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global1

(25,251 posts)
Mon Aug 29, 2022, 02:59 PM Aug 2022

Ever Since Tr**p Created The "Big Lie" MAGA's Had Weekly Sunday Protests On A Schaumburg, IL ....

street corner.

They would take over a corner on Meachem & Gulf Rd with flags; cardboard cutouts of TFG; banners; signs and mega-phones - yelling out their support for Tr**p. We're talking about 25 to 30 people each week. Sometimes more. Sometimes a little less. But their loyalty to Tr**p and their enthusiasm for him - never faltered.

This was done like clock work. Every Sunday - and they'd stay there till 3pm and then leave till the next Sunday.

Over the last couple of weeks - I've noticed that the numbers of MAGA's at this corner were dwindling. Fewer and fewer every week.

Until yesterday. Not one MAGA was standing and keeping vigil to Tr**p.

Do you think that they are finally getting it? That he's a treasonous, criminal con man and he's fooled them into supporting him all this time and took them for the rubes they are.

Are they hiding? Are they waiting for instructions from TFG; Fox News; the Repugs in Congress - to provide them with talking points as to how to handle TFG's latest and greatest - shot in the foot?

Or is this the beginning of the end for MAGA's and we've finally seen the last of them?

Has anyone else noticed similar dwindling support for TFG since his latest espionage fiasco?

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Ever Since Tr**p Created The "Big Lie" MAGA's Had Weekly Sunday Protests On A Schaumburg, IL .... (Original Post) global1 Aug 2022 OP
This Delphinus Aug 2022 #1
I made several trips to Schaumburg in 2019 EYESORE 9001 Aug 2022 #2
Or they've nothing left in their bank account blm Aug 2022 #3
Yeah - thinking their paymasters can't convert rubles to dollars anymore. erronis Aug 2022 #20
Near the Whole Foods? luvs2sing Aug 2022 #4
Maybe it's summer vacation time? rurallib Aug 2022 #5
Its late August maxsolomon Aug 2022 #6
I walked by the Baptist churrch on Sunday. likesmountains 52 Aug 2022 #7
Maybe it's too hot . JI7 Aug 2022 #8
My thought too Rebl2 Aug 2022 #14
Chinese hoax. paleotn Aug 2022 #27
Hopefully they've all moved to Shameburg Blue Owl Aug 2022 #9
LOL! Nt spooky3 Aug 2022 #26
People are starting to see that he's a huge loser. leftyladyfrommo Aug 2022 #10
Far more encouraging than if their numbers were going up gratuitous Aug 2022 #11
Encouraging anecdote but they've probably just gone underground. Which is exactly where they belong. littlemissmartypants Aug 2022 #12
Where they always were before the interwebs and the 1980's "moral majority." lindysalsagal Aug 2022 #22
I am thinking more like dead and buried but I'll take what we can get. littlemissmartypants Aug 2022 #31
as in "sewer system" underground? DBoon Aug 2022 #32
My fear is that they decided to start training for their civil war fantasies. nt Gore1FL Aug 2022 #13
One Maganut on facebook tiredtoo Aug 2022 #15
I live in a red state flashman13 Aug 2022 #16
And they'll never admit they are dumber than the kazoo. erronis Aug 2022 #21
I only saw 2 fg signs on my way up north. louis-t Aug 2022 #17
Haven't seen as many flagged pickups around here hibbing Aug 2022 #18
Along I35 just south of the Minnesota River dflprincess Aug 2022 #19
It HAS to get through eventually. mwb970 Aug 2022 #23
in a few weeks most will deny that they ever supported him malaise Aug 2022 #24
like what Germans told the Allied forces after WWII? DBoon Aug 2022 #33
You nailed it malaise Aug 2022 #34
Maybe it's sinking in. lpbk2713 Aug 2022 #25
Some may have come to their senses.. paleotn Aug 2022 #28
i used to live not far from there in palatine :) moonshinegnomie Aug 2022 #29
They Were In The Church Of Tr**p....nt global1 Aug 2022 #30

luvs2sing

(2,220 posts)
4. Near the Whole Foods?
Mon Aug 29, 2022, 03:12 PM
Aug 2022

Pre-Covid, I used to go to a conference every year in Schaumburg. Whole Foods was my usual Saturday lunch. I can’t say I’m sorry I missed this. 😂

likesmountains 52

(4,098 posts)
7. I walked by the Baptist churrch on Sunday.
Mon Aug 29, 2022, 03:16 PM
Aug 2022

Although it's a very small congregation,( maybe 10 cars in the lot during services) I had always noticed several Trump bumper stickers. There were none this week..antecdotal, but a hopeful sign.
SW Colorado

leftyladyfrommo

(18,868 posts)
10. People are starting to see that he's a huge loser.
Mon Aug 29, 2022, 03:39 PM
Aug 2022

This espionage deal was a mile too far. He sold secrets to the enemy.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
11. Far more encouraging than if their numbers were going up
Mon Aug 29, 2022, 03:45 PM
Aug 2022

By itself, probably not anything that can support a broader inference, but still encouraging. Let us know if they turn back up in time for the November elections or if they've had enough and gone home.

littlemissmartypants

(22,685 posts)
12. Encouraging anecdote but they've probably just gone underground. Which is exactly where they belong.
Mon Aug 29, 2022, 04:26 PM
Aug 2022
Way, way, way underground.

❤️

littlemissmartypants

(22,685 posts)
31. I am thinking more like dead and buried but I'll take what we can get.
Mon Aug 29, 2022, 06:24 PM
Aug 2022

As long as we aren't deluded into thinking they've totally disappeared. We'll never really be free of their ilk. We can wildly hope some of them will be converted, even if that's a remote possibility. I'm going to try to stay hopeful.

❤️

tiredtoo

(2,949 posts)
15. One Maganut on facebook
Mon Aug 29, 2022, 04:33 PM
Aug 2022

I would occasionally point out his ignorance only to be bombarded with snide comments from his supporters on facebook. He seems to be alone in his bs now. I get no replies from his friends now. ???

flashman13

(666 posts)
16. I live in a red state
Mon Aug 29, 2022, 04:39 PM
Aug 2022

Trump won my state by a very large margin and the Democrats were completely wiped out in state wide elections. Ever since the 2020 election there have been tRump signs and flags everywhere. Just in the recent last couple of months (almost coincides with the Roe decision-coincidence?) those signs and flags have almost completely disappeared. It's been a long time since I've seen a magat hat. I think the light is dawning on many people that they have been played like a cheap kazoo.

erronis

(15,286 posts)
21. And they'll never admit they are dumber than the kazoo.
Mon Aug 29, 2022, 05:22 PM
Aug 2022

Nobody likes to be told that they are just born that way - no amount of ivermectin or bleach will raise their IQs.

louis-t

(23,295 posts)
17. I only saw 2 fg signs on my way up north.
Mon Aug 29, 2022, 05:00 PM
Aug 2022

They were battered and fading. That area is tr**p country. At one time there were huge banners every couple miles. It was disgusting.

hibbing

(10,098 posts)
18. Haven't seen as many flagged pickups around here
Mon Aug 29, 2022, 05:01 PM
Aug 2022

I wonder what the guy I saw about a month ago with the 3% sticker on his cab and a giant tfg flag on his pickup is up to.

Peace

dflprincess

(28,079 posts)
19. Along I35 just south of the Minnesota River
Mon Aug 29, 2022, 05:14 PM
Aug 2022

There have been huge letters spelling out TRUMP since 2020. They disappeared a few weeks ago.

Though I noticed a few days ago some signs for the idiot Republicans are running for governor gave appeared so whoever owns the property hasn't really seen the light.

DBoon

(22,366 posts)
33. like what Germans told the Allied forces after WWII?
Mon Aug 29, 2022, 11:50 PM
Aug 2022

"Hitler? of course none of us supported him. Where did you get that idea?"

paleotn

(17,920 posts)
28. Some may have come to their senses..
Mon Aug 29, 2022, 05:54 PM
Aug 2022

Others have moved on to the next "bright, shiny." Maybe Donnie his hitting his expiration date.

moonshinegnomie

(2,453 posts)
29. i used to live not far from there in palatine :)
Mon Aug 29, 2022, 06:04 PM
Aug 2022

and i dont understand how they could be there every sunday.
shouldnt they have been in church?

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