He's spent us deeply into debt, isn't religious at all and he hates the military

[Mr. Ected]

Who the hell is his mythical base, then?

Haters, Conspiracy Theorists, and the easily pandered to.

Anyone care to add to the list?

[Brainfodder]

1. Pig headed sloths among us, apparently they breed?

Hardcore Republicans with no interest in changing?

These dumber than average people still in his corner, have been bamboozled for decades by right wing hate radio, Rush included, and Fox News among other things designed to do it.

Some really believed President Obama was evil and born in Kenya.

[misanthrope]

2. Think about this

The South is eaten up with them, folks raised in a culture founded on white supremacy, chattel slavery and modeled after the cruelties of Barbados slave masters. It grew into a feudal system, was forced to end slavery, then spent the next 180 years hating the United States government even as it depended on them for survival.

The other area major region of the nation that backs him is characterized by anarcho-capitalist leanings, an ultra-libertarianism marked by paranoia and extreme selfishness.

[Claire Oh Nette]

14. the poorly educated?

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[LakeArenal]

3. Uh...Deplorables.

[safeinOhio]

9. A basket full. Nt

[orwell]

4. Tribal Cons...

...who would vote for Zombie Reagan if they could.

As Noam Chomsky said decades ago, these are not Conservatives. Nothing they do is conservative. This is racist white nationalism, not that dissimilar to the rise of the Nazis.

With social media we have the ability to group together in tribes that reinforce our feeling of belonging to something in an increasingly separated world. Even if what we belong to is a Qanon conspiracy cult that believes in shape-shifting lizard people who drink the blood of babies.

Don and the "Cons" have jumped the shark...

[rurallib]

5. people without any grounding in reality who see this as a video game.

[Claire Oh Nette]

15. This!

He's the Law & Order President, except Law & Order is a fictional TV show, and he seems not to know that. He is and always was a C-list wanna be reality show "star." Methinks "star" might really mean attention whore...

[Aristus]

6. The bulk of the population in "Idiocracy".

[Mr. Ected]

17. I have had that very thought run through my mind almost every day since November 2016

The only thing Mike Judge failed to nail down was WHEN it takes place. 2505? Nope. More like 2015.

[regnaD kciN]

7. But he'll keep the dark-skinned people down...

...so MAGA! MAGA!! MAGA!!!

[aidbo]

8. Republican voters haven't cared about those things for decades.

It’s all culture war stuff now since the 90s. And negative partisan politics (ie ‘owning the libs’).

[JHB]

10. Let's not leave out: Republicans backed him up every step of the way.

Every.

Single.

Step.

A couple of them let out the occasional flatulent burp of disapproval or concern, but none took action. None stood up and fought him, much less tried to rally others to the fight.

[jcgoldie]

11. Racists.

Duh.

[LAS14]

12. Single issue anti-abortionists. Want to pack the supreme court. nt

[Goodheart]

13. Racists.

[MerryBlooms]

16. Heh, read it as, 'mythical beast' and haven't had my shot of enemy tears and Knob Creek yet.

If Kelly ends up with a spine and confirms, I think we'll see the hate base shrink some... Maybe a couple a points. The rest will make excuses because he still hates all the same people they hate. The remaining will make exceptions and excuses... Maybe vote twice and be charged with a felony.