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KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
Sun Mar 20, 2016, 11:08 PM Mar 2016

Trump Supporters Get Trolled Into Admitting They Have No Clue What He Stands For

http://bipartisanreport.com/2016/03/20/trump-supporters-get-trolled-into-admitting-they-have-no-clue-what-he-stands-for-video/

Thursday, TYT Politics posted this hilarious video on their YouTube channel. The video reveals just how deeply misinformed some Trump supporters actually are.

It’s hilarious and terrifying at the same time. Reporter Ralph Lee interviews two different men at a Trump rally and both of them cycle through a list of misconceptions regarding Trump’s campaign.

Here’s one of the real gems.
‘I’m more with Trump because, fact is, he’s being bullied by the government and they need to be together, and they ain’t right now… …everybody’s kinda picking on him because he’s the man in power, everybody wants him as President.’

Really? Apologies if Trump is actually a put-upon underdog who just needs a fair shot, but most of the things Trump’s opponents say about him tend towards criticizing things he’s actually said. Has anyone ever heard Megyn Kelly tell her fans to knock the crap out of anyone?
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Trump Supporters Get Trolled Into Admitting They Have No Clue What He Stands For (Original Post) KamaAina Mar 2016 OP
Very little of his support is based on actual policy or ideas. TDale313 Mar 2016 #1
Of course not, they never do know, they operate strictly on negative emotions. Rex Mar 2016 #2
What did H. L. Mencken used to say? Brother Buzz Mar 2016 #3
That was P.T. Barnum. KamaAina Mar 2016 #4
It's a misattribution, just like Samuel Clemens did not say... Brother Buzz Mar 2016 #5
Who's Samuel Clemens? KamaAina Mar 2016 #8
Not surprised sakabatou Mar 2016 #6
Never ever underestimate the awsome power of stupidity. Javaman Mar 2016 #7
Unfortunately, these imbeciles have the capacity to register to vote tabasco Mar 2016 #9

TDale313

(7,820 posts)
1. Very little of his support is based on actual policy or ideas.
Sun Mar 20, 2016, 11:14 PM
Mar 2016

It's about him as a personality- the "tough guy" who's gonna protect us and beat the bad guys.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
2. Of course not, they never do know, they operate strictly on negative emotions.
Sun Mar 20, 2016, 11:19 PM
Mar 2016

Like a moth to a flame. That is why GOP voters are so dangerous, they don't care why - just that the candidate agrees with them and share in their phobias. Their notion of reality is so far off base, it doesn't even resemble cohesive thought anymore.

Alex Jones is a perfect example of their master fear mongering, knowing full well his audience operates at a 3rd grade level of comprehension.

35 years of anti-intellectualism and HERE WE ARE.





Brother Buzz

(36,409 posts)
3. What did H. L. Mencken used to say?
Sun Mar 20, 2016, 11:51 PM
Mar 2016

Oh yeah, "Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people".

 

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
4. That was P.T. Barnum.
Sun Mar 20, 2016, 11:54 PM
Mar 2016

From my other home town, Bridgeport, CT. (Mencken was the "Sage of Baltimore. )

Brother Buzz

(36,409 posts)
5. It's a misattribution, just like Samuel Clemens did not say...
Mon Mar 21, 2016, 12:38 AM
Mar 2016
"The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.", either.

The quote was not Barnum but a misquote of H. L. Mencken, "Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public".


http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/858.html

 

tabasco

(22,974 posts)
9. Unfortunately, these imbeciles have the capacity to register to vote
Mon Mar 21, 2016, 12:06 PM
Mar 2016

and millions of them will show up to the polls in November.

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