Summary

Bradley Bartell, a Trump voter from Wisconsin, started a GoFundMe to raise $3,000 for his wife Camila Muñoz’s bond after ICE detained her.

Muñoz, a Peruvian citizen, overstayed her work-study visa due to the pandemic and was seeking legal residency as Bartell’s spouse. She was arrested returning from a honeymoon in Puerto Rico.

Bartell continues to maintain that he does not regret voting for Trump.

Since Trump’s return to office, ICE has arrested over 90,000 immigrants.

114 points

Americans doing a GoFundMe is always funny to me. Like you clearly understand if you pool together money, you can make a big impact. For example when little Timmy needs a big operation and can’t afford it, people can start a GoFundMe, everyone chips in a little bit of money and Timmy is covered. So if we scale that up a bit… NO, THAT’S COMMUNISM!

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24 points

It’s racism. In America the answer is almost always racism.

Basically, with a GoFundMe, or ‘churches taking care of the poor’, or whathaveyou, you can make sure your money goes only to the poor Good Christian white folks, and none of it gets used to help those icky brown folks. Unlike government programs which have to help everyone equally.

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5 points

Considering communism has a centrally planned economy this is not analogous at all. You’re thinking more in line with social programs which I do agree

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136 points

Didn’t he just say he had no regrets about voting him in?

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Never underestimate the amount of cognitive dissonance to be found in the average Trump supporter’s views. These are remarkably dumb people.

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36 points

Rivaling neutron stars in density.

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15 points

Black holes instead of brains

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1 point

they became a dense black hole already.

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That’s doublethink. Cognitive dissonance is the discomfort you feel from it. Obviously, he feels none.

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also known as mental gymanstics. and thier reality distortion abilities is off the charts.

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2 points

2 * 0 = 0

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17 points

Damn that sucks if true. I really do feel bad for them, but like what is the point of me donating if he’s not going to speak out against this administration. Doesn’t he realize it’s not just about his situation, but for everyone else who’s also impacted by this? I rather give to another family that will not only use these funds to hopefully turn their situation around but also you know like then also give back/help others and speak out. To be honest I didn’t look into OP’s comment to fact check because you know I’m only human, busy and got problems of my own. If true though this is really sad …

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24 points

There are already too many deserving charities for my pocket book. Giving money to an unrepentant Trump voter who got exactly what he voted for gets my sympathy, but not a dime.

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Doesn’t he realize it’s not just about his situation, but for everyone else who’s also impacted by this?

Actually, no. Studies have shown that those who lean conservative tend to have a diminished ability to feel empathy. There’s a good chance that he simply cannot comprehend that others could be negatively affected by his actions. In his mind, he’s all that matters.

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theres also a study of conservative brains, that thier amydala, fear response is much higher too. so they are totally addicted to fear based rhetoric.

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Doesn’t he realize it’s not just about his situation,

He probably just wants his wife to stay, but everybody else to be thrown out.

I really do feel bad for them

Why?

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8 points

He must have that TDS that’s going around these days. It makes you talk and act oposite to reason.

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6 points

No regrets but a go fund me. Sure, buddy, we believe you.

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31 points

How do I donate negative amounts?

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45 points

Donating thoughts and prayers 🙏

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23 points

Can’t send money, but I’ve got tons of thoughts and prayers!

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6 points

The thoughts I’d be sending are all “fuck this dude, I hope she divorces him when she finds out this is what he voted for”.

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