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And MTG is 50 and she has to know what she's spouting is nonsense, so why does she spout it? Is her audience really that dimwitted, or is there something else at play? For example, is this part of some mass brainwashing ploy? Are they Jim Jonesing millions of Americans? If so, then to what end?

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That's where I'm at a loss.

Are all the people parroting this stuff actually believers? My instinct is that the majority tried to grab the bull by the horns by jumping on the Trump schtick when he took power and are now left riding this increasingly deranged and unpredictable animal. At this point they can do nothing but try to keep holding on lest they be trampled by the beast they created.

But there's also gotta be true believers in there, and yeah, I don't know what those people actually want, and it's pretty scary.

If you can establish a base of support populated by the easily fooled then you can grift them indefinitely.

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