In Reply to: That's not quite true... posted by confused442 on December 20, 2025 at 16:45:05
As you say, a "handful" of republicans broke over Epstein. The cult leader is an actual child molester and only a "handful" of elected republicans are willing to vote for release of evidence that they KNOW is redacted to protect tRump. Plus some of them are in battleground districts and have to appeal to Democrats. In normal times, this issue by itself should be enough for people to reject him in horror but there are clearly not normal times.
I don't think there are any wedge issue between MAGAts and independents that voted tRump. Racism is the tie that binds and as long as Fat Orange is all in on that, they're all in on him.
IMO the ONLY thing that can decrease his support is economic distress. They voted for the racism, not their own poverty. Some of them are willing to live with their own suffering but not all are.
If tRump ran again tomorrow I'd bet he'd get 99% of the votes he got in 2024. Of course that would NOT translate to support for any other republican candidate, assuming there is ever another "election" where tRump isn't a candidate.
He's held a mirror up to this country and the results are grotesque.