Trump accidently tapped into a thick, rich vein of American stupid.

[Swede]

[Botany]

1. He tapped into America's thick and rich vein of "isms":

Racism, Sexism, and Anti Intellectualism. It runs deep, wide, and for multiple generations too.
Trump scratches those bigots itches and to them it really feels good.

Putin installed him in order to weaken America from within and in that he has been highly
successful.

[Dave Id]

2. He knew what he needed to win

He didn't have to look far to find like minded POSs.

[Texin]

14. Yup. Every con man-huckster recognizes his marks. He's been one probably since he turned two.

As P.T. Barnum purportedly said, "there's a sucker born every minute." And a whole lot of folks out there are about as intelligent as a box of hair. The remainder who are/were vulnerable have been indoctrinated by evangelical so-called Christianity, along withy right wing talk radio, which really took root in the country around the time (or slightly earlier) when Newt Gingrich was Speaker.

[Botany]

15. And that racism gave him a voting block of 25 to 35% of Americans who are afraid of the coloreds taking ....

… over

After that via massive cheating in many different forms and then the hold over from slavery called
the electoral college and the minority can rule the majority.

Republicans haven’t won a Presidential Election since 1956 with out cheating or being the legacy
of cheating. I firmly believe that Harris and Walz crushed Trump but Musk, Theil, and other bad
actors deleted millions of votes but Theil, Palantir, and E.S.&S. ran clean up programs (digital
janitor & other software & firmware) that hid the vote deletions or vote flipping and the republicans
and the media could then sell the story that Harris/Walz just couldn’t turn out the vote.

[Iwasthere]

27. I absolutley agree with everything you said

It will, unfortunately, continue to be swept under the rug. Even in this forum there are many that are not interested in hearing it.

[OldBaldy1701E]

23. I was about to say.

It was not stupidity that got him elected.

It was a desire for the 'isms'. That is the truth of the matter.

[Gum Logger]

26. The Repukes are the masters of social engineering

[Orrex]

3. Every time I see him dance, I want the sun to go supernova

[ProfessorGAC]

11. Nova

Our sun is too little to supernova.

[Orrex]

13. I can dream, can't I?

[ProfessorGAC]

17. Sure.

Anything is possible in a dream. Oh, and cartoons!

[Orrex]

18. To wit, maybe someone will drop an anvil on him.

[Botany]

16. A Red Giant of our Sun would work too.

[whopis01]

19. WTF dude?

How dare you bring scientific facts and knowledge into a political conversation.

(I really hope the obvious sarcasm is taken as obvious sarcasm)

[ProfessorGAC]

20. It Is

And accepted as appropriate.
Orrex & I have been pals for years, (probably 20) so I knew Orrex would get my correction as good natured.
All in good fun.

[Orrex]

21. Yes indeed--it's all good!

[Gum Logger]

4. But this includes a few Dumbocrats

Where is the accounting of the Dumbocrats that assisted the Repukes in selling America down the river to China 🇨🇳 There had been no engagement with Appalachia. Is vacuous a word. The Scotch-Irish are a minority in Appalachia, but they dominate. Then, their influence spreads out to the rest of their state. How are Dems going to market to the Scotch-Irish? In the words of James Webb, you ignore the Scotch-Irish at your peril

[stopdiggin]

12. I'm not particularly interested in 'marketing' to pig ignorant

racists. But - you do you.

- "no engagement with Appalachia .. "

Yeah - because schools, clinics and health services, treatment programs, and basic civil rights - all kind of miss the mark ...

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[Keepthesoulalive]

32. Are you serious?

[JHB]

5. I don't know if "vein" is the right analogy. I think it's more like "keg"

A vein implies raw material, but what he tapped into was cultivated, refined, and distilled through 40-odd years of deliberate propaganda. The stupid and all its components have always been there, but conservatives have been very diligent in bringing it to the surface and training its voters to follow the stupid.

[aggiesal]

6. Idiocracy is a Documentary. n/t

[leftstreet]

7. He tapped into privilege

Reminding white people of their (alleged) superiority, and the (alleged) loss that happens when minorities make gains

The sole purpose of "leaders" like him is ensuring this group doesn't recognize when they're being fucked over, and organize to fight back

[stopdiggin]

8. and MEANNESS. the rather astonishing willingness to 'nose/spite/face'

but - as that also points to a a fairly large helping of crude stupidity ....

Yes - probably the single best encapsulation of Trump to be found.

[DBoon]

9. ignorant, mean and selfish

True American values

[Horse with no Name]

10. He tapped into the sect of society

That are stupid, easy to manipulate and lack curiosity.
Those people you knew in High School that made fun of or bullied the smart kids.

[ThoughtCriminal]

22. It started with Reagan, but it was "W" who really got this shit rolling

By the time Trump showed up, it was a perfect, and inevitable shit-storm.

Right-wing talk radio, the anti-Christ theology of the "Christian" Right, the corrupt and ideological Supreme Court majority. The un-principled GOP Congress that adopted scorched-Earth hatred, ultra-red, gerrymandered state legislatures, complaint/complicit main-stream media, captured by corporate greed.

All of this was in place ready for the first true fascist that was willing to throw away everything that made America a decent place.

[Gum Logger]

25. Let's not overlook the talents of Newt Gingrich

Newt said, it takes an argument to win an argument

[SocialDemocrat61]

24. Not just stupid

Racism too.

[usonian]

28. He's plainly a troll.

First, like an internet troll, just hurling shit around to get attention, and
Second, using that shit-slinging to cover up his "troll as in pay the troll to cross this bridge or go anywhere"

He simply personifies all the stupid hate and racism that's been blasted 24 by 7 by the Guardians of Pedophiles since Lee Atwater came up with the GOP "Southern Strategy" that consists of three main parts:

• Racism
• Racism and
• Racism

with a sprinkling of xenophobia, homophobia and misogyny for jollies.

I blame so-called "religious" leaders for sucking up to this shitshow to gain donations and those lovely private jets, instead of speaking and acting out the good shepherd's words and deeds.

Profits over prophets.
IT'S THE AMERICAN WAY
to hell in a handbasket

[OC375]

29. As bad as he is...

...he's just the messenger. Everything and everyone that's happened in the US up to right now laid the groundwork for this, or things wouldn't allow for it. He's just the particular opportunist with no scruples who happened to see it and grabbed the stage first. It could just as easily have been any one of a million similar pricks out there, had they found a way to grab the megaphone away. There will be more coming.

[Brainfodder]

30. Someone used LIBERAL for EVIL ASSHOLES and it stuck with them, yeah they STUPID alright!

WOKE for informed and a bad thing? YEAH THEY STUPID ALRIGHT!

His word of innocence over MOUNTAINS OF EVIDENCE TO THE CONTRARY? YEAH THEY STUPID ALRIGHT!!

How many more of ^these^?

34 convictions in court, 2 impeachments, a mugshot, an adjudication for rape + millions in judgement(s)?
THEY BLIND LOYALTY FOR HIM or is it just trained seals via media choices for all things (R)?

REMEMBER, THEY STUPID.

[walkingman]

31. When you live in an Autocracy you can't blame yourself for the government but

when you live in a Democracy, we can only blame ourselves. We have a choice and this is what we have chosen. Sadly, unless we make better decisions, we might not have that choice in the future.