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They might be, but there was still plenty enough warning.
This is across the board too, the supposed progressive party saw what was happening as well as the people.
Honestly, that it was somewhat different is an afterthought and we knew beforehand it would be.
They even told everyone.
Yeah that's pretty much what I'm saying. Project 2025 was pretty clearly the template for his next term. It was all in the open. There is no excuse.
But for anyone not paying any attention and perfectly ignorant of anything beyond thier lived experience of his first term (gonna say that's a lot of people, honestly): I don't think this is what they expected.
I think some of those people who weren't paying attention and were going off stale memories of his first term... they're not happy. But... I think other people in that group are actually thrilled. So, as a whole, still kinda balances out.
So, no justifications or excuses... but I do think some people got something different from what they expected.
Well, I can’t say much for their powers of observation then because it was pretty clear.
Bad enough they vote that way anyway. Worse that they vote religiously. I wish that lesson could be learned.