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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

Edit: good to see I woke the shills

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[–] [email protected] 153 points 11 months ago (6 children)

He's already said he's basically going to be 10 times worse if he gets reelected. I'm not sure why the people who support him think that's a good thing. For a party that claims to love "freedom" they sure seem desperate to elect a fascist dictator

[–] [email protected] 87 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Freedom for me, chains for you. They don't actually care about real freedom.

[–] [email protected] 59 points 11 months ago

They are sure the Leopard will never eat their face.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 11 months ago

Yup. They think Daddy Trump is going lock up all the liberals and create a ~~facist~~ conservative paradise.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 11 months ago

They love the freedom to own slaves and stuff like that

[–] [email protected] 30 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You'd think after he didn't pardon the people in person that stormed the Capitol they'd smarten up. If that didn't open their eyes, nothing will.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Why didn't he pardon everyone who committed crimes for him? Is there a good reason?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Because he doesn't care about anyone but himself. If you gave that dude an organ he'd ghost you.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Right, but if he wants people to break the law for him, pardoning everyone who does makes sense

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Why? They did it without the pardoning, and he walked away with his hands "clean" by not acknowledging what they did.

Personally I think it's funny seeing these people get time in prison, screaming for Trump to acknowledge them and pardon them lol.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

He didn't want the folks who would pay him to suddenly believe they didn't have to pay, or be ticked off that they were having to pay (remember, rich folks can get snippy). I can't remember the number that was floated, but it wasn't cheap.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

He believes they are supposed to go to jail for him to prove their loyalty. He really thinks he's a mob boss or something

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

Hey, as long as they can stick it to the libs

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

There are several different groups supporting him for different reasons. The biggest, I'd argue, is the slightly right very populist. They're not into fascism per se, they just want a wrecking ball like Trump to go in and break apart the elite institutions they blame for all the problems and see no other way of influencing. There certainly are supporters who are encroaching on fascism territory. Then there's long time Republicans who have flipped on a bunch of issues to try to get support from these people Trump activated.