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dalton99a

(92,739 posts)
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 09:24 AM Yesterday

"More people are like, oh ... we've got to vote."

https://apnews.com/article/trump-immigration-enforcement-midterms-republicans-congress-54c3c13552d08605bd90a8ac451d9ba1

What a swing House district in Colorado shows about Republicans’ immigration fallout in the midterms
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI
Updated 6:53 AM CST, February 1, 2026

GREELEY, Colo (AP) — Like many Donald Trump voters, Miranda Niedermeier is not opposed to immigration enforcement. She was heartened by initial moves from the Republican president in his second term that she saw as targeting immigrants who were in the United States illegally and had committed crimes.

But Niedermeier, 35, has steadily become disillusioned with Trump. Never more so than in recent weeks, when federal immigration officers killed two U.S. citizens during Trump’s crackdown in Minneapolis.

“In the beginning, they were getting criminals, but now they’re tearing people out of immigration proceedings, looking for the tiniest traffic infraction” to deport someone, said Niedermeier. She said she is horrified because the administration’s approach is not Christian.

“It shouldn’t be life and death,” she said. “We’re not a Third World country. What the hell is going on?”

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"More people are like, oh ... we've got to vote." (Original Post) dalton99a Yesterday OP
Yes, trumps behavior was "Christian" back in 2016?? I know we gotta forgive and invite mucifer Yesterday #1

mucifer

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1. Yes, trumps behavior was "Christian" back in 2016?? I know we gotta forgive and invite
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 09:43 AM
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everyone in.

But, it's still frustrating. And it could be too late.

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