# Surprises coming for voters for the Leopards-Eating-Faces Party **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [November 12, 2024, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166 "2024-11-12T19:54:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 268
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/5375 "2026-05-07T13:27:49Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > That was the first MAGA symbology I’d seen on a person in months. This was in an area of the Miami metroblob that had retained its earlier rural roots: big old ranch houses on large lots with horse barns in the back, country dancin’ joints, folks with cowboy hats in blue jeans and boots as daily wear, etc. Yep, my state of Michigan, despite going to trump in 2024, is usually at least tipping toward blue in most elections. But drive through any even marginally rural area, and the trump flags, campaign signs still standing, and even big display posters are everywhere. It never stops being amazing to me how the people who are most hurt by trump are the most fanatically in favor of him. I know, I know, ‘sparrows roasting on curtain rods’ and all that. > [@Princhester](#): > > > [@Railer13](#): > > > > ‘black maga cap > > I didn’t attempt to find the exact cap, but you can buy black MAGA caps on aliexpress for about $5 delivered. That seems cheap even for the typical ‘Made in China’ trump merch. Are those hats made in North Korea or something, I wonder? ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/5376 "2026-05-07T13:33:45Z")
Probably knockoffs with little, or rather no, money going to Trump and going to Chinese grifters, instead. Aliexpress is run and hosted out of China, after all. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/5377 "2026-05-07T13:44:37Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > Probably knockoffs with little, or rather no, money going to Trump and going to Chinese grifters, instead. So, the moral choice, then. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/5378 "2026-05-07T13:51:08Z")
> [@solost](#): > > It never stops being amazing to me how the people who are most hurt by trump are the most fanatically in favor of him. > > I know, I know, ‘sparrows roasting on curtain rods’ and all that. Mostly it’s culture wars. They want it all to go away and 1950 to return. Idjit trump hasn’t really promised to do that, but he has mostly shut down the cacophony of left-leaning noise that used to appear in the media. So to them is seems like it’s working. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/5379 "2026-05-07T13:52:47Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > So, the moral choice, then. Bit ambivalent about it. On the one hand, none of the money is going to Trump and a bunch of idiots now have less money to waste on him. On the other, it’s still going to grifters looking to make a cheap buck off unsuspecting victims. But yeah, on the balance, it’s probably the better of the outcomes? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/5380 "2026-05-07T13:58:01Z")
IOW: Yo’ pays yo’ money and yo’ picks yo’ criminal. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/5381 "2026-05-07T13:59:34Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Yo’ pays yo’ money and yo’ picks yo’ criminal. I’ll pick the criminals who aren’t fucking up the entire world. Like I said, the moral choice. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/5382 "2026-05-07T14:01:03Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Yo’ pays yo’ money and yo’ picks yo’ criminal. And now there are more choices than ever! If that ain’t progress, I don’t know what is! 😄 Okay, I really DON’T know what is… ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/5383 "2026-05-07T14:02:44Z")
> [@solost](#): > > Yep, my state of Michigan, despite going to trump in 2024, is usually at least tipping toward blue in most elections. But drive through any even marginally rural area, and the trump flags, campaign signs still standing, and even big display posters are everywhere. It never stops being amazing to me how the people who are most hurt by trump are the most fanatically in favor of him. I’m sure you were pleased to see the huge swing to blue this week in the special election for the state senate seat, when Chedwick Greene beat his opponent by like 20 points in what was supposed to be a very competitive race. Let’s hope that momentum carries over into November. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/5384 "2026-05-07T14:02:53Z")
Agree completely. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/5385 "2026-05-07T14:04:33Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > I’ll pick the criminals And thinking about it, are the Chinese even criminals? Is making knock-offs and selling them on the internet even a crime in China? ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/5386 "2026-05-07T14:15:54Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > are the Chinese even criminals? Is making knock-offs and selling them on the internet even a crime in China? I’m also wondering similarly along those lines. ‘MAGA’ and ‘Make America Great Again’ are both trademarked by DJT. IANAL, but presumably selling unauthorized merch with those slogans runs afoul of our trademark laws. But, as has been stated, better the money go to those folks rather than to the pockets of the criminal-in-chief. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/5387 "2026-05-07T14:56:47Z")
> [@Cardigan](#): > > I’m sure you were pleased to see the huge swing to blue this week in the special election for the state senate seat, when Chedwick Greene beat his opponent by like 20 points in what was supposed to be a very competitive race. Yes, results like that, as well as the blue victories in recent special elections in other states are encouraging, but it’s somewhat offset by news like this: > **[Trump exacts revenge in Indiana over redistricting vote, with five GOP...](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/indiana-legislators-primary-election-trump-redistricting-state-senate-rcna343321)** > > A majority of the seven state senators on the ballot Tuesday who faced Trump-backed challengers lost their primaries, NBC News projects. I know it’s largely a factor of lots of money being dumped into the trump-backed candidates’ campaigns to prop them up, but it’s still discouraging. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/5388 "2026-05-07T15:21:05Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > And thinking about it, are the Chinese even criminals? Is making knock-offs and selling them on the internet even a crime in China? Googling it _is_ a crime in China. It’s just also really profitable. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/5389 "2026-05-07T16:37:31Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > it _is_ a crime in China. It’s just also really profitable. So the MAGAs should approve! ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2026, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/5390 "2026-05-08T16:40:25Z")
> [@solost](#): > > I know it’s largely a factor of lots of money being dumped into the trump-backed candidates’ campaigns to prop them up, but it’s still discouraging. Also only the most loyal party members/enthusiastic voters showing up for primary elections. I expect Indiana will now re-draw the election districts in accordance with Dear Leader’s whims. _\>sigh\<_ ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2026, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/5391 "2026-05-09T15:46:35Z")
Living in a red part of a red county in a red state, it’s interesting that there’s very little Trump/MAGA signage, even though it’s primary season. Republican candidates for Congress and the state legislature have signs that include an outline of the state colored in red, but no indication they’re Trumpites. Maybe the bloom is off the pumpkin a bit, so to speak. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2026, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/5392 "2026-05-27T11:52:09Z")
When you peddle racism to get ahead, you have a scorpion on your back. > **[Byron Donalds faces racist attacks in Florida’s ugly GOP gubernatorial primary](https://www.ms.now/opinion/byron-donalds-faces-racist-attacks-in-floridas-ugly-gop-gubernatorial-primary)** > > The Trump-loving congressman is running for governor against an opponent who has continually referred to him as a slave. And he’s getting a taste of his own medicine. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2026, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/5393 "2026-05-27T11:56:33Z")
> _He is in no position, has no right to be complaining about me calling him a slave when he has absolutely no direct descendant of slavery in his family. He’s from Panama. He’s from Belize. His dad’s from Jamaica._ Fortunately, none of those countries had slavery. [editorial note: all three of those countries had chattel slavery] ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2026, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/5394 "2026-05-27T17:20:55Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > > _He’s from Panama. He’s from Belize._ Wow, really giving that “Born-again Christian” concept a workout! 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166.md?page=267) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166.md?page=269)