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[-] FunderPants@lemmy.ca 233 points 1 year ago

Trump went from majority support to majority support. He will win the nomination because conservatives, Republicans in particular are terrible, awful people. None of this is really even new, they've been terrible for decades and decades.

[-] D1G17AL@kbin.social 81 points 1 year ago

Its astounding how gullible a majority of them actually are.

[-] jerkface@lemmy.ca 45 points 1 year ago

We need to find some way to meet their needs that isn't politics, because the needs they are meeting have nothing to do with governance.

[-] Eldritch@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago

There is nothing you can do that they won't turn into politics. They turned the existence of groups of people into politics. That's right by simply existing its politics. And there is no way you can avoid it.

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[-] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago

We need to find some way to meet their needs that isn’t politics

Uhh, an MMO where they can run around shooting at minorities and yelling racial epithets into their mics?

[-] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago
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[-] jerkface@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 year ago

They're scared. They are powerless to affect an uncertain future. They'll get worse the longer they have to live like this. I guess we have to fix the world?

[-] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 year ago

They need to stop actively working against that then.

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[-] tym@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

They've been so annoying since burning crosses fell out of style.

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[-] elscallr@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Rhetoric like that is absolutely going to make them more willing to work with you, you should keep it up.

[-] regular_human@lemmy.world 46 points 1 year ago

I don't want them to work with me, I want them to fuck off

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[-] TwoGems@lemmy.world 38 points 1 year ago

Literally nothing works on them so why bother? They never change.

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[-] gmtom@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

Yeah because we totally want to work with the people actively trying to drive trans kids to suicide, that want 12 year old rape victims to be forced to give birth, that are trying to rewrite history to say slavery wasnt a bad thing that are okay with a president trying to subvert democratic elections, that are calling for a second civil war, that are okay with kids getting shot so long as theres not even the mildest restriction on their guns, that think climate change is a hoax and they should be able to run over protestors, that want ukraine to surrender to Russia and the US should leave NATO, that think public healthcare is communism/slavery, that homeless people just need to pick themselves up by their bootstraps and billionaires shouldnt be taxed because taxes are theft, that are all for gerrymandering, removing political opponents from office, making it harder for minorities to vote, storming state capitols, calling in bomb threats just to get their guy into office, because he is trying to hurt the people they think deserve to be hurt.

And we're the bad guys for not caving into their every demand in order to try and "work with them" as they kick and scream and cry the entire time, just to secure the vote of some tosser that believes in half that shit and would switch back to republican the second the dems do something too "woke" for them anyway. Sure, that sounds very productive.

[-] agent_flounder@lemmy.one 15 points 1 year ago

Lol yeah They haven't been seriously trying to work with anyone since before Newt Gingrich.

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[-] malloc@lemmy.world 96 points 1 year ago

This guy could be 20 points down in some random poll. I’m showing up to the polls against him.

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.one 95 points 1 year ago

Worth pointing out that a national poll is pointless as we do not have national elections.

Show me the polling from these states:

Iowa - 1/15 Caucus - 8/24 - Trump +20
New Hampshire - 1/22 Primary - 8/15-17 - Trump +20
Nevada - 2/6 Primary, 2/8 Caucus 6/26-28 - Trump +30
South Carolina - 2/24 Primary 8/17-19 - Trump +34
Michigan - 2/27 Primary 8/1-2 - Trump +48
Idaho - 3/2 Caucus (no polls available)
D.C. - 3/3 Primary (no polls available)
(Trump D.C. Trial begins) - 3/4
Super Tuesday - 3/5 - Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Maine, Masachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia.
Mini-Tuesday - 3/12 - Georgia, Mississipi, Washington

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

And even if it did have significance, dropping 6 points still puts him way ahead of any of the competition.

[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Especially since those 6 points didn't go to one candidate.

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[-] btaf45@lemmy.world 59 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Could also be due to his absolutely ridiculous mug shot. He looks like a 5 year old crying and pouting because he has to stand in the corner for doing something bad. From the picture you can easily understand why aids testified under oath that Trump threw food on the wall. You cannot help but wonder: Is President Crybaby going to launch nuclear weapons because he didn't get his ice cream?

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/fe792f17-6e1f-494f-bc6b-a9e740f16bf7.jpeg

[-] NevermindNoMind@lemmy.world 43 points 1 year ago

He raised over 7 million dollars from that mugshot in the 48 hours after it was released. Laugh all you want, but his cult was buying up "boohoo I'm so persecuted" merch by rascal load.

[-] btaf45@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

That's a good thing. The more that Crybaby Trump's humiliating picture is out there, the better. And that is another 7 million dollars that will not be used to help elect Republicans

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[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

Also, if the rumors he doesn’t drink are true they he absolutely was crying with those red eyes of his.

[-] Riccosuave@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I mean he probably didn't sleep great the night before either. You have to think that underneath all the bullshit and bravado he is actually concerned about facing repercussions even if he firmly believes he did nothing wrong.

As foolish as he may be, we also know he is a selfish, self-centered egomaniac who is concerned for his own well being above everything else in the entire universe. So I bet he is high-key stressing on this behind the scenes.

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[-] alquicksilver@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

With every ridiculous thing he's done, I'd forgotten about him throwing food at the wall. Thanks for the reminder! I needed a good laugh!

[-] Sabin10@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Intentionally choosing the Kubrick stare because he thinks it makes him look innocent says a lot about the characters he sympathizes with and it's kind of terrifying.

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[-] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 34 points 1 year ago

Negative turnout is going to be a huge deciding factor in this election. Can't win the nomination without Trump, can't win an election with him.

[-] danielton@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago

He needs to fucking go.

[-] Silverseren@kbin.social 17 points 1 year ago

So, a minimal change and still has him leading the next closest Republican candidate by 38%.

[-] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

And the two people leading the polls behind him are basically trying to do their best impression of him. So that’s great.

[-] Devious_Thoughts 8 points 1 year ago

Needs to drop off the planet tbh

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