Current Events > Man who wrote "Trump Train" song, attended 45 rallies now has doubts

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Antifar
04/09/17 3:54:16 PM
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http://www.stargazette.com/story/news/local/2017/04/03/broken-promise-stirs-owego-man-draws-national-attention-trump-supporter/99736920/

Ever since his son died of a heroin overdose in 2014, Kraig Moss sleeps on the floor next to his son's urn.

Photos are taped on the white walls of the living room as trinkets lay around a makeshift memorial — a chair Rob J.R. Moss used to rock in as a toddler. High school yearbooks and a 2008 graduation tassel are laid out on the floor's tan boards.

Kraig's pain is still great three years since he found his son dead in their Owego home. He still spends many nights in his sleeping bag, talking to his son and sharing his heartache.

The death of 24-year-old Rob has left Kraig raw at times, so it wasn't exactly a surprise when, in 2016, the Owego man latched on to then-Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, who campaigned on promises to "Make America Great Again" and to provide better access to health treatments for not only addicts, but veterans.

Reinforcing Kraig's choice of presidential candidate were Trump's views on border protection, slowing down the infiltration of drugs and keeping money in America.

But recent news has left Moss' support of Trump wavering a bit and has left the formerly ardent supporter conflicted.

Moss' dedication to the Trump candidacy showed in the form of his attending 45 rallies across the nation in 2016 and spending several days at the Republican National Convention playing his guitar and spreading the message of how great a president Trump would make. With his presence everywhere came national media attention.

Moss even sold his possessions to financially sustain him as he traveled.

Touting his guitar with Trump stickers and wearing his cowboy hat, Moss became the subject of many photographs, videos and interviews across dozens of media outlets. He'd even been dubbed the Trump Troubadour and the Singing Cowboy for his original songs, which include the "Trump Train" tune.

https://twitter.com/Riley_Sarah/status/715168158508646401

After all, if Trump could deliver on his promises, maybe more lives could be saved. Maybe his son's life would have been saved if Rob had adequate access to addiction treatment resources.
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Kraig has made many appearances nationally and internationally because of his outcry of Trump's broken promises — specifically Trump's push for the American Health Care Act, which would have eliminated the Affordable Care Act's requirement for Medicaid to cover basic mental heath and addiction services.

An estimated 1.3 million Americans would have been affected, reports show, if the AHCA had been passed. However, the bill was withdrawn on March 24 for failing to gain support.

Moss hasn't jumped ship and still supports Trump as president out of respect, but he treads lightly on believing any more of his promises.

"When (Trump) turned his head on the heroin addicts ... I had to speak up," Kraig said.

"I'm concerned that, because he told everybody what he was going to do in regards to the heroin epidemic and the health care plan, that was supposed to be coming through, but yet he made a statement along the lines of 'Who would've known this health care stuff would have been so complicated,'" Kraig explained. "Now, when he addresses veterans and business acts, there's so many things that may be hidden that he wasn't aware of."

Trump has previously said during his campaign: "We will help all of those people so seriously addicted, we will get them treatment." During a January 2016 rally in Iowa, Trump spoke specifically to Moss in a crowd, saying, "I know what you went through, you're a great father — I can see it — and your son is proud of you."

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Butterfiles
04/09/17 3:56:33 PM
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Antifar posted...
Moss even sold his possessions to financially sustain him as he traveled.

talk about drinking the koolaid
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Psycho_Poodle
04/09/17 3:56:40 PM
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I'd do the train on Trump and Spicer
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Webmaster4531
04/09/17 4:00:37 PM
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Now this is sad as fuck.
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tremain07
04/09/17 4:04:06 PM
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He already didn't sound mentally stable, I don't see what Trump has to do with this. sleeping on the floor with an urn? I get grief but holy shit, it sounds more like he went off the deep end and never came back. Why is this news?
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Ampelas
04/09/17 4:06:32 PM
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Butterfiles posted...
Antifar posted...
Moss even sold his possessions to financially sustain him as he traveled.

talk about drinking the koolaid

A lot of his supporters are like this.
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Antifar
04/09/17 4:07:35 PM
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tremain07 posted...
Why is this news?

While this guy's circumstances are unique, I think he represents a broader matter of working class Trump supporters who are now faced with the reality of the Republican agenda.
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Webmaster4531
04/09/17 4:07:36 PM
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tremain07 posted...
I don't see what Trump has to do with this.

It's why this is news. Trump is a lying piece of crap.
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FifthBeethoven
04/09/17 4:09:50 PM
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Isn't it that dudes own fault for putting so much effort into politics. I would never sell all my stuff just to go to all those rallies. I would vote for whoever and move on.
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epik_fail1
04/09/17 4:11:08 PM
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Why do you guys keep saying people got conned by Trump when referring to things Trump promised to do.
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Antifar
04/09/17 4:11:13 PM
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FifthBeethoven posted...
Isn't it that dudes own fault for putting so much effort into politics. I would never sell all my stuff just to go to all those rallies. I would vote for whoever and move on.

Couldn't fit this into the first post, but relevant:
"Sometimes, I wish I hadn't even gotten into this political thing," Moss admits. "But when I think about the kids that I may have saved already and the parents that might be all of a sudden talking about their personal experiences and their personal losses ... I feel like I'm doing good."

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tremain07
04/09/17 4:26:47 PM
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Webmaster4531 posted...
tremain07 posted...
I don't see what Trump has to do with this.

It's why this is news. Trump is a lying piece of crap.

That's not news, everybody who knows Trump and has met him knows he's a lying piece of shit,just like any other politician.
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Webmaster4531
04/09/17 4:46:45 PM
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tremain07 posted...
Webmaster4531 posted...
tremain07 posted...
I don't see what Trump has to do with this.

It's why this is news. Trump is a lying piece of crap.

That's not news, everybody who knows Trump and has met him knows he's a lying piece of shit,just like any other politician.

A lot of people believe the crap he says.
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epik_fail1
04/09/17 5:21:27 PM
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Antifar posted...
FifthBeethoven posted...
Isn't it that dudes own fault for putting so much effort into politics. I would never sell all my stuff just to go to all those rallies. I would vote for whoever and move on.

Couldn't fit this into the first post, but relevant:
"Sometimes, I wish I hadn't even gotten into this political thing," Moss admits. "But when I think about the kids that I may have saved already and the parents that might be all of a sudden talking about their personal experiences and their personal losses ... I feel like I'm doing good."


Trump promoted a pyramid scheme. He is experienced in the "give up everything to become rich and find the savior" cultism. They prey on the emotionally damaged people like this one. Most dumb people are good people, they are just gullible as fuck.
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ReignFury
04/09/17 6:47:20 PM
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I feel bad for him
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Shadowplay
04/10/17 10:02:30 PM
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People really need to know that when you vote for a Republican, you're essentially voting for that person to stick his dick up your ass.
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