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slater71

(1,153 posts)
Sun Jan 27, 2019, 02:19 PM Jan 2019

What do you think the response will be from trump supporters if he is charged?

I was wondering what the right wing and people like Hannity, Limpballs, Coulter, will try to spin it besides fake news. Will some of them jump ship? Will Hannity maybe get called to testify? Just wondering what the board thinks will happen.

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bitterross

(4,066 posts)
5. They will say he was set up.
Sun Jan 27, 2019, 02:32 PM
Jan 2019

They won't admit he's guilty. They'll say any tapes are doctored by the deep state. They'll say that everyone was just out to get him so they set him up.

Some of them will become violent. We could have something like the Bundy standoff at a Federal building but much, much worse. Because Trump won't be trying to de-escalate anything. He'll be fanning the flames.

 

ADX

(1,622 posts)
6. If and when Chump is charged...
Sun Jan 27, 2019, 02:36 PM
Jan 2019

...it's gonna get ugly because a lot of his supporters are demented, deranged sycophants who truly believe he can do no wrong.

Scruffy1

(3,239 posts)
7. I could care less.
Sun Jan 27, 2019, 02:40 PM
Jan 2019

His hardcore supporters are mainly the bully type and are really just cowards when they haven't got a lot fo support. They will just go back to staring at sports, Fox and other mindless pursuits.

quickesst

(6,280 posts)
8. They will make a lot of noise....
Sun Jan 27, 2019, 02:41 PM
Jan 2019

....and act tough long enough to convince each other they aren't the cowards they are.

delisen

(6,039 posts)
9. Thecelebs will spin; the rest will go hang at the at the pool hall
Sun Jan 27, 2019, 02:43 PM
Jan 2019

or find something else to do. Show over.

RainCaster

(10,676 posts)
10. They will post shit on FB, Twitter and RW media sites, otherwise nothing
Sun Jan 27, 2019, 02:46 PM
Jan 2019

They are too stupid to organize and do anything lasting. Just another noise in the dark.

4TheArts

(72 posts)
11. Response from those talking heads
Sun Jan 27, 2019, 02:46 PM
Jan 2019

will be as bogus as usual, but I'm thinking also will be more incendiary speech.
Living where I do in rural Appalachia I do worry more about the reactions of the neighborhood, 70% voted for Palin, then 70% voted for 45. Way too many people here think the opposite of reality regarding their savior/hero.

Bayard

(21,802 posts)
15. I think he will incite his minions to take to the streets
Sun Jan 27, 2019, 04:45 PM
Jan 2019

Could be some violence. Best put bodyguards on Pelosi and other top Dems.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
18. All top Congressional leaders have a security team with them at all times.
Sun Jan 27, 2019, 05:05 PM
Jan 2019

Lower level congresspeople that are not part of party high leadership may be exposed to violence, ala Congresswoman Giffords.

Greywing

(1,124 posts)
16. They will be like the old Nixon supporters were ...
Sun Jan 27, 2019, 04:52 PM
Jan 2019

insisting he did nothing wrong and kind of shrinking back into the walls & then forming their little militias until next their next white hope comes along. I hope this time the lesson we are learning stays with us much longer and we actually make this white nationalist, misogynistic, racist behavior so unacceptable in our society that they never raise their heads again.

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