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[-] distantsounds@lemmy.world 29 points 6 months ago

Is this enough to lock him away and make him irrelevant again? …probably not

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 28 points 6 months ago

You mean make him more popular with the pro-russian anti-vax Qanut base? Absolutely.

[-] KevonLooney@lemm.ee 22 points 6 months ago

If you think locking him up would make him more popular, you fundamentally don't understand Republicans. They value power and hierarchy. They value doing things and getting away with them.

They are not like Democrats and liberals who value ideas. There are no Republican martyrs. When Nixon resigned, Republicans stopped talking to him.

Don't you remember how quiet it was when Biden was elected? Trump couldn't get on TV anymore. Maybe he would call in to a show or two, but he didn't have any rallies and nobody interviewed him. When Republicans go to jail nobody supports them, because they value hierarchy.

The whole point of hierarchy is that you're untouchable.

[-] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 7 points 6 months ago

Exactly. As soon as he's out of sight he's forgotten about. There won't be any martyrdom if he goes to jail. They'll just move on to whoever the angry talking heads stear them towards.

[-] shiftymccool@programming.dev 5 points 6 months ago

The magats love him because the dems hate him. We'll still hate him when he's in prison, so they'll still love him

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