usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml to politics @lemmy.world · 1 month agoTrump’s Biggest Fans Think He’s Part of the Deep State Nownewrepublic.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
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minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoTwo things going on here: They’re eating their own and their purity tests are getting too far over the top to get votes. They see the writing on the wall. Trump’s going to lose and the rats are abandoning ship. “He’s just not the same guy!”
minus-squareBossDj@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·1 month agoIt’s the mental gymnastics convincing themselves that he totally wasn’t this way earlier, they’re obviously not stupid. They don’t want him anymore, but it made sense back then
Two things going on here:
They’re eating their own and their purity tests are getting too far over the top to get votes.
They see the writing on the wall. Trump’s going to lose and the rats are abandoning ship. “He’s just not the same guy!”
It’s the mental gymnastics convincing themselves that he totally wasn’t this way earlier, they’re obviously not stupid. They don’t want him anymore, but it made sense back then