Knowing conservatives, I'd be surprised if the majority wasn't not only tolerant but actually supportive of this unhinged shit. The handful of conservatives who aren't shitty people might be turned off by this, but I suspect that even for many of them it might be more a question of optics and how this'll affect their chances to win than any real disagreement with what Trump's saying
They have no cogent argument and not even any sort of consistent ideology. At this point all they care about is winning no matter what.
The biggest problem here is not some dumb orange politician .....
the biggest problem is an ‘Undisciplined, unhinged and deranged’ voting public
Turnip is only a symptom of a larger problem in US politics and US culture in general
And the problem isn't just in the US; conservatives pretty much around the world are just as deranged, and it's become obvious that until we somehow deal with the danger they represent, peaceful democratic societies are in danger.
I think keeping the candidates anonymous would help. All you get is their platform, their voting history, and their criminal records.
and their criminal records.
Conservatives will see that someone has statutory rape charges or 34 felony counts and go "well this one seems like my candidate"
Wait is that Elon…?
Trump, as insane as he looks to normal people, is still conservatives' most accurate representative. Conservatives love it when he says insane things because they know how uneasy it makes their chosen enemies feel.
No.
Even if it does, the GoP are using tactics known as cheating, rigging, and intimidation. And if that doesn't work, a coup
The fucktards voting for Trump couldn’t be bothered to care.
will Trump’s strange behavior hurt him at the polls?
You would hope so.
He could become non-verbal as the result of a severe stroke, and it wouldn't hurt him at the polls. Come to think of it, he would probably be a better president that way soo...
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