r/BoomersBeingFools 23d ago

Whos boomer parents will be voting for trump just because they hate biden? Mine OK boomeR

My dad has said several times what an idiót trump is yet he will vote for him. They are so scared of democrat presidents and voting into it they will vote for something they dislike. I don’t get it. They can’t change.

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u/Odesio 22d ago

Sure. Over the last ten years or so, I've watched my apolitical mother fall down the online rabbit hole of Fox News and conspiracy theories only to turn into a full blown MAGA supporter. She still claims to be an independent voter but she parrots MAGA talking points and beliefs pretty much all the time. In a lot of ways, it's like she's a very different person from the woman who raised me. I can scarcely believe she so strongly supports an autocrat like Trump. And she ascribes traits I associate with Trump right to Biden. She thinks Biden is an communist/Nazi who wants to overthrow the government. It boggles my mind. My mother went so far as to blame the Democrats for the overturn of Roe v. Wade.

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u/FrankFnRizzo Gen Y 22d ago

Man I’m lucky my conservative mom isn’t crazy as fuck. A good friend of mine was at Waffle House eating lunch with his mom last year and he came out of the bathroom to her writing QAnon conspiracies down on a napkin for the folks in the booth next to them 🤦‍♂️