Its starting to dawn on me, how a couple of my MAGA relatives have been dealing with the news

[70sEraVet]

about their fuhrer's onslaught of legal problems. THEYRE NOT LISTENING TO THE NEWS!
Now, mind you, the couple that I'm still on speaking terms with, aren't among the ones who are threatening to riot in the streets. But their hero's transgressions ARE causing them some misgivings.
And they have told me bluntly, that "I quit listening to the news, its too depressing."
It may spell trouble for Fox, but, more importantly, it may spell trouble for the Republican Party. If their constituents aren't watching the news, then their messaging is not getting out. If they can't get out their message, then those constituents are going to sit home on election day.
Anyway, that's what I have observed, and that's my prediction. Not a riot in the streets, which some leaders seem to be encouraging, but a general desertion of the voting booths.

[Meadowoak]

1. Exactly, if they feel their team is losing, they will just tune it out and stay home.

After all, nothing worse than a loser.

[Hortensis]

10. Right, not to authoritarians. And may be that those new tRump voters

who came out of the nonvoter woodwork particularly to reelect HIM in 2020 will stay home. They obviously weren't the most engaged anyway.

Gotta keep him and them on the ropes. I'm looking forward to "season 2" of the Jan 6 committee hearings.

[G2theD]

50. I think for those newer voters the thrill is gone.

[haele]

39. Eventually, they will just "forget" they ever supported him.

Some other charismatic "winner" will come around for them to follow blindly and cheer for.
If you try to remind them of that box of Trump memorabilia that's probably going to be stuffed in the back of the closet, garaged, or attic, they just won't have any clue as to why they have it. Must have been something their nutty uncle or slacker kid left for them to store and they never got rid it.
And they'll get all defensive if you press them on it.
Seen it before with some former rabid Nixon supporters long post Watergate.

Haele

[ZonkerHarris]

44. I can't tell you how many Republicans in my family alone disavowed GWBush to me. "I never

liked him. yadda yadda."
In 2010
two years after he was gone and his legacy was shit and they acted like they didn't vote for the fucker twice.

[RAB910]

2. I have heard Republicans whine that Trump's legal troubles is distracting people from their own

propaganda. The GOP wants people focused on inflation and the culture wars and instead they are focused on Trump's next Tweet and theft of classified documents scandal

[TigressDem]

3. Dunno. For my mental health, I don't watch "news" that much either.

I selectively go after sources I know tend to use fact based reporting.

BUT I still vote although all the depressing stuff weighs me down.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

5. Be happy...

[redstatebluegirl]

7. Love this!

My husband says " beware of a large group of pissed off women, hide while you can". Love this man he gets it!

[albacore]

11. Mad...? Nope... not mad at all...

[TigressDem]

9. YUP

That's MY President.

I remember when Obama was in office, just loving to hear him talk in full sentences after years of *ush talking nonsense.


NOW.

Biden is doing SO MUCH to unbreak this country. He's like Atlas holding us up and still using one hand and a foot to move things around. No wonder he's tired.

Me too.

[liberalla]

18. What a great photo! And of course the message... it does make me happy!

Thank you!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

20. Welcome. Battle cry of this election: Roe your vote!

Roe, Roe, Roe your vote
against theocracy!
Republicans revoke your rights
and kill democracy!

[liberalla]

21. Roevember!

[mgardener]

31. I love this!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

32. You might also enjoy this...

from Sky Jewels: https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217078977

[mgardener]

33. Here are 2 more

Roe Roe Roe your vote
Against hypocrisy,
Republicans will throw away votes,
To keep the majority.

Roe, Roe, Roe your vote
Against autocracy
Republicans revoke your rights
To bodily autonomy!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

34. Anything that gets it to stick in a voter's mind while in line to vote!

[mercuryblues]

4. Every time the news on trump gets worse

he loses even more followers. My GUESS is he has lost 20% since J6. Some will stay republikkklan and some won't. That is why we have to flood the polls in Roevember. They claim a red wave... Let's show them they are really a red tide and this country wants nothing to do with them.

I personally can't wait for the republican party to get small enough to down it in a bathtub.

[Johnny2X2X]

6. It's a pretty huge leap

For any moderate Republican, they're being faced with a choice, believe Trump that the FBI is totally corrupt, or believe the FBI. You have to completely shut down the thinking part of your brain to believe Trump over the FBI on any issue.

[4Q2u2]

8. Chain E-mails

I used to get those stupid Chain Emails from Magat friends all the time and I would debunk them in a reply with facts and invite them to have me school them any day. Telling them that is what good Leaders and Americans do, is teach the truth and inform others.
Lately I have not received any emails in over two months. I periodically ask them where they are and how the feel about Biden kicking their asses daily. All Quiet on the Puke front.

[EnergizedLib]

12. I've always felt that fake news

To them, was a defense mechanism for news that they don’t like.

[Demsrule86]

13. I agree. My one brother used to try to argue about Trump. He is a libertarain. But I won't

discuss it...now he has gone radio silent about the subject. His girlfriend is frothing out the mouth angry about Roe...He is done with Trump I can tell. He always had reservations and I doubt he voted for Trump...voted for Hillary the first time and probably the Libertarian last time. He even admitted that Biden has got more legislation through than any recent precedent. Also, the guy
one street down removed his shrine to Trump on his porch. One day it was there and the next day it was gone.

[mopinko]

14. that's rly good news.

maybe the fever is breaking. my trumpkin watched insanity and scott adams daily. adams is downright creepy. talks like the mad man in a 50's spy movie.

i think joe just dug him out of his financial hole, and i'm hoping he sees a bit of light.

[Wounded Bear]

15. In the end, that may be a good thing...

If they're not listening to "news" then they are not getting fed the propaganda, because their obvious news sources have been those praising Hair Furor, not criticizing him. Now that even elements of Faux Noise have been putting out reality adjacent reports of what trump did, they're getting stressed and therefore turning it off. And if they eschew voting, good for America.

Maybe in some time, they will be ready for some reality. Maybe?

[VWolf]

16. Denial is, what, the second phase? n/t

[Joinfortmill]

17. Hope you're right.

[oldsoftie]

19. I think abortion is gong to have a much bigger impact than many on the Right think.

Forever, a lot of GOP women could be pro choice & never really worry about Roe being overturned. NOW they see what's happened & I believe a good many of them will speak in the voting booth.
Anecdotally I already know of two trump voters who are voting Dem this cycle because of it. A 62yr old man and a 36 yr old woman. And BOTH very Christian people.
If I know some, we ALL do. And they'll add up

[Pepsidog]

22. The maga idiots I deal with it's the same old material "witch hunt" or "fake news". And you are

correct they stick their heads in the sand or stay glued to the same old media sites screaming about Hunter Biden or some other BS.

[ToxMarz]

23. I've noticed my fox news watching mom lately

Is watching a lot more movies at night and Andy Griffith/Little House on the Prairie in the day. Don't hear so much tucker/hannity/levin et al droning in the background.

[CaptainTruth]

24. I hope you're right.

If enough people stop feeding on right-wing propaganda, they just might wake up to reality.

[calimary]

25. Depressed feelings CAN lead to people staying home on Election Day.

[llmart]

26. My thoughts...

are that some of these people do not want to be on the side of a loser/traitor to his country, so they are starting to lay low so that when he's indicted they can pretend they never voted for him. Many of us remember how Nixon won in a landslide and after his criminality was exposed, you couldn't find a Nixon voter for love or money. No one would admit to having voted for him.

[TeamProg]

27. I hope you're right! n/t

[TeamProg]

28. K&R Thanks for posting. n/t

[multigraincracker]

29. Most don't watch FOX or MSNBC, but they do watch local news and

regular network tv. So, here is the deal, they are stuck watching the mass political adds on every few minutes. Important to donate to whom you wish to win and hope they run excellent adds aimed at those viewers. You know the BIG money is doing it, so can we.

[vlyons]

30. When his social network goes full blown kaboom bankruptcy

When the bankruptcy gets formally filed, that will not be fake news. God only knows how many associated law suits will be filed also. Lots of hanger-on MAGATs might very well roll their eyes to learn that yet another thing that TFG touched has turned to shit. Best to stay home and watch football.

[LiberalFighter]

35. Are they on Facebook? Check their page to see if they post crazy stuff?

Or are they part of that totally nutty social media site run by the idiot?

[70sEraVet]

42. No, the couple that I talk to are older, don't do much on social media at all.

Now they just watch movies that don't upset their Christian morals.
I'm not really making fun of them meanly. Just decent people who are nervous that the social attitudes in the country are changing in ways they don't understand. The sad joke is, they thought of Trump as a great Christian!

[msfiddlestix]

36. I haven't listened to the news either, for the same reason! But I'm Anti-Maggat.

I cut the cord decades ago, but I don't even stream it anymore.

I do however, read the news... check here first to scan the headlines and GD.

Believe me, they may not be watching the news, but these folks are listening to talk radio.

[Sky Jewels]

37. Also, Traitor Trump is not on the ballot this year.

Their passion is for Dear Leader, not Kevin McCarthy and Mitch McConnell.

[crud]

38. I think that many of it's voters never voted before

it came along. They have very little knowledge about politics or government or just about anything else. When it came along they felt they could relate and so they followed him. After it's disgrace, they will curse the system and go back to their well earned ignorance and leave the dirty politics to the dirty politicians. They won't show up again, they will be disheartened.

Go back to your hidie holes you odious idiots.

[Cha]

40. Dur Fuhrer on Fire is the One who

Made it Depressing!

Hope this is the Trend!:candle;TY!

[meadowlander]

41. They'll tune out what they don't want to hear, but they'll still vote Republican.

That's the whole problem.

[Xolodno]

43. Yeah my facebook feed has gotten pretty silent as well.

Praising of Trump or criticism of Biden is pretty much gone.

The GOP has nothing to be energized about. Everything they are throwing against the wall isn't sticking. When they do think they have an issue, Trump does something or something about him that happened before comes up and totally derails their messaging. Then they are left defending him.

The RNC told Trump not to announce running until after the mid-terms as to not screw up their plans. But he still managed to do that anyway.

[Aussie105]

45. Even a brain dead MAGAT should be able to see

that Joe is Getting Things Done.

They might not like the guy for being a D, but who said your personal dislike for a POTUS should be clouding your perception of him doing a good job?
It's not a popularity contest, after all.

Of course, if you are a MAGAT whose idea of the 'good old days' is recent history when Trump showed a brief flash of promise, and your vote is based on that, then you are beyond help. Please stay home at voting time.

[jaxexpat]

46. That's what I'm talkin' about. No vote Repugs, just what Dr. Democracy ordered.

[Upthevibe]

47. 70sEraVet............

Thank you for your post!

Every so often I'll pop on various folks' Facebook pages (mainly acquaintances from high school who are right-wingers and I only see at reunions and am not close with. However, I have let go of a couple of closer friendships because of their right-wing ways. Thank God my relatives are progressives) - Anyway, all I see are pictures of animals, grand-kids, etc. I haven't been seeing the vicious political posts like I have in the past.

I TOTALLY hope they stay home on election day!

[Woodwizard]

48. I have never worried about rioting in the streets

Jan 6th was a combination of a small amount of organized groups using the mob that 45 invited to create chaos, that will not happen all over the country a lot of these pussies have meltdowns over a mask or gender identity.

I also think no matter what proof they see, it will be rationalized as the deep state and media doing psyops. And they will go on bitching about the lies they are being told it gives them a deniability to save face.

[Ferrets are Cool]

49. Well, this is my view. Faux isn't news, so they can still watch that sewage and not

lie to you.