They buy tacky merchandise with exorbitant markups and plaster their walls with fake pictures. They ain’t going nowhere.

I'm hopeful they will crawl back under their rocks, aimless without their cult leader. There are no Republicans who can carry that mantle for them.

Can't happen soon enough.

I have a feeling that when old age and ill health claim him, the cult is going to believe absolutely that he was done in by the sinister forces of the "deep state".

I mean, why not? They believe all the other crazy shit about stolen elections, Democratic pedophile rings run out of pizza parlors, etc. etc. etc. If they've elevated Charlie Kirk to sainthood, then what will Trump be? An archangel?

When he kicks it, his maggots will cling to the idea the Deep State did him in; otherwise, how could such a youthful, exuberant, handsome man die so abruptly?

My head hurts thinking of this, but it will be a reality.

Of the liberal boogyman will keep them in line.

People who don't get that is the foundation of all of this see a false hope that they could step away from "MAGA." They might rebrand, but they ALWAYS will side against the "libs" and the DTs, Musks, Marg Greens understand and take advantage of that.

the other 70%?
Not so much.
I'm really looking forward to the mid terms and the 2028 elections, I wholeheartedly believe that it will be a blowout election for the Democrats, and, speaking as a Boomer, I hope that the old guard will step aside and usher in the next generation of Democrats.

A second example that still shocks me: as a teen I remember time in Munich with my parents and met many older men wearing the traditional Tyrolean wool hat with a feather in the hatband and a number of pins--much like some collect bumper stickers. Observing them closely as they would drink their mugs of beer I was unnerved to see a lot of them with swastikas among those pins. Later, I would meet and work with an Argentinian-American woman, who was apparently the daughter of a Nazi officer who fled to Argentina after the war and we talked about it. She impressed on me that though her generation had turned their backs on Nazism and even held their family members at arm's length over the issue, those from that generation often continued to feel pride over that time and their "service."

So, yes. Some people just will never divorce themselves from prior deeply held beliefs or "membership" in a faction or cult.

NT

He doesn't have to wipe there are enough ignorant MAGAT noses in and out of that orfice to collect most of the brown.

There are still some today and can usually be found wearing MAGA hats.

He told me God decides and picks our presidents. Since God chose trump he supports trump. But he said he didn't understand why God picked Biden. I asked him why he bothers to vote if God decides who will win. He was at a loss for words.

These people have no critical thinking skills...none.

I’m channeling Barbara Bush on that one. Who the hell cares.

They’d also believe the sky is yellow and the sun is blue, if dear leader says so.

Cult

hard core believers. Polls don't measure the slow seeping in of doubt and the effects of infighting among some of Trump's closest allies. Once the full effect of the lapse of Obamacare subsidies takes effect in MAGA country, where the majority of those people live, the number of defections will start to accelerate. Farmers are suffering in spite of Trump's attempts to subsidize their losses - and those subsidies often don't help small farmers as much as they do mega corporate farms. Trump's policies are hitting MAGA in their wallets and pocketbooks, and that will have a telling effect on their loyalty. Enough of the doomsday pessimism. Trump is his own worst enemy.

He gives them an excuse to show their true, ugly colors.

He normalizes racism and hatred in general.

He dismisses the importance of education, elevating uneducated people.

By selling Bibles, he gives Christians an excuse to do what they have done best for the last 2,000 years - burn witches and pagans.

By disregarding the Constitution, he allows his followers to make up their own rules, no matter how hurtful, damning, or oppressive they are.

And most importantly, some people just refuse to admit they're wrong.

What the poll really reveals is that 36-38% of Americans are die-hard neo-Nazi's.