Comment on Can Trump still run for president now that he's a convicted felon?

symthetics@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• BruceTwarzen@kbin.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Yeah, one would really think

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• Jackthelad@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Not when he has been creating a narrative since 2020 that he was the real winner of that election and all these court cases are just designed to try and stop him from being President.

  His supporters have bought the premium subscription to this narrative, so nothing is going to change their minds. In fact, the more court cases there are, the more support he gets.

  Even though going after him for his alleged crimes is the right thing to do, I actually wish they’d just let him fade into obscurity instead. Because all it has ended up doing is helping his campaign.

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  • fubbernuckin@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Well then you’re just letting him win. He’s still going to do his thing and get supporters. Convicting him gives some amount of validity that he’s doing something wrong. Unfortunately he got his hands on a lot of gullible people before someone better could, so we can’t change their minds no matter what we do. Hopefully making his crimes so public will make those not fully converted less likely to buy into his cult.

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    • harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Our best hope is that “undecideds” realize that it’s not a good idea to vote for him. Gotta get the lead paint chip eating fence sitters to wake tf up.

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• radix@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  But his supporters don’t do any such thing as “thinking.”

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• sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Haha, if only

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• jj4211@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Bad publicity is relative.

  The “bad publicity” when he is an odious asshole? His base loves that, they think they all should be able to say that stuff out loud.

  Legal problems? Well they firmly believe it’s just a conspiracy to witch hunt and every case serves only to fuel their persecution complex

  Anything else? Lies by the liberal media, they see the truth on Fox News. When Fox News even reports on it, then they shun them and off to newsmax or just their favorite Facebook posts.

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• beefbaby182@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  You’d think…

  …but what does the government have?

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