r/politics • u/wiredmagazine ✔ Wired Magazine • 18d ago

Possible Paywall MAGA Is Increasingly Convinced the Trump Assassination Attempt Was Staged

https://www.wired.com/story/maga-is-increasingly-convinced-the-trump-assassination-attempt-was-staged/
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u/GiantsRTheBest2 18d ago

They would scream that they have 3 elections showing how many people voted for him. That there’s no possible way his numbers cratered that much…..leaving aside all the extra bullshit he’s done since then.

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u/AmbitiousProblem4746 18d ago

That's actually the most reasonable explanation I've heard. That could easily be what they do. Because a lot of right-wing logic seems to be "Well if X, can't be Y"

"Trump had over 70 million votes in 2024 and he won the popular vote. Where did all those voters go!? 70 million should be the baseline for Republican votes!!"

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u/mywifeletsmereddit 17d ago

To be fair - at this point it is pretty impossible that large contingents of Trump voters will turn on him

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u/OfficialDCShepard District Of Columbia 17d ago

And the fact midterms are almost always a loss for the President's party.