Trump is starting to show his true colors on why he ran for president.

[Hortensis]

39. Well, I can believe that for some. Faith has become a way of life.

But for many it largely arises from a trained in hypocrisy that has become an intrinsic part of their political personas. At least that's what I believe I've observed here in the deep south. People who kept being newly shocked and dismayed by the months of revelations about this sordid swindler nevertheless later managed to become committed anyway.

Some just wanted to vote Republican, some hopefully wanted to believe him, but both really, really wanted to vote against the Democrats. From what I saw, they all just required a little time and work to massage their psyches around to making belief in him "real."

I don't see how they could pivot from that in just a few months. What would it say about them? Unlike those who innocently swallowed whole and happily, like with W most will once again require a lot more time, and more betrayal, before they can manage to uncommit themselves as virtuously as they committed.

Btw, your dad may have fallen for the lies, but it doesn't sound like he became a true believer. We have those newly concerned here, too, but in being willing to acknowledge what's happening, he and they are way out ahead of most.