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Lassie MacDonald
State College
Donald Trump's supporters might temper the celebration. A rude awakening is on the way.
A friend asked a Trump voter who served in the Marines and owns a small business how people responded to his MAGA hat post-election. He said he gets enthusiastic thumbs up and high-fives.
Fast forward to Inauguration Day and beyond. MAGA supporters may not be so happy when:
-- Trump's proposed tariffs increase the costs of everything from cars to clothes
-- local restaurants close because cooks and servers have been deported
-- grocery prices skyrocket due to tariffs and mass deportation of farm workers
-- birth control pills are outlawed and condoms are the only available birth control option
-- women you love/sisters/daughters/friends cannot terminate an unwanted pregnancy, even one resulting from rape
-- health insurance costs rise due to changes to the Affordable Care Act
-- climate change causes widespread flooding and home repairs are unattainable because Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DoGE) cut funding to FEMA, and the decimated construction industry can't handle demand because construction workers were deported
-- school funding cuts mean grossly overcrowded classrooms
-- polio, measles and other preventable diseases make a comeback because vaccines are no longer available
-- family and friends die unnecessarily of cancer because the FDA lost its power to regulate the requisite treatment.
It's not too late to save us all from those real dangers. Urge your Senators to do their jobs and reject the extreme appointments and actions that Trump promises to pursue.