“I didn’t vote for this, but I definitely voted Republican!” Those are the words of Wayne DeMario, a Trump voter in South Florida who has recently been affected by the immigration policies he supports in polls.
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Eight months ago, Demario’s fiancée and partner of 20 years, Yamile Alcantu, was detained by ICE. “I call it a kidnapping because it’s basically a kidnapping,” DeMario told a local Florida news station.
His fiancée immigrated to the United States legally from Cuba 25 years ago through the State Department’s visa lottery program. But in 2008, she lost her legal residency and received a deportation order after police found three Xanax pills in her bag at a traffic stop.
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DeMario said he didn’t pay much attention to the deportation order at the time, and Alcantu registered as an immigrant every year to try to regain legal status. These routine appointments with ICE were never an issue until Alcantu was detained last June. “They grabbed her and put shackles and chains on her,” DeMario said of the incident.
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DeMario and his fiancée are both staunch supporters of President Trump, which he believes makes her situation especially unworthy. “She didn’t deserve to be treated like this,” he said through tears, seemingly taking aim at the president. “She was the sweetest person and she prayed for you.”
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Anticipating significant backlash, the interviewer asked: “When you say you didn’t vote for this, what do you think you voted for?”
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“I really thought it was just an organized thing, but obviously it wasn’t,” DeMario responded. “They just cover everyone.”
As is typical when Trump supporters consider the consequences of their vote, the internet showed no mercy.
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“If only there were signs…” another person wrote next to a photo of Trump supporters holding “Mass Deportations Now” signs.
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Given Alcantu’s aggressive deportation order, one commenter questioned why this outcome doesn’t feel more… inevitable?
Another summed up the man’s mentality in four simple words: “hurt them, not me.”
Another wrote: “They are happy with other families being torn apart.”
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After his interview was aired on a local news station, DeMario took to Facebook to express his frustration with the reaction. “I voted Republican, but so did millions of others,” he wrote. “What’s the alternative?” (I don’t know, maybe another candidate on the ballot? Maybe?)
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“I’m sorry I voted for that asshole. If people can’t accept my apology, screw it. It’s not about my life anyway, it’s about her life. Don’t take it out on her. I’m not happy. The story should be more about what they did to them.” [my fiancée]not trying to make me look like a Trump supporter. I don’t have a hat, a shirt, or those ugly shoes. “
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He ended the article on a poetic note, saying: “This is not a question of right or left. This is a question of right or wrong.”
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Well, what do you think about that? ? ? Sound off in the comments.
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