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rustydog

(9,186 posts)
Fri Jun 8, 2018, 07:11 PM Jun 2018

I don't understand how blind Trumpenfurher's supporters are

He ran on making America great in some unexplained manner. he adamantly said he'd punish companies who don't make their products in 'Murica (while his ties and suits are still made in China). He said he'd build a wall and Mexico would pay for it because we have too many immigrants working in 'Murica. Yet his resorts hire immigrants...

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Garrett78

(10,721 posts)
6. Yep. It's long past time to accept that most Republicans are, simply put, bad people.
Fri Jun 8, 2018, 07:32 PM
Jun 2018

At this point, I don't know how to reach any other conclusion. And I have very close family members who are Republicans.

bdamomma

(63,868 posts)
5. They are
Fri Jun 8, 2018, 07:24 PM
Jun 2018

45's cult, if he commanded them to do something they would oblige their cowardly stupid leader.

We have a very divided country unfortunately and Putin capitalized on it during the illegal election.

lpbk2713

(42,759 posts)
7. Some will remain diehard (R)s till they draw their last breath.
Fri Jun 8, 2018, 07:32 PM
Jun 2018



Trump could throw a Brownie troop into a swamp full of
starving gators and it wouldn't matter one bit to them.

DBoon

(22,366 posts)
8. The same way the German fuehrer's supports were blinded by hate
Fri Jun 8, 2018, 07:33 PM
Jun 2018

He was going to make Germany great out of the ashes of WWI with catastrophic results

Ferrets are Cool

(21,107 posts)
10. 14,000,000 *
Fri Jun 8, 2018, 07:40 PM
Jun 2018

That is the number of racist, unquestioning supporters the Nazi Party had in its heyday. Double that and lower the intelligence rate by 75% and you have the cult of tRumpism.

Willful ignorance is an ugly thing.

* forgive me if my numbers are off. I am not a historian.


Oneironaut

(5,504 posts)
11. This might seem unethical and harsh, but...
Fri Jun 8, 2018, 07:45 PM
Jun 2018

If you want to get these people on your side, you need to lie to their faces. As a party, we’re way too honest, and these people don’t want the truth. They want a fairy tale that they can vote for.

Tell them that you’re going to bring coal and manufacturing back, and that you are the answer to all of their problems. You can do this without being the demagogue that Trump is.

These people will always be blind and maleable. They’re guillible fools that will throw their vote away at the biggest liar. It’s how you win elections in the US now.

kimbutgar

(21,157 posts)
12. Most twitler supporters I know are mean selfish assholes
Fri Jun 8, 2018, 07:51 PM
Jun 2018

My brother in law is one of them. He has always viewed me as the loony liberal from San Francisco. He looks down on me yet, he had lost several jobs over the years and lives paycheck to paycheck. He has to lease a new car every year and looks down on me for driving a 15 year old car. ( I told him as long as it runs ok why buy new?) My sister in law asked us to cosign on a $65,000 student loan for her son to go to aviation school, because they have declared bankruptcy twice and their credit is bad. I said no as I deal with the finances in my family and have good credit and abhor debt. Only have my mortgage and a new car loan( 15 year old car finally died) It has caused a problem in the family. But twitler supporter brother in law thinks I am still a loser. And don’t get me started on how he looks down on my autistic son. He’s never been nice to him and my son knows it.

lunasun

(21,646 posts)
13. Blind with hate. Easy to understand how he can manipulate them with deplorable acts they eagerly
Fri Jun 8, 2018, 07:56 PM
Jun 2018

enjoy hearing about.
What about the religious sector of his voters some may ask. Remember the inquisition in the name of Jesus
They are just haters in the name of love imo
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