Careful what you vote for, because you just might get it | Sheneman

Come January, a bunch of people who thought they were voting to kick out migrants are going to discover that deportation wasn’t all they voted for.
We’re going to enter the dreaded “Find Out” portion of that famous saying, and folks who failed to educate themselves on the full breadth and depth of the MAGA agenda may get an unwelcome surprise.
Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and any other so-called entitlement that comprises the national safety net have long been targets of the Republican Party, and that’s not going to change during a second Trump administration. There are still Republican voters who get their health insurance through the Affordable Care Act and aren’t aware that the ACA and Obamacare are the same thing — they too are about to find out. This is the same group of Republicans that voted to repeal the ACA more than 60 times, and despite Trump only having the “concepts of a plan” to replace it, will happily vote to repeal it again if given the chance.
You have to give Republicans credit, they know how to get people so angry they’ll happily vote against their own best interests.
The economy, i.e. inflation, and the border were the defining issues that turned this election red, but that’s not necessarily going to be the focus of party leadership. They have a mandate and a longstanding wish list of draconian policies they are eager to impose. We’re not going to be able to rely on the rank incompetence and disorder of the first Trump administration to save us from the worst they have to offer. Trump remains as volatile and flighty as ever, but he has attracted to his orbit well-organized far right operators with detailed plans to reshape the federal government in their favor. Voters who picked Trump on the promise of secure borders and cheaper groceries may not like what they get.
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