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Yeah I'm not buying that Trump supporters are disappointed Obama voters, given that Trump was one of the main promoters of the 'birther' conspiracy theory.

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This unwillingness to understand the Trump movement is why Trump is successful and not a more moderate republican or democrat.

I am more than willing to understand the Trump movement and think I do understand it better than most. I took issue with the lack of consistency in your comments above.

Think about the marginal Trump voter, not the die hards. The marginal voters are the ones who put him in office

If that was what you meant in the first place then maybe should have written it as such. I see little evidence for your claim.

My view of the most recent election is that Trump did not attract a lot of marginal voter support (if anything, he had less than in 2020) but that Harris failed to attract any at all because she didn't define her policies well, didn't communicate well, and spent too much time chasing non-Trump Republicans while ignoring everyone to the left of that.

It's very easy to understand. You're terrible people, dumb people and you try to inflict suffering to make yourselves feel good.

Sorry but not wanting to fund left wing pet causes throughout the world doesn't make me terrible.

Seeing the farce of US Taxpayer funded "NGOs" dismantled is exactly what I voted for

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