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Ohioboy

(3,240 posts)
Wed Jul 18, 2018, 08:51 PM Jul 2018

Why do Trump supporters get away with saying "there is no evidence of collusion"?

There is plenty of evidence of collusion: the indictments of Trump advisers, all the lying about contacts with Russians, the meeting in Trump Tower, the sucking up to Putin, the list goes on. Are these things not evidence of possible collusion? They may not be actual "proof" (yet) of collusion, but these things certainly can be called evidence. I think everyone saying there is no evidence of collusion needs to be called out on this, including Trump during interviews.

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Why do Trump supporters get away with saying "there is no evidence of collusion"? (Original Post) Ohioboy Jul 2018 OP
Part of it is there is no such crime as "collusion." shanny Jul 2018 #1
Because they don't care, and it shows! Initech Jul 2018 #2
We study and analyze facts DBoon Jul 2018 #3
Just how intelligent ... NanceGreggs Jul 2018 #4
They don't mind lying with impunity. bitterross Jul 2018 #5
Truthiness cyclonefence Jul 2018 #6
 

shanny

(6,709 posts)
1. Part of it is there is no such crime as "collusion."
Wed Jul 18, 2018, 09:10 PM
Jul 2018

Since that is the case der fluegelheinie and his supporters can claim ad nauseam that there is no evidence of / no proof of / nobody has been charged with or convicted of collusion etc etc etc

"Conspiracy" is another matter.

NanceGreggs

(27,814 posts)
4. Just how intelligent ...
Wed Jul 18, 2018, 09:30 PM
Jul 2018

... well-informed, and politically savvy do you think the average Trump supporter is?

There's your answer.

 

bitterross

(4,066 posts)
5. They don't mind lying with impunity.
Wed Jul 18, 2018, 09:49 PM
Jul 2018

They don't mind and the appreciate the philosophy of Goebbels. Tell the lie enough times and it becomes truth.

cyclonefence

(4,483 posts)
6. Truthiness
Wed Jul 18, 2018, 10:53 PM
Jul 2018

Their support of Trump is not subject to reason, logic, or facts. They feel it must be true that there is no collusion, and it's a total waste of your precious time explaining to them about all the indictments, guilty pleas, and one incarceration. Truth has nothing to do with it, and insisting on facts will only get you called names.

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