Todd Starnes: "I've been telling people, 'I don't care how bad the Republicans have betrayed you or have not done what they said they would do. It's not about them. It's about protecting Pres. Trump at the end of the day. And it's about protecting the Supreme Court":
https://www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwatch/todd-starnes-says-voters-must-support-gop-regardless-how-bad-republicans-have
#politics #dishonesty #betrayal #Trump #extremism #SCOTUS copy: @renewedresistance
I think this misses that so many mainstream Republicans emphatically believe that Trump and Republicans kept their promises. They're just misinformed about what's happening in the world.
This guy might be preaching to a particular choir, as he promotes his campaign, but I don't think it's particularly significant among Trump's base.
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You, @volkris, wrote: "I think this misses that so many mainstream Republicans emphatically believe that Trump and Republicans kept their promises. They're just misinformed about what's happening in the world."
Which of these promises did Trump keep:
To not invade Iran?
To cut costs?
To destroy the East Wing of the White House so that he could build an expensive ballroom?
To give taxpayers money to #January6th convicts who he pardoned?
To fail to release the #EpsteinFiles?
To threaten Greenland?
To be clear, I'm saying they're wrong, but when you appreciate that they're operating based on inaccurate information a lot is better understood.
Mainstream MAGA types regularly emphasize a lot of those, including things like criticizing Trump for NOT invading Iran and celebrating vague but enormous cost cutting.
Once they believe that Trump DID cut costs and triumphantly take down the eternal enemy that was Iran, then they're not operating from a point of feeling betrayed.
They believe the propaganda saying Trump has been a resounding success that kept all of his promises.
