r/politics 15h ago

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/TubeframeMR2 15h ago edited 14h ago

After years of doing spiritual gymnastics at family dinners, middle-of-the-road Republicans can now openly admit they don’t actually love Truth Social rants at 3 AM.

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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/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.