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[–] Nightwingdragon@lemmy.world 146 points 10 months ago (4 children)

How would this be a surprise to anybody? He's already been proven to have numerous ties to Epstein. His base simply doesn't care.

[–] KneeTitts@lemmy.world 153 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (4 children)

His base simply doesn’t care

Lets face it, we could have a video of trump raping those kids himself and they still would vote for him. Facts are irrelevant to cults, they are immunized against reality

[–] billiam0202@lemmy.world 123 points 10 months ago (3 children)

"If Trump is raping kids live on camera, just imagine what the Demonrats are doing they're too scared to film!"

[–] Daft_ish@lemmy.world 32 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Anyone who watches the video is a pedophile and can't be trusted!

Edit: Not even a joke. The GOP rolls out faultier logic on the daily.

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 30 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

"I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn't lose any voters, OK?" -Trump

We all thought he was talking about a gun.

[–] newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 29 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's because they want to be him. Just like how they all don't want to punish millionaires because they all think they're going to wind up as one someday, they don't want to punish their guys for breaking the law because they want to be able to break the law with impunity someday too.

[–] cabbage@piefed.social 2 points 10 months ago

It's all too easy to imagine the mental gymnastics.

"She was 17/16/whatever, not a real child anyway" "There is no sign in the video that she is not consenting, this is a private matter" "The democrats are sick for obsessing over this"

[–] theodewere@kbin.social 7 points 10 months ago

he's their fantasy vaccine, and they're not giving him up for real ones that actually sting a little

His numbers would actually go up.

[–] numbermess@kbin.social 26 points 10 months ago

His base will worship him more for it. He's essentially a black hole (orange hole?) at this point, his people have passed the event horizon and can't turn back.

[–] ares35@kbin.social 9 points 10 months ago

his 'base' is jealous af. all they get is 'leftovers' at the family reunion.

[–] ripcord@kbin.social 7 points 10 months ago

It's not a "surprise" not did anyone say it was. It justnt clear before WHICH person in the docs Trump was. Now it is.