Why Republican voters believe Trump

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When the Republican presidential candidates gather for their first debate this week, the encounter is likely to center on the legal problems of the man all of them are chasing.

Former President Donald Trump has solidified his lead in the GOP race by convincing most Republican voters to view his four criminal indictments as a politicized “witch hunt” aimed not only at him, but them.

Trump’s success in selling that argument to GOP voters has some immediate causes, key among them the choice by all of his leading competitors in the race, as well as most prominent voices in conservative media, to echo rather than challenge his contention. But the inclination of so many Republican voters to dismiss all of the charges accumulating against Trump also reflects something much more fundamental: the hardening tendency of conservatives to believe that they are the real victims of bias in a society irreversibly growing more racially and culturally diverse.

From the outset of Trump’s political career, he has channeled that sentiment into his seemingly unbreakable bond with his core supporters. Now, Trump has transformed his multiple indictments – particularly from Black prosecutors he has repeatedly called “racist” – into just the latest proof point for the widespread belief within the GOP base that the biggest victims of discrimination are the groups most of them belong to: Christians, men and Whites.

 

“Victimhood is embedded in every part of Trump’s campaign, personality, communications, and strategy,” says Tresa Undem, a pollster for progressive causes. “The only thing that shifts is the topic and the object of blame.”

The choice by most GOP leaders and voters alike to rally around Trump amid 91 felony charges underscores again how much protection that sense of victimhood provides him against behavior previously considered fatal for any political leader. But, as this week’s debate will almost certainly demonstrate, it also shows that Trump’s belligerent approach toward all the forces he says are threatening conservatives – from the “deep state” to the media and entertainment industry, to protesters in the Black Lives Matter and #metoo movements – will remain central to the GOP message, whether he stays the party’s principal figure or not.

 

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[Tug]

I donno I think a big part is tribalism and quite a few realize they have been duped but are ashamed to admit it ,perhaps some fear their peers as well. it certainly defies logic the transgressions are so blatant and in your face .truthfully I never in my deepest nightmare thought our body politic could be so obviously sick

[gargamon]

And I thought it was due to their low intelligence and lack of advanced education. 

[Skipalongcassidy]

And yet he continues to live in the heads of so many democraps as well... 55555

[SunnyinBangrak]

After the left's Russia colluision hoax and years of dreadful lies surrounding the biden ukraine corruption which both led to fraudulent impeachments based on the lies, and the malevolant censorship banning factual rebuttal to the left's barmy conspiracy theories nobody in their right mind would trust the democrats now.

 They can't say ok ok we lied about the Steele dossier, we banned inconvenient facts for years, we lied for years accusing your president of having cheated in an election by conspiring and colluding with Russia to game the result. But this time we telling the truth. We're serial. Yeah right....

 Fact is, Trump is a more honest person than biden. 

[herfiehandbag]

15 minutes ago, gargamon said:

And I thought it was due to their low intelligence and lack of advanced education. 

As an outside observer I think that there are a number of influences at work. Certainly this seems to be one of them.

 

Many of the "grass roots Trump supporters" we have seen interviewed at his rallies have shown themselves to be neither particularly intellectually or physically distinguished...

[pomchop]

13 minutes ago, SunnyinBangrak said:

After the left's Russia colluision hoax and years of dreadful lies surrounding the biden ukraine corruption which both led to fraudulent impeachments based on the lies, and the malevolant censorship banning factual rebuttal to the left's barmy conspiracy theories nobody in their right mind would trust the democrats now.

 They can't say ok ok we lied about the Steele dossier, we banned inconvenient facts for years, we lied for years accusing your president of having cheated in an election by conspiring and colluding with Russia to game the result. But this time we telling the truth. We're serial. Yeah right....

 Fact is, Trump is a more honest person than biden. 

you tell em clarence thomas....

[JonnyF]

1 hour ago, Tug said:

I donno I think a big part is tribalism and quite a few realize they have been duped but are ashamed to admit it ,perhaps some fear their peers as well. it certainly defies logic the transgressions are so blatant and in your face .truthfully I never in my deepest nightmare thought our body politic could be so obviously sick

Off topic.

 

There are plenty of Biden threads on here if you wish to discuss tribalism, transgressions and duping. 

[LosLobo]

Bearing in mind the GOP attacks on Biden's college loan scheme and the public school system, and their classroom culture war.

 

'Convinced that schools are brainwashing kids to be left-wingers, conservatives are seizing control of the American classroom'.

 

The Republican Takeover of American Education (nymag.com)

 

Research and studies also give the answer to this complex question........

 

'People with high education are less likely than people with low education to believe in conspiracy theories. It is yet unclear why these effects occur, however, as education predicts a range of cognitive, emotional, and social outcomes. The present research sought to identify mediators of the relationship between education and conspiracy beliefs'.

 

Why Education Predicts Decreased Belief in Conspiracy Theories - PMC (nih.gov)

[KhunLA]

probably same reason Dems believed clinton, obama & biden ... a bunch of delusional idiots  .... IMHO

 

People believing politicians ... nuff said

 

You can't fix stupid

[Tug]

1 hour ago, KhunLA said:

probably same reason Dems believed clinton, obama & biden ... a bunch of delusional idiots  .... IMHO

 

People believing politicians ... nuff said

 

You can't fix stupid

Ahh just so you know Clinton budget surplus Obama led us out of the 08 crash and Biden has achieved a lot of positive legislation nothing is perfect but such a blanket statement is patently untrue 

[Tug]

3 hours ago, JonnyF said:

Off topic.

 

There are plenty of Biden threads on here if you wish to discuss tribalism, transgressions and duping. 

Projecting much?

[scorecard]

4 hours ago, SunnyinBangrak said:

After the left's Russia colluision hoax and years of dreadful lies surrounding the biden ukraine corruption which both led to fraudulent impeachments based on the lies, and the malevolant censorship banning factual rebuttal to the left's barmy conspiracy theories nobody in their right mind would trust the democrats now.

 They can't say ok ok we lied about the Steele dossier, we banned inconvenient facts for years, we lied for years accusing your president of having cheated in an election by conspiring and colluding with Russia to game the result. But this time we telling the truth. We're serial. Yeah right....

 Fact is, Trump is a more honest person than biden. 

"Fact is, Trump is a more honest person than biden. "

 

Hows' that? Share some facts please.

[KhunLA]

59 minutes ago, Tug said:

Ahh just so you know Clinton budget surplus Obama led us out of the 08 crash and Biden has achieved a lot of positive legislation nothing is perfect but such a blanket statement is patently untrue 

'I did not have sexual relations with that women'

 

'IF you like your doc, you can keep your doc'

 

Obama didn't save anyone but the stockholders & brokerage firms from loosing more than 250k per deposit, as the FDIC, system already in place for such an event, bank failures, would have taken care of that, except the heavy losses to stockholders & brokerage firms for their stupid investing.

 

That mess was allowed due to Clinton's relaxing of housing loans, to questionable borrowers, and those sold to 2nd market.  Losers that they were, packaged into other funds to get rid of ... due to brokerage firms greed.  You can only hide sh!t so long, before the smell is noticed.

 

Biden ... I love him, 23 yrs & highest COLA on Soc Sec, but = outrageous inflation in the USA, so not good for those living there.

 

"#1 priority is securing the southern border" ... holy crap, you're jokin' right.  Record crossing since in office.

 

And yet, some DEMs & AN members can't see pass the farce.

 

And REPs are not better, they are all scum.

[Chomper Higgot]

4 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

'I did not have sexual relations with that women'

 

'IF you like your doc, you can keep your doc'

 

Obama didn't save anyone but the stockholders & brokerage firms from loosing more than 250k per deposit, as the FDIC, system already in place for such an event, bank failures, would have taken care of that, except the heavy losses to stockholders & brokerage firms for their stupid investing.

 

That mess was allowed due to Clinton's relaxing of housing loans, to questionable borrowers, and those sold to 2nd market.  Losers that they were, packaged into other funds to get rid of ... due to brokerage firms greed.  You can only hide sh!t so long, before the smell is noticed.

 

Biden ... I love him, 23 yrs & highest COLA on Soc Sec, but = outrageous inflation in the USA, so not good for those living there.

 

"#1 priority is securing the southern border" ... holy crap, you're jokin' right.  Record crossing since in office.

 

And yet, some DEMs & AN members can't see pass the farce.

 

And REPs are not better, they are all scum.

Does that feel better now?

[candide]

6 hours ago, SunnyinBangrak said:

After the left's Russia colluision hoax and years of dreadful lies surrounding the biden ukraine corruption which both led to fraudulent impeachments based on the lies, and the malevolant censorship banning factual rebuttal to the left's barmy conspiracy theories nobody in their right mind would trust the democrats now.

 They can't say ok ok we lied about the Steele dossier, we banned inconvenient facts for years, we lied for years accusing your president of having cheated in an election by conspiring and colluding with Russia to game the result. But this time we telling the truth. We're serial. Yeah right....

 Fact is, Trump is a more honest person than biden. 

Thank you for providing a short case study in complement to the article.

[nauseus]

Since 2015, how many times have the Democrats attempted to keep Trump way from the WH?

 

Of course, these indictments are the latest politically-driven phase of this witch hunt. 

[Danderman123]

7 hours ago, SunnyinBangrak said:

After the left's Russia colluision hoax and years of dreadful lies surrounding the biden ukraine corruption which both led to fraudulent impeachments based on the lies, and the malevolant censorship banning factual rebuttal to the left's barmy conspiracy theories nobody in their right mind would trust the democrats now.

 They can't say ok ok we lied about the Steele dossier, we banned inconvenient facts for years, we lied for years accusing your president of having cheated in an election by conspiring and colluding with Russia to game the result. But this time we telling the truth. We're serial. Yeah right....

 Fact is, Trump is a more honest person than biden. 

You still can't come to grips with Trump's campaign manager handing the Russians polling data so the Russians could micro-target US voters.

 

That's Collusion 101.

[couchpotato]

7 hours ago, SunnyinBangrak said:

After the left's Russia colluision hoax and years of dreadful lies surrounding the biden ukraine corruption which both led to fraudulent impeachments based on the lies, and the malevolant censorship banning factual rebuttal to the left's barmy conspiracy theories nobody in their right mind would trust the democrats now.

 They can't say ok ok we lied about the Steele dossier, we banned inconvenient facts for years, we lied for years accusing your president of having cheated in an election by conspiring and colluding with Russia to game the result. But this time we telling the truth. We're serial. Yeah right....

 . 

Fact is, Trump is a more honest person than biden

 

I wondered where my daily laugh was coming from..thanks

[heybruce]

25 minutes ago, nauseus said:

Since 2015, how many times have the Democrats attempted to keep Trump way from the WH?

 

Of course, these indictments are the latest politically-driven phase of this witch hunt. 

Which of the crimes listed in the indictments do you think Trump is innocent of?

[ozimoron]

9 hours ago, Skipalongcassidy said:

And yet he continues to live in the heads of so many democraps as well... 55555

Think train crash.

[scottiejohn]

1 hour ago, couchpotato said:

Fact is, Trump is a more honest person than biden

That comment should be in the Joke Section!

[Danderman123]

9 hours ago, SunnyinBangrak said:

 

 Fact is, Trump is a more honest person than biden. 

Was Trump lying when he said that Obama's birth certificate was fake?

 

Or was Trump lying when he said Obama was born in the USA?

 

I could play this all day.

[nauseus]

2 hours ago, heybruce said:

Which of the crimes listed in the indictments do you think Trump is innocent of?

I don't know but that was not my point.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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3 hours ago, nauseus said:

Since 2015, how many times have the Democrats attempted to keep Trump way from the WH?

 

Of course, these indictments are the latest politically-driven phase of this witch hunt. 

You mean the Democrats actually tried to keep a Republican from winning the Presidency? Now this is shocking news.

[nauseus]

It's not what they have done - it's how.

[placeholder]

2 hours ago, nauseus said:

It's not what they have done - it's how.

Right. It wasn't the Devil that made Trump do it. It was the Democrats.

[nauseus]

3 hours ago, placeholder said:

Right. It wasn't the Devil that made Trump do it. It was the Democrats.

Not what I was saying. Do what?

[thai006]

because  , he is the one to make America great again  again ???? 

 

 

[heybruce]

8 hours ago, nauseus said:

I don't know but that was not my point.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Don't you think you should look into what Trump is charged with and what evidence there is to support these charges before declaring it is a politically driven witch hunt?