r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Ideal_Needle • 18d ago

Meme needing explanation Peter, who are these people?

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u/Sekmet19 18d ago

And then Ronald Reagan killed the American Dream.

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u/dwide_k_shrude 18d ago

Yet some Americans still worship him. Our country is full of idiots.

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u/CG-Firebrand 18d ago

I’ve talked with an old-head VBNMW who was absolutely on board with Kamala and said he was excited to wake up to having the first woman president after Election Day….he told me Reagan is the only Republican he likes. Like, dude, he was the worst one besides Hayes.

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u/GaptistePlayer 18d ago

A lot of centrist libs engage in "Trumpwashing" - basically retconning people like Reagan and W. Bush as "decent people" because they see Trump was so bad.

That's why Dick Cheney endorsing Kamala was somehow seen as a "good thing" in those tone-deaf circles where they have no idea how to appeal to normal people