This isn't really specific to the most recent election, as this guy has been going through it for years. It really breaks my heart, honestly.
Wrestled w/ him in high school. Good dude, but dumb as a rock. Never expected him to go to college and be a doctor or anything like that - figured he would end up working Parks and Rec somewhere within 50 miles of HS. Went into the Navy for a couple of years, got out and went into the Army after a couple of years as a civilian. Involved in a training accident that eventually cost him both his legs, above the knee. He's been in VA hell for the last 15+ years w/ them giving him the runaround, and him not having the mental capacity to understand what's happening or the ability to navigate the system. I know enough about his situation to follow from a distance, but not the details, so don't come at me w/ some gotcha shit about how he could have helped himself - I'm not him.
He has moved from NH to SC to GA trying to be near the right VA hospital. He settled in Frisco and is now married to a full-on MAGAT w/ a disabled kid that needs 24/7 care. I have suspicions that she is with him as a way to access his gov money, but it's not like dude is getting a mint, so maybe that's just my biases. Shortly after their marriage, I unfollowed him on FB because of her posting and tagging him in all her propaganda BS. This is from last week - N is her son, who is developmentally disabled and in a wheelchair. Like, wtf?
Last night, I got a DM from him letting me know he's coming to Austin next week and wants to meet up. I want to see him just to be a human and a friend from HS and show him love, but there's no fucking way I could be in the same room w/ that woman. Don't get me wrong, he's dead red himself, but he doesn't (or at least didn't) live in that MAGA blinded world. But I have a ton of Trumpy friends and can work around their bullshit for a couple of hours socially, so long as we focus on sports or reliving the past or whatever. I respond that it's going to be tough for me to meet up, but hopefully we can make it happen, and ask why he's coming to Austin. His response:
So, the best states are True Blue? No way! Kinda feel like him and his wheelchair are being used for props. Guy is going to leave thinking he's done his part to help, and he will have, but it will be for naught. His efforts won't help, and the situation won't change.