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What will it be like for Trump supporters after Trump is gone and this nightmare is all over with? (Original Post) Towlie Nov 2017 OP
Before or after they're deprogrammed ? nocalflea Nov 2017 #1
It'll be like a woman realizing her "first" was one of the biggest losers on the planet. Vinca Nov 2017 #2
By and large they will never admit it Orrex Nov 2017 #3
Agree, they will contort themselves into unrecognizable shapes HAB911 Nov 2017 #5
And they will viw revenge on liberals, to be enacted by electing even worse people to tblue37 Nov 2017 #17
I think they will form some new extremist group that will make the Tea Party look like choir boys SummerSnow Nov 2017 #4
My guess? Glamrock Nov 2017 #6
They'll do what they always do... blame liberals. JHB Nov 2017 #7
Find another loony tune mindfulNJ Nov 2017 #8
They'll already be passionately supporting the next Big Lie. Mister Ed Nov 2017 #9
they'll put their hoods back on and slink back into the shadows spanone Nov 2017 #10
This requires that they have some powers of self-evaluation. They don't. When Squinch Nov 2017 #11
I'm worried about the deranged ones who will seek vengance Siwsan Nov 2017 #12
They will 'know'/be told it is a satanic, demonic plot bobbieinok Nov 2017 #13
They'll always have Fox to turn to Dread Pirate Roberts Nov 2017 #14
Deep denial. kentuck Nov 2017 #15
Probably the same thing they did with Brush. procon Nov 2017 #16
I'm pretty sure rock Nov 2017 #18
They will look at him as a Saint and move on to hating whoever is deemed a liberal or Democrat. SweetieD Nov 2017 #19
"Donald Trump? Who's that?" hatrack Nov 2017 #20
Who gives a fuck? (nt) Paladin Nov 2017 #21
I hope they are shunned by their Bettie Nov 2017 #22

Vinca

(50,271 posts)
2. It'll be like a woman realizing her "first" was one of the biggest losers on the planet.
Sun Nov 5, 2017, 08:29 AM
Nov 2017

She gave up so much to get so little.

Orrex

(63,212 posts)
3. By and large they will never admit it
Sun Nov 5, 2017, 08:32 AM
Nov 2017

Even if he's rightly impeached and he goes on a killing rampage in the process, they'll still imagine him as an infallible demigod brought down only by the nefarious efforts of Clinton, Soros, and the Liberal Media.

Some will wake up and say "holy shit, what was I thinking?" but the vast, vast majority of his idiot racist fuckhead cult will worship him until their dying breaths.

Consider how many Republicans still think that Reagan was a great leader, rather than a criminal and an increasingly incompetent puppet.

Glamrock

(11,800 posts)
6. My guess?
Sun Nov 5, 2017, 08:41 AM
Nov 2017

They'll go back to being disengaged non-voters (at least a good % will). Most of the die hard Trump voters I know haven't voted in years if at all.

JHB

(37,160 posts)
7. They'll do what they always do... blame liberals.
Sun Nov 5, 2017, 08:44 AM
Nov 2017

And maybe dust off their tricorner hats for another session of the Disownership Society.

Mister Ed

(5,933 posts)
9. They'll already be passionately supporting the next Big Lie.
Sun Nov 5, 2017, 08:57 AM
Nov 2017

"Saddam has WMD's!"

"Wall Street will self-regulate!"

"Obama was born is Kenya!"

They never, ever mind when the story they've been peddled is shown to be a lie. They instantly forget it ever happened, and pivot to supporting the new lie they're being told to believe.

It's like that crazy scene from "1984", in which the crowd instantly pivots from screaming in support of the war against Eurasia to screaming in support of the new war against Eastasia, never missing a beat.

Squinch

(50,949 posts)
11. This requires that they have some powers of self-evaluation. They don't. When
Sun Nov 5, 2017, 09:00 AM
Nov 2017

the next Democrat is elected, they'll go back to thinking they are being wronged and discriminated against and they'll look for another even STUPIDER god of racist, sexist incompetence. Because he "speaks for them."

Siwsan

(26,262 posts)
12. I'm worried about the deranged ones who will seek vengance
Sun Nov 5, 2017, 09:07 AM
Nov 2017

We've seen how loosely wrapped some of his followers are, and there are some who will, most definitely, lash out.

bobbieinok

(12,858 posts)
13. They will 'know'/be told it is a satanic, demonic plot
Sun Nov 5, 2017, 09:08 AM
Nov 2017

Trump is 'God's annointed.' It's obvious:

1) T 'saves' babies'

2) T won when everyone was convinced he would lose. Therefore he and his win are obviously miracles given by God to save US

3) To us it's a nightmare; to them it's a dream come true

Dread Pirate Roberts

(1,896 posts)
14. They'll always have Fox to turn to
Sun Nov 5, 2017, 09:09 AM
Nov 2017

and Infowars. They'll be able to get their daily doses of delusion....to go along with their Metamucil.

procon

(15,805 posts)
16. Probably the same thing they did with Brush.
Sun Nov 5, 2017, 09:12 AM
Nov 2017

Republicans came down with mass amnesia. No one mentioned his name. No one admitted they voted for him. They just erased Bush's presidency and proceeded to blame everything on Obama.

Bettie

(16,109 posts)
22. I hope they are shunned by their
Sun Nov 5, 2017, 10:19 AM
Nov 2017

family and neighbors, treated as the racist scum they actually are.

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