Why Trump's Supporters Believe He is Not Corrupt

[lovemydogs]

According to Peter Beinart at the Atlantic, it's a matter of 'You say Tomato and I say Tom-a - t0. You say Potato and I say Pot -a - t0'

To Trump's supporters it is not about political corruption but, corruption of traditional ideas and norms. To them, the man who murdered the college girl in Iowa was more corrupt then the fact that Trump may have broke the law. To them, he is the solution not the problem.

It's again the old story of traditional gender roles and, of course, acceptable roles in race.

So, they see corruption totally different from how the rest of the country sees corruption.
Duncan Hunter is corrupt.
To them Hillary is corrupt for daring to break accepted gender roles.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/08/what-trumps-supporters-think-of-corruption/568147/

[muntrv]

1. Ah, moral relativism by the MAGAts.

[Doodley]

2. It's about bigotry. His supporters care about one in

17000 murders a year because an illegal immigrant was involved. There were 17 GOP candidates and the most racist one won the nomination. Every issue is centered on nationalism and bigotry. As long as Trump is still a bigot they don't care about anything else.

[marble falls]

3. Is that the new MAGA? My Attorney Got Arrested ...

Wished I came up with that one!

[Elwood P Dowd]

5. Yep, I posted that Rick Wilson MAGA

last night. Even though he is a republican, the man has hit a few one liners out of the park when it comes to Trump.

[marble falls]

6. Its a goodun. I heard the number of felons from this "administration" on our NPR station ...

It was quite a long list.

[zipplewrath]

4. Ends justify the means

The population that steadfastly supports the president tends towards the "ends justify the means" type of thinking. It is very similar to their form of "logic" that says basically if it SHOULD work some way, then that IS the way it works, facts be damned. If trickle down "makes sense" then it must be so. If a guy is doing something for the right reasons or goals, then what he is doing is okay.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

8. Anybody but that commie-woman posture

[Demovictory9]

7. his corruption worked in their favor... cheating to win election, hiding affairs, hiding tax returns

otherwise they would have lost their minds...if done by a democrat.

[procon]

9. Although I have difficulty in accepting any adult could be so parochial

and simple-minded, that was certainly a thought provoking read. I can't put myself in the mindset of people who can set aside objective, quantifiable facts in exchange for emotions, feelings and ego. I only need to look at Trump to know they exist, but they might as well be alien creatures from another planet because I will never understand their 'thinking'.

[JI7]

10. so they are white supremacist bigots ? there are many cases of males killing females

and others.

Trump is the only one that defended one of them who had killed heather heyer.

but i guess they feel she deserved it becsuse she also broke gender roles which made her corrupt.

fuck them

[pansypoo53219]

11. faith based politikkks.

[Saboburns]

12. They're vile ignorant shitheads

There I shortened it up a bit.

[GeorgeGist]

13. Fuck Peter Beinart