. There’s the woman who thought that Trump’s plans for social security only applied to immigrants. Undocumented immigrants are not eligible for social security or medicare:
5.There’s the people on the pro-Trump subreddit r/Conservative who were surprised that Trump’s cabinet picks, including Matt Gaetz as Attorney General, were bad:
6.There’s the cousin who doesn’t think “women should have property” but still expected them to have him for Thanksgiving:
7.There’s the MAGA neighbor who became “angry” once he learned how tariffs work:
8.There’s the non-voter who commented on a pro-Trump subreddit and learned that mass deportations do apply to his “amazingly intelligent and brilliantly gorgeous gf…here illegally from Colombia”:
9.There’s the Trump voter “getting a little nervous” as her child uses an Individualized Education Program:
10.There’s the former DACA recipient with undocumented parents who voted for Trump and became “utterly terrified” once he began getting “Pack your bags..” texts:
11.There’s the “Trump guy” who got mad that people wouldn’t sell him materials for the same price if they became more expensive under Trump’s tariffs:
12.There’s the Trump voter who took the explanation that mass deportations might affect his undocumented daughter-in-law “badly”:
13.There’s the railroader afraid that cuts to workplace regulations could jeopardize his safety:
Yikes. If you have a story about family members, friends, or neighbors who recently realized what their Trump vote actually meant, let us know in the comments below. Your response could be featured in an upcoming BuzzFeed Community post.
