Supporters absorb former US presidentā€™s strategy of inverting accusations against him and turning them on his accuser. To his fans, Trump is the saviour of democracy

Snow was falling, lightly dusting the tables full of ā€œJesus is my savior, Trump is my presidentā€ and ā€œFight for Trumpā€ and other ā€œMake America great againā€ regalia. Still, in subzero temperatures, people waited in a long and winding line on Saturday for a chance to see their greatest showman.

Donald Trump, the former US president, was about to hold the biggest campaign rally yet in New Hampshireā€™s primary elections, where victory would put him within touching distance of the 2024 Republican nomination ā€“ and trigger renewed warnings that democracy itself will be on the ballot in November.

But his ardent supporters in Manchester, New Hampshire, saw things differently ā€“ 180 degrees differently. In their view it is Joe Biden who acts like an autocrat and Trump who is the saviour of the constitutional republic.

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    10 months ago

    itā€™s not a sophisticated trick, and it works because liberals are too cowardly to call it out

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        10 months ago

        Why notā€¦ their religion tells them that itā€™s a virtue to believe as hard as possible in fantastical stories that have no evidence supporting them.

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      10 months ago

      Thatā€™s not really the problem. The problem is liberals failure to deliver meaningful change to workerā€™s lives when they have majorities. The best they can do when they win at the ballot is deliver conservative bills in sheepā€™s clothing like Obamacare or Wall Street deregulation.

      The biggest difference is Dems ability to not run a deficit, but apparently thatā€™s to abstract for voters to care about as it doesnā€™t materially impact them. Even then what is the point to a balanced budget when it includes military spending like this, a response like this when the free option is stopping an allies from continuing a genocide?

      So many bigger issues that ā€œcalling outā€ hypocrisy. Truly the only thing that can stop Trump is a good headline of how Biden ā€œslammedā€ him.