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Blue_Tires

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20. How can anyone believe him

Reply to In It to Win It (Original post)

Sat Nov 23, 2024, 04:31 PM

Nov 23

When he's notorious for saying one thing and saying the complete opposite the next day?

I remember some smug-assed GOP pundit in 2016 saying on Twitter that we lost because we "took Trump literally but not seriously..."

It's bullshit of course, but that line has stayed with me.

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It seems like a lot of Trump support is based on people not believing him entirely [View all] In It to Win It Nov 22 OP

Yes I've observed this with Trump supporters newdeal2 Nov 22 #1

Yes, exactly... and no other politician can get away with that. In It to Win It Nov 22 #3

Look at his support from evangelical Christians peregrinus Nov 22 #2

Watch the movie Bad Faith. usedtobedemgurl Nov 23 #14

Yes or willing to overlook all of it Meowmee Nov 22 #4

He's so incoherent duncang Nov 22 #5

Many People Believe JR11 Nov 22 #6

Yep. Stupidity in its purest form. Karasu Nov 22 #7

Yes, it is a cult of self deluding morons. TheKentuckian Nov 23 #8

I'm still trying to figure out what the appeal of this guy is. calimary Nov 23 #11

Yeah, he is completely anti-rizz to me. Just guttural, stupid, and vile TheKentuckian Nov 23 #13

"Agolf"! Good one, my friend! calimary Nov 23 #18

Read up on cults. "The Cult of Trump" by the leading expert on cults. kerry-is-my-prez Nov 23 #21

They are hypocrites without exception. hay rick Nov 23 #9

Statistics tell us that half of our country are dumber than average RainCaster Nov 23 #10

and apparently the average is pretty low. RandomNumbers Nov 23 #19

Fine point Cosmocat Nov 23 #12

Some undocumented immigrants support XanaDUer2 Nov 23 #15

Here are a couple of things I read and saw. Of all the content on the issue, these two stuck out for me In It to Win It Nov 23 #16

I think i saw that XanaDUer2 Nov 23 #17

How can anyone believe him Blue_Tires Nov 23 #20