The smart ones did.
https://www.spiked-online.com/2024/11/28/trump-won-the-f-it-vote/
For millions of Americans, 2024 was the final straw. After nearly a decade of being told by Democrats that men can become women, that all white people are ‘privileged’ and that questioning these dogmas is tantamount to fascism, voters had finally had enough. If nothing else, the re-election of Donald Trump earlier this month was a sign that Americans are sick and tired of being preached at. A vote for Trump, for many, was a vote against a Democratic establishment that they had grown to loathe – and clearly loathed them.
That was certainly what drove Bridget Phetasy, a long-time liberal and loyal Democrat, to reluctantly vote for Trump. Bridget returned to The Brendan O’Neill Show last week to discuss why so many Americans like her turned their backs on their old party.
Brendan O’Neill: You explained before the election that you were very reluctantly voting for Trump. What drove you to that position?
Bridget Phetasy: It was death by a million cuts. I had been living in California, but I moved my family away from a left-dominated state and its insane policies around gender and teachers being encouraged to keep secrets from parents. It got to a situation where my husband was worried he was going to lose his licence as a therapist if he didn’t affirm the gender of whoever came to see him.
https://www.spiked-online.com/2024/11/28/trump-won-the-f-it-vote/
For millions of Americans, 2024 was the final straw. After nearly a decade of being told by Democrats that men can become women, that all white people are ‘privileged’ and that questioning these dogmas is tantamount to fascism, voters had finally had enough. If nothing else, the re-election of Donald Trump earlier this month was a sign that Americans are sick and tired of being preached at. A vote for Trump, for many, was a vote against a Democratic establishment that they had grown to loathe – and clearly loathed them.
That was certainly what drove Bridget Phetasy, a long-time liberal and loyal Democrat, to reluctantly vote for Trump. Bridget returned to The Brendan O’Neill Show last week to discuss why so many Americans like her turned their backs on their old party.
Brendan O’Neill: You explained before the election that you were very reluctantly voting for Trump. What drove you to that position?
Bridget Phetasy: It was death by a million cuts. I had been living in California, but I moved my family away from a left-dominated state and its insane policies around gender and teachers being encouraged to keep secrets from parents. It got to a situation where my husband was worried he was going to lose his licence as a therapist if he didn’t affirm the gender of whoever came to see him.
