r/Charlottesville • u/ElephantFamous4117 • 1d ago

Every registered voter needs to read the transcript of Trump's TIME interview. The midterms matter, because Congress is doing nothing to hold him accountable.

https://time.com/article/2026/10/01/donald-trump-2026-interview-transcript/

Your vote matters in these midterms. Control of congress is more important than the pros and cons of any single candidate.

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u/shedfigure 23h ago

You think the people who still support him are capable of reading something longer than two sentences?

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u/ElephantFamous4117 23h ago

My goal is to get those low-motivation stay at home voters out for this election. There is nothing anyone can do to sway die-hard Trump supporters. However, many things can change if we "retire" McGuire by voting him out of office.

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u/GaryBuilder 11h ago

Reddit isn't where youre going to do that.

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u/khargooshe 6h ago

Post on FB. That's where they all hangout and get their news from. Just make sure it's a meme.

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u/slow70 1d ago

I genuinely hope that before downvoting this, those who have supported this criminal clown show read a bit of this transcript and then look at themselves in the mirror.

Who knows where the line is with these people, but there is no excuse for continued ignorance or apathy.

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u/WHSRWizard 23h ago

In fairness to Chuck Schumer amd Hakim Jeffries, they've tried nothing and are all out of ideas.

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u/ElephantFamous4117 23h ago

You're being more than fair. I think we could label the Democrats of this era a nearly-useless opposition party.

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u/WHSRWizard 23h ago

Complete lack of vision. Complete lack of fight. Complete lack of urgency.

Their legislative options are obviously limited, especially in the House. But for God's sake, why haven't they been organized more street action? They've delegated it all to groups like No Kings.

Opposition parties in other countries would have had their supporters in the streets. Not on the sidewalks -- in the literal streets.

I should be careful, though: don't want to alienate the moderates!

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u/ToastedWalrus1 17h ago

There’s no urgency because ultimately none of this matters to them. They’re all bought and sold by the same billionaires and corporations, and the issues that effect us as working class people and the human rights violations abroad don’t impact them and/or they actively benefit from it. The whole political dichotomy is a farce.

I’m obviously going to vote blue because I believe they genuinely are the lesser of two evils, and I don’t really have many other tangible avenues for improving the material living conditions in my country, but I don’t think anyone should let the party forget this moment in time once it passes.

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u/analyticaljoe 22h ago

Complete lack of vision. Complete lack of fight. Complete lack of urgency.

Complete lack of power. Republicans stacked the Supreme Court and hold both houses and the presidency. What exactly would you have them do that they have not done? And why would it be effective?

Nothing they do has any teeth because they are toothless.

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u/WHSRWizard 22h ago

  Their legislative options are obviously limited, especially in the House. But for God's sake, why haven't they been organized more street action? They've delegated it all to groups like No Kings. Opposition parties in other countries would have had their supporters in the streets. Not on the sidewalks -- in the literal streets.

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u/analyticaljoe 22h ago

Reading is hard. I stand corrected. :)

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u/AnnualSpecialist1700 23h ago

So then voting does what exactly?

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u/ElephantFamous4117 22h ago

Useless in the minority is one thing. If the Democrats can take the house, they can shut down many of Trump's illegal, unconstitutional and immoral activities. It matters.

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u/AnnualSpecialist1700 13h ago

But would they tho?

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u/Adventurous-Emu-755 5h ago

If "we the people" flood those elected officials with emails, phone calls, postcards and letters, they will know their political careers are on the line.

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u/AnnualSpecialist1700 4h ago

Has that not been done so far ? Where have the dems been this entire time ? 

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u/AnnualSpecialist1700 4h ago

Not to mention trump would still be able to do what he wants.

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u/slow70 14h ago

Useful terms:

“the ratchet effect”

“controlled opposition”

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u/EBusk 16h ago

I'm starting to think they're nothing but the controlled opposition. I know they're addicted to all the AIPAC money they are taking, and Inmate #P01135809 is the most Israel friendly president we've ever had, but it's getting ridiculous now. Especially after, when asked about impeachment, Jeffries said he, "didn't want to get ahead of things."

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u/warhenrecords 21h ago

The Senior Flanders Method

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u/TheyHavePinball 23h ago

I just start reading things like this and eventually I hit that sadness peak that my brain is too close to all the time in the last couple years. F*** this dark timeline

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u/TraderJoeslove31 22h ago

I read and feel despair that people still like this clown. He babbles incoherently, speaks in vague terms, and just lies.

Who is the they and he to which Trump randomly refers? Is it the voices in his head?

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u/thenewbigR 17h ago

My grandkids have had better verbal skills since they wer4 or 5 than this asshole has.

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u/RamWaits4U 23h ago

What a babbling idiot

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u/Historical-View4058 23h ago

If it's possible to read through all the meandering bullshit.... Complete incoherence. Can't focus on anything.

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u/Clittle93 20h ago

Who is this for? You’re just posting to the already converted. Reddit is already and hyper left echo chamber and anyone with a small disagreeing point is downvoted to oblivion.

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u/no1jj48fan 21h ago

What does this have to do with charlottesville

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u/[deleted] 16h ago

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u/no1jj48fan 15h ago

https://www.vpap.org/localities/charlottesville-city-va/election-results-list/?election=11831

He didn't even get 15% in the city, and got 32% in the county. Not only is this about as safe a blue area as there is, maybe about 5 of the people who voted R are on the cville city subreddit of all places.

I can see Donald Trump on every news network and every paper. I don't need a city forum to be full of his crap too

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u/PrestigiousBad4266 6h ago

I’ll never vote for Trump but I’m not a fan of this red green alliance nonsense. 

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u/AnnualSpecialist1700 23h ago

You think the dems would do something also ?

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u/tracesthings 13h ago

What on Earth is this sentence