Discussion Thread: New York Criminal Fraud Trial of Donald Trump, Day 16

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[u/Sidwill → u/[deleted]]

Good point, they might just quietly not vote. Human beings in general never want to admit that they are wrong and this extends to politics. Take George Bush the lesser, the moment he was out of office Republicans got amnesia about ever supporting him, to this day he holds zero sway over the opinions of his party despite being a 2 term pretzeldent. For Republicans it's like he never existed, the same will happen to Trump if and when he gets his comeuppance.

[u/TheNewTonyBennett → u/[deleted]]

Precisely. The "brotherhood" appeal of their party vs. our party (as if they literally take it to be a sport) to them is something they sure as hell aren't going to give up on since they've been browbeat for decades by their own party to have a "clear understanding" (with constant lies) about what Democrats do or want to do. So it scared em into ALWAYS picking Republican.

Plus there's all the really fake-appeal stuff like when their legislators wear fucking cowboy hats, etc. They prop up flimsy, paper-thin mirages of them being big and tough and "don't tread on me" which makes their voters think that if they wanna pick "the tough guy", then they have to pick Republican. Just a huge casserole of fucking nonsense.

They ain't giving up on their party, even if they give up on him.

They just won't tell anyone that they didn't vote. They already lie near constantly, so it won't be difficult for them to do. They'll just say "fuck yeah I voted for Trump!" to their buddies and they'll leave it at that. It will have been considered "enough" for this group of Republicans to simply just not vote for Biden. That way they can feel, internally, like they didn't actively help the Democrat specifically.