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Ukrainian American Sophika Lashchyk-Tytla says she can’t understand why her brother plans to vote for Republican nominee Donald Trump given his open hostility to continuing U.S. support for Ukraine.

Hours after unconvincing arguments with her brother, the Philadelphia native carried a kit of campaign information as she canvassed in the city’s suburbs with fellow Ukrainians who’ve rallied around Democratic nominee Kamala Harris.

Just ten days before the election, nearly a dozen went door-knocking in Montgomery County, where one of the country’s largest Ukrainian populations now has voter material available in Ukrainian for the first time. The county includes non-voting recent emigres from President Joe Biden’s post-full-scale invasion Uniting for Ukraine parole program and thousands more with U.S. citizenship who arrived in the 1990s.

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“I feel like I’m trying to save Ukraine and our country and I can’t listen to your (Trump) stuff,” Lashchyk-Tytla told her brother as she departed for a weekend of rallying Ukrainian support for Harris.

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Okay Ukrainians voting for Trump has to be funniest and saddest thing I've read today.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

“In terms of what Trump will do for Ukraine, it’s kind of up in the air, I don't believe he will necessarily provide weapons and help so to speak, but what he will do is pressure (Russian President Vladimir Putin),” Lashchyk told the Kyiv Independent.

“I believe that Trump will negotiate some kind of end to the war, do I believe Ukraine will have to cede some of our ground in order for the killing to stop, probably, I’m totally not okay with that but I have no choice.”

I think this is the root problem with... well, everything Trump, supporters idolize him and see him as some kind of super hero, like he's really that different (in this case) than the entire US government that's already been "pressuring Putin."

And the problem with lots of American culture in general. Idolization is not good. Seeing people as heroes is not good. No one on Lemmy wants to hear this, but it happens in the Democrats too.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Is it possible Mr. Lashchyk is simply very, very dumb?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Brain damage and Trump support are correlated...

[–] [email protected] 45 points 2 weeks ago

Or women voting for Trump?

Or PoC voting for Trump?

Or fiscal conservatives voting for Trump?

Or Christians voting for Trump?

Or any non-millionaire voting for Trump?

Or anyone not named Trump voting for Trump?

[–] [email protected] 47 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

I saw someone outside the US comment on this, and I don't think people outside the US (and apparently many US voters) are aware just how anti Ukraine Trump will be.

Common sense would say "he's gonna be hawkish, right?" They don't know about this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump%E2%80%93Ukraine_scandal

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

People don't like to hear Trump & Putin work together after all the Muller report stuff was absolutely mutilated by right wing media and Bill Barrs involvement, but seriously... Anything Putin wants Trump will do. He is going to hand Putin Ukraine on a silver platter...

[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 weeks ago

It was wild re-reading all that back when Russia launched its "special military operation". One of the last things Trump did in office was attempt to extort and/or weaken the country Putin was gearing up to invade again

[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 weeks ago

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