How so?

It's been in the news for quite some time. Here's a story from last year. [axios.com]

Seems like we have two nationally lol

Yea if they were closet rascist it is ok to be public about it now.

Why does she regret it then?

Even Fox news can't hide the overwhelming insanity of this administration.

@jerry99 I'm stunned

I voted remain but I can also see a lot of reasons other than racism why people voted out. The EU is a large bureaucratic monolith that is rife with corruption. Also it galls many that we could not deport someone like Abu Hamza because the European courts said no. There has been a skills shortage in the UK for decades yet companies simply import rather than train. Like I said I voted remain but it is wrong to think that the majority of our country is racist.

@273kelvin No Kelvin, you are absolutely correct Most Brexiteers are not racist...however ALL racists are Brexiteers. I agree with you as regards the EU, unfortunately you can't change the decor of a house if you move out! Its madness and we will lose out. Abu Hamza is a deplorable human being but he alone is not enough reason to destroy the future of an entire generation.

@273kelvin it’s the same thing in America. People come on work Visas as RN’s( like me), engineers, etc. People complain all the time about it and I agree. America doesn’t want to invest in education. If you look at the PISA rankings for 2018, they both didn’t fare so well. In Canada post-secondary education is not free but easily affordable. I was desired as they know Canadian RN’s are highly trained and ready to go.

@Green_eyes Why train your own when you can steal another countries? Unfortunately (I seriously do not intend this to in anyway sound racist) a lot of other countries standards as regards nursing in particular, are not up to the standards of UK or USA (Worked in both). There is a serious problem were nurses from African nations and some countries in SE Asia are massively over represented in the nurses who are the struck off the British register. My colleague is currently looking at the reasons why this might be. I honestly believe you can not have undertrained professionals as a short cut for properly trained people to care for the vulnerable.

@Amisja It is ironic that in a post brexit UK. Non-whites will make up a larger % of the population. Without EU migrants muslims will gradually become a greater demographic as their family size is on average bigger. Plus non EU migrants will tend to be non-white too. Again something that was not thought though by brexiteers.

@Amisja it’s often predatory here. The agency trades them immigration status for work. They make low wages for permanent residency. I’m too savvy for that crap. This is usually RN’s from the Philippines. They are desperate to send money home. I see a lot less of it than I used to. Not many Canadians either. Most have returned home.

@273kelvin exactly

I don't know . Lol that's what I am trying to figure out.

I have noticed less pro trump fb posts, but then I unfriended anyone that was routinely posting it . So I am not sure I have representative data.

@Bigwavedave I quit going to FB as well and unfriended everyone who posted hateful memes and such...if any of my FB "friends" were pro-trump, I don't know about it because they no longer post...is that a sign or have the just lost interest? Not sure...

@thinktwice same here

I see you are from ct. I am thinking that there may be some in the northeast and mid west. In the south not so much.

@Bigwavedave true, sadly true

It seems unlikely to me .

@slydr68 Agree. Raised in Mississippi. Will return to bury my parents and that is it.

@slydr68 same. I love nature and soul food and the music that has poured out from the strife of the south. It's just the mass delusion of the people causing that strife that's the problem.

@DoctoralZombie well Mississippi and Alabama are special kind of shitholes.

Texans???

@Bigwavedave yes, my county is actually one of the most diverse in the country and democratic. If you look back at 2016 45 only got 52% of the vote in Texas... we are turning purple!

@Green_eyes is that Harris county?

@Bigwavedave Fort Bend

@Green_eyes I just looked it up. I didnt realize the city of Houston was in multiple counties. ..

@PalacinkyPDX These are not people I hang with...they are friends from the past that we just like to keep in touch with occasionally...I have not nor will I forgive or be in contact with anyone who voted for him out of any racial, sexual or religious reasons...I am not that forgiving either.

@PalacinkyPDX I find that my Jewish friends that did not vote for him are at odds with me on this issue as well...and that they are much more anti-Islam than I would have expected...I blame it on religion,,,my brother voted for Trump as well, but because he was working with people in a blue collar field that felt left out...my sister is a life long Republican and did not vote for him...we are all three in agreement now, with my brother being the most vocal on FB...he is quite angry for being "fooled"...might have something to do with losing a job that he was "promised" would be save by Trump...I understand...it would have impacted our close family...

@PalacinkyPDX My sister and I are both very good at persuasive arguments...we tag teamed my brother...

@PalacinkyPDX He actually was the one who made me realize tRump was going to win that night...my sister and I are in different economic and educational levels than he is...we both agreed that we had been hiding in our ivory towers and ignoring him and others like him...it was eye-opening for our entire family...in some ways, it brought us much closer and made me more empathetic...I am listening and paying more attention than I ever did in previous elections...I won't make this mistake twice.

Vera see post above.... I don't know any. Maybe each state is a bit different.

@Bigwavedave My friends live in almost every state and country around the world...it is different for each person...many just voted out of habit for the party they also did...some wanted a change...some were rich business people...the reasons were all varied...

@thinktwice I was responding rather generically. I'm sure there are people who voted for him who now have buyers remorse - the people that I personally know who voted for him have become strident defenders of every stupid thing he has done. I guess my biggest issue is that so few of the people wanting change actually didn't bother to do a little digging into his past before they voted for him. We're not talking about a guy who was a stand up citizen with good ethics and morals. It was very well known that this was a corrupt, morally bankrupt and ethics challenged individual whose family had mob ties for years. The rich business people all yawned and said "meh - so he's a POS....as long as he can make my portfolio grow I really don't care". All water under the bridge - I know - but this needs to be a wake up call before we find ourselves morphing into a banana republic.

@Lavergne I have been following him since 1979 so I know what a POS he is...not all rich people voted or support him...