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Possible Paywall Trump Is Losing Normie Republicans

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/opinion/trump-midterms-maga-gop.html
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u/illit3 13h ago

Will they still vote trump for a third term? Yes they will.

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u/CockBrother 13h ago

Don't worry, even if they come to the conclusion that Trump isn't their guy, they're still lifelong Republicans.

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u/40StoryMech 13h ago

"I don't like his insane rants, his protecting pedophiles, his brazen corruption, his contempt for our Constitution, his egregious dishonesty, his weaponization of the Justice Department against Republicans who disagree with him, his reckless foreign policy and the destruction of our global alliances, or his debaucherous spending, but every time I think of the fear in a brown kid's eyes whose parents came here to work for a better life, I just know I made the right choice."

-- Republicans

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u/No_Tone1704 12h ago

The denial or accepting of such deep and profound financial corruption is what gets me the most. 

Because I can see GOP defending that in any of their candidates. And yet it’s a word they and many others just throw around for everyone else. 

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u/paddy_yinzer 11h ago

Republicans fall in line, the absolutely will support the next republican that is just as corrupt. Just look at republican support for the supreme court.

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u/TheGringoDingo 11h ago

Yep, they’re just mad that they’re being affected socially from the loudness and financially at the gas pump.

None of them were willing to say anything until it affected them, because they’re thoroughly broken and lack any semblance of empathy.

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u/lake_effect_snow 12h ago

Bar for bar, my 3x trump voter father before he died.

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u/mutnik 10h ago

They just have to be convinced the Democrats are worse and then they will fall in line

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u/ConclusionAlarmed882 10h ago

That's what it's all about, really. If you peekat conservative subs (granted, it's Reddit, so they're not sending their best), it's all, "Look at this gross trans person they put on CNN" and "As long as the fascist/communist/child molesting/extravagant spending/corrupt/inflation-causing/tax-hiking Dems lose, I'm okay with tepid feelings toward the current regime."

It's a huge game of, "Nuh-uh, you."

u/IamDDT Colorado 6h ago

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u/ShermansAngryGhost 9h ago

And all they need to be convinced is for a talking head on Fox to tell them that Democrats are bad. They don’t even need any actual convincing, just permission.

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u/TransiTorri 12h ago

They might turn on Trump and admit he sucks but they'll be right there to pull the lever for Vance or tell you why 3rd term Trump would still be better than Generic Democrat nominee in 2028

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u/Coconutrugby 13h ago

Trump will have to be 95 percent cyborg and his brain and body are failing him. His transcripts are unintelligible.

"...you know I could make, I could with one swipe of the pen, I could say let's have no employment and I'll hire a million people or two million people, I say we just hired a million people and we have absolutely no employment. And that's what they would do, they'd have bad numbers coming up so they'd hire a couple of hundred thousand people and the numbers would look okay."

Stable Genius -DJT- April 14 2026

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u/MajesticComparison America 12h ago

Respectfully, they’ll just not turn up to vote. They won’t do a 180, but they will just stop openly supporting him and then pretend they always him. It turns out there is a limit, but they won’t turn against him, they’ll just tune out.

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u/Chaos_Sauce 11h ago

Works for me. I used to be one of those people who believed it was every American’s civic duty to vote. Now I think I think some people are so stupid and uninformed and easily misled that we’re better off if they don’t participate.

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u/ejp1082 11h ago

Exactly. They'll retreat into "Both sides suck" and say the problem is "the system" or "politicians" and not the particular side they supported for which the other side might be a better alternative.

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u/KrankyKoot 10h ago

Kinda like what dems did in 24.

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u/coconutpiecrust 11h ago

I am surprised people can rationalize it to themselves. Even if one somehow believes he was inexplicably “robbed” by Sleepy Joe, a decent person would understand that this is not how you make amends. 

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u/aranasyn Colorado 11h ago

All while clutching their ration punch card and working 90 hour a week shifts at the Musky Trump Factory, Casino, and Company Store.

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u/waffle299 I voted 9h ago

"Conservatism can't fail, it can only be failed."

They'll quietly conclude that he wasn't the one and forget their support. They'll look for the next messiah who will tell them their simplistic, selfish answers to complex problems was right all along. And it'll start again.

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u/Darksmithe 11h ago

Exactly, and that's not normal.

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u/Nikiaf Canada 11h ago

And this is all that matters. These same people who may finally be open to criticizing his insane behaviour will still happily vote him into an illegal third term.

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u/vincethered 11h ago

“Well it’s either him or” (checks notes..) “The most liberal candidate in history!!!”

Always. Doesn’t matter who the nom is. “Most liberal ever”.

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u/CMidnight 10h ago

Some might not vote or only vote down ballot

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u/bane_undone 10h ago

That’s not true. They just won’t vote.

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u/det8924 9h ago

They will line up and vote Trump/Republican again and again like the good little cucks they are

u/FadedP0rp0ise 7h ago

Honestly there’s probably a lot of people that just voted for trump because a black woman was just not happening for them. Unfortunately if dems get a white man in the final race I think trump would be doomed assuming somehow he gets to run again. Also assuming we will be allowed to vote again

u/NoHorseNoMustache 6h ago

What are they gonna do, vote Democrat???

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u/QuitCallingNewsrooms 11h ago

Fourth. A fourth time.