People Who Cut Off Their Trump-Supporting Friends And Famliy Members Are Sharing Their Stories

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And finally, “My husband’s family… We never really had the same morals. They’re extremely religious. I believe in gay rights, trans rights, women’s rights, public schools, etc., and they never did. In 2024, my husband and I got pregnant with our second child. We were so excited; they were excited. We found out at the 12-week scan that our baby was very sick and likely wouldn’t make it to birth. We had to terminate in another state because we live in a red state. We went through so much hell and trauma because of Trump’s abortion laws here in our state. I won’t even get into all of it, but it’s stuff we’ll never ‘get over.’ His family didn’t know how to be there for us and frankly didn’t try hard enough.”

“I had plenty of family and friends that did so I know it was possible for them to. They just… didn’t. Then, to add insult to injury, they all voted for Trump. I even had a meeting with my mother-in-law and showed her all the things that we went through. All of our baby’s stuff. What we had to do. And she argued with me and said it wasn’t Trump that did this, and that it should’ve always been in the hands of the states. I told her we could agree to disagree. I put myself out there with her and attempted to heal a relationship, and yeah, it’s not going to be healed. How can I ever look past that? I can’t. And I won’t.”

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