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Can we stop finding the stupidest people and shoving a microphone in front of them giving them a platform?
Are there people who think Trump can do no wrong? Absolutely. Did other people vote for Kanye in 2020, or Anthony Fauci? Yeah. Should any of these people be given a platform absolutely not.
And if you think they do deserve it, do you decry if a child molester is used as an example of the LGBTQ community, or someone who calls for forced Veganism/communism is used to represent the Democratic party? Unless you think this is ok for both parties then it's not really ok for either (And even if you think it's ok, it's wrong because it builds a false narrative).
I feel like platforms use this shit for clickbait more than everything but also to kind of brainwash people because this implies there's a large group of these people with only two people even referred too. I mean honestly there should be a higher standard for something to "Be a story" than how many clicks it'll get, but alas not in 2023.
You make it sound like they searched high and low for these people. They didn't. They didn't have to.
I don't think this is as fringe as you're making it out to be. Even after several criminal indictments, Trumps support for 2024 has only grown
*amung Republicans.
so roughly half of all Americans?
Again, this isn't some fringe thing, these are choices being made by roughly half the voting population in the US. Sure - a lot won't use as much idolizing language as the folks in the OP, but they're still planning to vote for Trump, despite everything that's been uncovered so far, and everything more that gets uncovered every day.
Roughly half of voting* Americans. The population is hardly over a third Republican.
We don't know what non Americans think (by definition), but you can't just immediately count them as "not republican".
Anecdotally, my parents are republican, think Trump is better than Biden, and that the charges against him are all fake - they also can't be bothered to vote, and told me the other week that they haven't voted in years, because they live in CA. and don't think their red vote will count for anything in such a blue state.
I obviously didn't try very hard to dissuade them from continuing that habit, but my point is that there are absolutely people who support Trump despite his criminal charges who dont vote or respond to polls
It's roughly half of Republicans who responded to the polls right now, so roughly a quarter of Americans max.
Still, it's worrying. I don't know how many Republicans would vote for Trump if he wins the primary. I thinks it's about half of them for that too, so he's unlikely to win the general, but who knows at this point?