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ok_cpu

(2,240 posts)
Wed Feb 18, 2026, 07:48 AM Yesterday

We know the cult is hopeless, but he gets worse and they just move the goalposts.

https://archive.is/2026.02.18-123801/https://www.indeonline.com/story/opinion/columns/guest/2026/02/17/trump-truth-social-racist-post-obamas/88722670007/

Trump is an awful person, but I'm not responsible for his decisions.

Trump is no paragon of virtue. Whether it's his 2024 conviction on felony charges related to falsifying business records tied to hush money payments, or smearing slain director Rob Reiner on social media, Trump's character is questionable and off-putting, and at times immoral and unethical.

Of course, I wish Trump's actions and words were always moral, ethical and wise. If he embodied these virtues, it would give his opponents less to criticize. I expect better. All Americans should, as a matter of moral purity and public pride.

Still, conservatives like me often feel the need to apologize for him, defend our vote and explain our support of Trump. Although I understand the need to blame voters, it's frustrating. I don't think I'm responsible for every choice he makes just because I voted for him to lead the country.


I mean, didn't they spend the last 10 years saying they voted for him because he was the exact virtuous embodiment of their god and therefore acted with infallibility? If he wanted to put kids in cages, it's just, moral and legal because the authority came directly to him from his very personal , tremendous version of the both testaments equal 2 Corintians bible.
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We know the cult is hopeless, but he gets worse and they just move the goalposts. (Original Post) ok_cpu Yesterday OP
Wow. mwmisses4289 Yesterday #1
"As a Christian and conservative..." sop Yesterday #2
;-{)....... Goonch Yesterday #3

mwmisses4289

(3,712 posts)
1. Wow.
Wed Feb 18, 2026, 08:15 AM
Yesterday

Not sure what you're smoking or what dream world your're living in, but geez louise.
Pull your head out from under the covers, child, grow up, and face the real world.

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