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The Velveteen Ocelot

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7. Trump's supporters, that 35% "base," have become a cult of personality.

Reply to Stuart G (Original post)

Mon Oct 23, 2017, 02:00 PM

Oct 2017

Nothing he does or says can ever be wrong. Everything he does is great; everything he says is perfect; anyone who criticizes him is a traitor. The fact that Myeshia Johnson and Rep. Wilson are black women makes it even easier for him to trash them to the loud applause of the cult members, but nobody and nothing is sacred. Even white male Republicans like McCain and Corker get hate-tweeted because they dared to criticize Dear Leader. The only exception is for fellow-traveler white supremacists, some of whom are, of course, "fine people."

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Donald Trump just hit a new low in the La David Johnson fiasco: CNN [View all] Stuart G Oct 2017 OP

All you need to know is that Trump is a liar. Sneederbunk Oct 2017 #1

IF attacking a gold star family at the convention didnt bother deplorables Eliot Rosewater Oct 2017 #2

And yet, his base is sticking up for him. It says a lot about a segment of this country. appleannie1943 Oct 2017 #3

You are correct.."It says a lot about a segment of this country" Stuart G Oct 2017 #4

The people he's attacking are black dalton99a Oct 2017 #6

Once on a camping trip to Florida, a Georgia man sincerely told me that appleannie1943 Oct 2017 #9

"Slavery was punishment from God" dalton99a Oct 2017 #10

Which has no Biblical foundation whatsoever. Aristus Oct 2017 #13

When I was young I had a Mormon friend who invited me to her day camp kimbutgar Oct 2017 #18

means nothing as long as his supporters lack a moral center beachbum bob Oct 2017 #5

Trump's supporters, that 35% "base," have become a cult of personality. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2017 #7

Simple math: So-called white people are 70% of USA. Marcuse Oct 2017 #19

I live among Trumpsters here in Ohio. I doc03 Oct 2017 #8

Yep, he's doing this on purpose. dalton99a Oct 2017 #11

Exactly nobody is talking about why they doc03 Oct 2017 #12

It worked well, and it made him president dalton99a Oct 2017 #14

I blame the damn media for that Dotard being elected. Morning Joe doc03 Oct 2017 #15

MJ is trying hard to minimize his role and erase the record dalton99a Oct 2017 #16

NO! WRONG! This is suspension of disbelief. disalitervisum Oct 2017 #17