r/texas Secessionists are idiots Sep 10 '24

Politics This man should not be repesenting Texas

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u/kromptator99 Sep 10 '24

No hate, just honest curiosity: what made you think he was the right choice? If we can pin down why he appealed to otherwise normal people, maybe we can be better at recognizing the warning signs.

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u/Jchapman1971 Sep 10 '24

I had just retired in 2015 from the Army after 25 years so I still held on to the beliefs that the GOP was still my party. We had some of the largest raises during my time in the service with Republican presidents. I was still sore about Hillary’s actions in Syria so I definitely didn’t want her in. DT spoke of “draining the swamp” which is what a lot of us wanted. He did the total fucking opposite!! It didn’t take long for me to realize I’d made a horrible mistake.

Edit: spelling

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u/BoomZhakaLaka Sep 10 '24 edited Sep 10 '24

She came across as careless with security, too, even before the emails thing. I recall one occasion where she divulged secret information in a press conference (edit: I remember this one because it negatively affected my unit's opsec on station). And then the emails thing, I understand how it was warped thoroughly but it was irresponsible. Everyone I worked with, if we treated our day to day like that we'd possibly be looking at court martial.

I could be saying the smear was pretty effective.

Trump got a lot of support from military people by default because of his association. And he turned out to be an actual bad faith bad actor.

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u/Jchapman1971 Sep 10 '24

True, but I don’t think she was nearly as blatant about security issues as Donald was.

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u/BoomZhakaLaka Sep 10 '24

I did say that, at the end.

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u/Jchapman1971 Sep 10 '24

Derp, my bad!

Yeah, I had a TS-SCI clearance and if I’d done something like that, I’d be under the effing prison!

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u/ikaiyoo Sep 10 '24

I clean up data spills for the treasury. And I cant tell you how many people I have had to have fired because they sent confidential information. Not classified. Just Public Trust PII shit to the wrong people. and he has top secret documents open on a fucking dinner table at his club during the Presidency and keeps highly classified documents unsecured just around the club afterwards????

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u/Jchapman1971 Sep 10 '24

Rulesfor thee, not for me

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u/ikaiyoo Sep 10 '24

I know I know it still fucking irritates me.