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The Trump voters fantasy world is about to implode like a dying sun. (Original Post) fightforfreedom Aug 2022 OP
Baseball bat wielded by AG Garland smashed the orange pumpkin in the head today! Alexander Of Assyria Aug 2022 #1
Can't happen soon enough. Meadowoak Aug 2022 #2
It sort of imploded in 2020 Johonny Aug 2022 #3
Probably just a vicious rumor that Trumpies are buying Kool-Aid in large quantities. Girard442 Aug 2022 #4
They're riding with him all the way Johnny2X2X Aug 2022 #5
No, they will never desert him Cartoonist Aug 2022 #6
The GOP bubble is going to burst, and that won't be pretty when it happens. Initech Aug 2022 #7
Some of the cult will peel off. Some will double and triple down. Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #8
They talk a mean streak, but in the end, they're blustery cowards Mr. Ected Aug 2022 #9
Wish inthewind21 Aug 2022 #10
Future #1 Bestseller: Idiots Guide to Recovering From Brainwashing! Brainfodder Aug 2022 #11
Future #1 Bestseller: Idiots Guide to Recovering From Brainwashing! Brainfodder Aug 2022 #11
Not really-- cults don't die easily, believers just double down andym Aug 2022 #13
Many already committed mass suicide for him, by refusing vaccines and simple precautions. Midnight Writer Aug 2022 #14
No indictments or arrests are likely until after the election (see tweet) LonePirate Aug 2022 #15
Hopefully a lot of them will be too dispirited to vote. Sky Jewels Aug 2022 #16
If you really believe that, you do not inderstand the average Trump Humper Jack the Greater Aug 2022 #17

Johnny2X2X

(19,059 posts)
5. They're riding with him all the way
Wed Aug 31, 2022, 12:43 PM
Aug 2022

But they're going to implode because their happiness is dependent on Trump being accepted by other groups too.

Cartoonist

(7,316 posts)
6. No, they will never desert him
Wed Aug 31, 2022, 12:59 PM
Aug 2022

This is all a plot by the Illuminati or whoever they think is really running the deep state.

Irish_Dem

(46,969 posts)
8. Some of the cult will peel off. Some will double and triple down.
Wed Aug 31, 2022, 01:08 PM
Aug 2022

This is what cult follower research tells us.

Mr. Ected

(9,670 posts)
9. They talk a mean streak, but in the end, they're blustery cowards
Wed Aug 31, 2022, 01:08 PM
Aug 2022

There may be some threats of violence and maybe some unfortunate isolated incidents, but if Trump goes down, they won't be dying in the streets to save him. It's all rhetoric and we need to call their bluff.

Brainfodder

(6,423 posts)
11. Future #1 Bestseller: Idiots Guide to Recovering From Brainwashing!
Wed Aug 31, 2022, 01:28 PM
Aug 2022


Sorry Mental Health Pros, you are going to be swamped with this depressing crap.

Brainfodder

(6,423 posts)
11. Future #1 Bestseller: Idiots Guide to Recovering From Brainwashing!
Wed Aug 31, 2022, 01:28 PM
Aug 2022


Sorry Mental Health Pros, you are going to be swamped with this depressing crap.

andym

(5,443 posts)
13. Not really-- cults don't die easily, believers just double down
Wed Aug 31, 2022, 01:34 PM
Aug 2022
https://slate.com/technology/2011/05/apocalypse-2011-what-happens-to-a-doomsday-cult-when-the-world-doesn-t-end.html

"The Seekers abandoned their jobs, possessions, and spouses to wait for the flying saucer, but neither the aliens nor the apocalypse arrived. After several uncomfortable hours on the appointed day, Martin received a “message” saying that the group “had spread so much light that God had saved the world from destruction.” The group responded by proselytizing with a renewed vigour. According to Festinger, they resolved the intense conflict between reality and prophecy by seeking safety in numbers. “If more people can be persuaded that the system of belief is correct, then clearly, it must, after all, be correct.”

LonePirate

(13,417 posts)
15. No indictments or arrests are likely until after the election (see tweet)
Wed Aug 31, 2022, 01:45 PM
Aug 2022



Jennifer Jacobs @JenniferJJacobs

Scoop: Federal prosecutors likely to wait until after Nov election to announce any action against Trump, if they determine he broke any laws, sources tell @cstrohm. Under DOJ policy, no investigative steps 60 days before election. This year, that's Sept. 10.

Sky Jewels

(7,082 posts)
16. Hopefully a lot of them will be too dispirited to vote.
Wed Aug 31, 2022, 02:34 PM
Aug 2022

I'm also hoping that we've reached a key demographic transition, where enough young progressives born post-1985 have aged into regular voting (especially now, post-Dobbs) and enough lifelong Silent Generation Republicans have died so that the ascendance of another Trump-like figure is impossible.

Jack the Greater

(601 posts)
17. If you really believe that, you do not inderstand the average Trump Humper
Wed Aug 31, 2022, 02:40 PM
Aug 2022

They have already decided that Trump was set up by the evil, unAmerican FBI, and besides, he had every right to those Top Secret documents. And he is still President, so why shouldn't he have access to them? Trump could eat a live baby on live TV and Trump Humpers would find a way to cheer him for it. So don't hold your breath waiting for ANYTHING to drive a wedge between Trump and his white supremacist base.

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