re: Trump commutes 7-year sentence of PE leader David Gentile who defrauded people of $1.6B

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The electorate is about 30% Republican, so you are arguing about 100% of Republicans are wild-eyed Trump fans. That's crazy, or you didn't mean to type out "electorate" - in which case, if you're arguing 25% of Republicans are what you're describing, then I'd say that's about right. I'd argue it's closer to 20% and maybe a bit lower, but you're at least in the ballpark at 25%.

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Per YouGov/The Economist in March 2025, 53% of Republican voters are MAGA, or in other words, "a wild-eyed Trump fan".

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To be clear, I'm looking for a "majority of Trump voters" feeling victimized about something.

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These should be obvious, but here is a list off the top of various things Trump voters (MAGA folks, not necessarily broader Republicans) feel victimized about.

- Illegal immigration and cultural displacement - no qualms whatsoever with what is going on with the masked men snatching people off the street, no issue at all with Trump's rhetoric on the topic (shithole countries, "rapists", the recent racist diatribe aimed people with Somalian ancestry in the country)

- The way people express their gender identity (all the "trans people are in womens restroom!" stuff from a couple years back that still persists today, as well as the sports discussion)

- Colleges and universities indoctrinating young impressionable minds with the Liberal Woke Mind Virus™

- Schools teaching children that America and Americans are in fact not always the good guys

- Perceived lost of status/mobility/visibility thanks to DEI initiatives and society embracing DEI-esque ideals ("wHy ArE tHeRe No WhItEs In CoMmErCiAlS aNyMoRe?!" is a common refrain that crystalizes the nature of this greivance)

- Job security/Economy - a desire to return to a world before globalization and outsourcing, despite the fact that the proverbial toothpaste absolutely cannot and will not go back into the tube; and as a consequence, resentment towards college educated people instead of suits and politicians (of both parties) that got the wheels in motion on this before many of them were even alive (which ties into bullet #3)

- An intense distrust of a "liberal media" despite the fact that they themselves consume unapologetically conservative media to reinforce their worldview and continue to fuel their grievances and don't appear intellectually capable of critically analyzing media bias in the first place

- Post-Covid, complete distrust of the medical/scientific community. How thrilled MAGA must be to see RFK as Secretary of HHS. "Do your own research" on YouTube, podcasts, and via QAnon.

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The vast majority of Trump voters are not brainwashed, do not see themselves as victims, and don't cheer Trump nonsense or grift

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Sorry, but that is simply not the case my man they are fully on board and love whats going on right now.

[quote]I can’t believe the cognitive dissonance there it’s just shocking to me. Whatever nonsense or obviously dishonest or blatantly criminal behavior is next in line they are fine with it, as long as it owns the libs.[/


My thoughts as well. Just stunning we're blowing drug runners to Kingdom Come and then turn around and pardon convicted drug dealers.

Naive, not enough research and gullible? Idk.

My trust in the Biden DOJ is zero.

That’s the problem with politics nowadays. It’s all deflection. My guy’s a POS but wouldn’t be as bad a POS as your guy. The bar is so low.