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Just enjoy the day you voted for there Oklahomans.

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[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I don’t think my younger brother on SSI with a severe genetic condition voted for Trump.

My family had to fight for about six months to even get him on SSI a few years ago. (He’d probably be actually dead if not for the ACA - he had “capped out” on insurance shortly before it passed).

Oklahoma is a shithole people can’t escape. We imprison and kill mentally ill people, the conditions we keep foster children in are inhumane. The people who don’t get to vote need protection from the people who are. This “let Oklahoma drown in its own shit” approach forgets that they’re doing it to hurt people like me or my brother.

[–] leadore@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

Exactly. Gloating about the demise of a major safety net of the United States does not belong in the Leopards eating faces community because it affects everyone in the country and especially the elderly and disabled, not just trump voters. People in every state are upset about it, not just people in Oklahoma/red states.

Best wishes to you and your brother.