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If Trump is reelected, Americans are planning to flee in droves
MSN ^ | 3.6.2024 | Paul Starobin

Posted on 03/06/2024 7:01:21 PM PST by libh8er

…….. Every four years, as Americans gird themselves to choose a president, there's talk, mainly among Democrats, of leaving the country. I'm off for Canada if unacceptable candidate X wins! And every four years, the promised exodus fails to materialize. It's mostly just therapeutic venting.

This time is different.

The alarm over Trump's potential triumph in November is far starker than the fears stoked by past presidents. "A Trump dictatorship is increasingly inevitable," a recent Washington Post headline warned. The Atlantic devoted an entire issue to the authoritarian horrors in store for America "If Trump Wins." Every four years or so, Gallup asks Americans ages 15 and up: "Ideally, if you had the opportunity, would you like to move PERMANENTLY to another country?" At the end of George W. Bush's presidency, the number responding "yes" was 11%. During Barack Obama's tenure, it was 10%. During Trump's presidency, it hit 16%. That's some 40 million Americans who wanted to leave their country behind, for good.

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In fairness, those who flee America to escape MAGA may find themselves confronted by a host of unpleasant surprises. The headaches start with the red tape. On any given day, my Expats in Italy Facebook group teems with the sort of questions that can drive a novice foreign-property owner batty. Why won't my Italian utility company let me pay my bill with a US credit card? (Answer: Because it won't.) Property bidders must have their offers officially registered with the local municipality and verified by the godlike person known as the "notaio," an official of ancient standing who drafts and authenticates the raft of documents for a fair-size fee.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: byebye; exodus; lyingsos; ohnoes; promise; solong; tds; tdsbs; trump; wellbye
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To: rktman
Since we are putting the attention whoors on the front page here is some more triggering material.


101 posted on 03/06/2024 8:34:58 PM PST by jdt1138 (Where ever you go, there you are.)
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To: libh8er

“droves” ... so, more than one “drove” is leaving ... that’s good ... now if we only knew how many were in a “drove” AND the NUMBER of “droves” leaving, then we could make a good estimate of the total number bailing ... that would be a handy thing to know ...

sadly, however, is it’s all BS talk and that almost no one will leave ...


102 posted on 03/06/2024 8:37:13 PM PST by catnipman (A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil)
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To: libh8er

Please leave this time.


103 posted on 03/06/2024 8:39:42 PM PST by KittyKares
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To: packagingguy

Yes, now that you mention it, I have read that.


104 posted on 03/06/2024 8:42:32 PM PST by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog. )
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To: libh8er

Great! rents and housing prices will go down.


105 posted on 03/06/2024 8:43:03 PM PST by Pirate Ragnar
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To: libh8er

Promises, promises, promises...


106 posted on 03/06/2024 8:44:59 PM PST by Kazan
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To: libh8er

If Reagan is elected, they’ll...
If Bush is elected, they’ll...
If (the other) Bush is elected, they’ll...
If Trump is elected, they’ll...
If Trump is elected again, they’ll...
If Trump is elected and we don’t cheat him out of it this time, we’ll...

Not once do these people bestir themselves even mildly other than to piss and moan endlessly. This is natural, of course; if doing and taking action were in their character, they’d be conservatives.


107 posted on 03/06/2024 8:45:38 PM PST by No.6
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To: libh8er

Americans moving out of blue state America as those states were on fire is not newsworthy.


108 posted on 03/06/2024 8:53:56 PM PST by Freest Republican (This space for rent)
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To: libh8er

Let’s make some kind of rule that they can never come back.


109 posted on 03/06/2024 8:56:18 PM PST by Allegra (Less propaganda would be appreciated. )
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To: libh8er

I think it’s laughable that the article references Umbria, Italy like it is some panacea. I lived in Italy for years, and there isn’t much in that region (though Orvieto is a great place to visit for an overnight). That family will likely be moving back to the U.S. within a couple years.


110 posted on 03/06/2024 9:26:26 PM PST by The Graz Lion
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To: libh8er
If Trump is reelected, Americans are planning to flee in droves

I'll believe it when I SEE IT actually happen!

111 posted on 03/06/2024 9:26:40 PM PST by VideoDoctor
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To: libh8er

I hear Ukraine is looking for more canon fodder. Maybe they can head over there. They probably already have their Slava Ukraine buttons with them.


112 posted on 03/06/2024 9:28:42 PM PST by El Cid (Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
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To: libh8er

Excellent, but the liberals will never do that.

They never do, just whine to get TV coverage.

maybe time to round up the ones that say this and escort them out of the country?


113 posted on 03/06/2024 9:33:32 PM PST by doorgunner69 (When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty)
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To: devere

Don’t let the door hit you on your way out.


114 posted on 03/06/2024 9:33:50 PM PST by Veto! (FJB Sucks Rocks)
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To: libh8er
"A Trump dictatorship is increasingly inevitable," a recent Washington Post headline warned.

LOLOL!

The brains of leftists are wired wrong. They see reduction of government overreach as totalitarianism, but they think putting government in control of just about every aspect of life is freedom. They are so backwards!

115 posted on 03/06/2024 9:43:22 PM PST by exDemMom (Dr. exDemMom, infectious disease and vaccines research specialist.)
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To: libh8er

They know deep inside that he really won last time too.


116 posted on 03/06/2024 9:44:33 PM PST by 38special (I should've said something earlier)
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To: libh8er

Let them. It would be good for the country.


117 posted on 03/06/2024 9:48:04 PM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
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To: libh8er
"That's some 40 million Americans who wanted to leave their country behind, for good.

For years the LMSM has been preaching to the world that the United States is a violent racist society. What countries could seriously want to accept new immigrants from America?
118 posted on 03/06/2024 10:07:57 PM PST by clearcarbon (Fraudulent elections have consequences.)
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To: LittleBillyInfidel
Notice how it’s always to Canada or some white Euro country.. Never Mexico or South America or Africa.

Bingo!

It's never a country like Burundi or, say, Rwanda! It's never, e.g., Haiti!

They unintentionally reveal their true racism.

Regards,

119 posted on 03/06/2024 10:09:05 PM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: libh8er

They’re always talking about trump supporters conspiracy theories. But they push the biggest one that trump will be a dictator.


120 posted on 03/06/2024 10:11:03 PM PST by DouglasKC
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