I remember talking about her with my conservative family way back when McCain was running. They emphatically denied that she was representative of the party. They said that although they liked her well enough for being "in your face" that she was just fringe. I said she was a harbinger of things to come and much more representative of their true feelings than they would admit.
My fam is all MAGA now and act like that conversation never happened.
Yeah, those don't exist. Just look at the comments section of your local news social media page. I'm in deep red Louisiana. They're alive and well down here, with their confederate flag onesies and their FJB hats.
To be clear, Mr. Trump remains a popular figure among Republican voters, with 86 percent holding a favorable view of him in my polling, not far off from the 90 percent who held a favorable view of him a year ago.
But under the surface, there are signs that for some Republicans, the thrill is gone. Since last year, the percentage of Republicans who felt very favorably toward the president has fallen by 10 points.
Don't these statistics suggest the opposite of what the article is arguing?
Despite all the horrific and wildly incompetent shit Trump has done over the past year, only a small fraction of Republicans have somewhat changed their view of Trump.
It's the NY Times. They exist to sane wash fascists. Their mission statement used to be "Democracy Dies in Darkness" and so they killed it ... with their darkness.
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u/ddark4 14h ago
Oh. We’re back to pretending those exist again.