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One of Trump's Biggest Supporters has an Epiphany

phiwum said:
Do I think he's being honest? No I do not. Do I think his reasoning makes sense? Again, no.

But his value is not in how he reaches the hardcore Trupistas or the anti-Trumpers. I think his value is in how he reaches the less radical/slightly more rational Trumpers... the type that are currently sitting on the fence thinking "I voted for Trump in 2016 but I'm not sure about voting for him in 2020". If they can see others walking away from Trump, perhaps they too may think they can walk away without shame.
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Do you think many of those folk look to Scaramucci as a reliable commentator?
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No I do not. Heck, I'd probably go as far as to say there are probably more people who don't even know who he is than actually consider hm a reliable commentator. And there are probably even fewer still who not only consider him a 'reliable commentator' but would also be influenced by him.

But, as the old saying goes, Every vote counts. The last election was decided by just a handful of votes in a few swing states. (Not even a statistically significant number of voters made the difference.) If it causes even a tiny number of voters to re-examine their choices, it will be a good thing.
If they didn't revisit their choice after Scaramucci's remarkable 11 day stint, I don't see them doing so now.
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If I remember, The Mooch didn't start to seriously criticize Stubby McBonespurs until long after his hiring/firing as press secretary.
 
theprestige said:
Oh. In that case, you're wrong. There are other never-Trumpers.

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I honestly don't get this dogma that there are no anti-Trumpers on the right.
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It's a technicality: anti-Trumpers have been ostracized from the right and are now considered to be leftists.
 
WilliamSeger said:
It's a technicality: anti-Trumpers have been ostracized from the right and are now considered to be leftists.
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The ones I've seen all seem to have self-segregated to the left. But they are all vocal pundits, so there's probably some selection bias there. I honestly don't know how many there are still on the right, who are holding their noses and making a virtue of necessity, while they wait for Trump to term out and get replaced by a proper rightist from the right-wing establishment.
 
Tea Party golden boy Joe Walsh has a change of heart.

Former Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.), the conservative talk-show host and prominent “tea party” figure, on Wednesday called President Donald Trump an “unfit conman” and a “racial arsonist” and urged a primary challenge for the Republican nomination next year.

Walsh also apologized both for his own heated rhetoric over the years and for helping to elect Trump in 2016.
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He apologized for questioning Obama's sincerity about his religion.
 
When you gleefully count on Republicans to defect it doesn't say too much about your own parties chances
 
theprestige said:
Oof. When I saw the thread title, I thought for sure this would be The One Thing That Ends Trump.
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When I saw the thread title, I thought this might have been another short but shining moment like the one about Trump being Selfish, Stupid, and Wrong. Sadly, Trump supporter epiphanies don't tend to be lasting.

In a month, will the Mooch be back to reflexively supporting everything Trump does? Or will he last longer than other big Trump supporters?
 
Venom said:
Tea Party golden boy Joe Walsh has a change of heart.

Former Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.), the conservative talk-show host and prominent “tea party” figure, on Wednesday called President Donald Trump an “unfit conman” and a “racial arsonist” and urged a primary challenge for the Republican nomination next year.
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While it is nice to see at least a few people on the right acknowledging the faults of Stubby McBonespurs, I think the real test will be: what will Walsh do in the next general election.

He's been calling for Trump to be primaried by a "true conservative". But assuming that that doesn't happen (given Trump's control over the party), what will he see if the choice is between the "unfit conman/racial arsonist" and an actual Democratic nominee.
 
Segnosaur said:
No I do not. Heck, I'd probably go as far as to say there are probably more people who don't even know who he is than actually consider hm a reliable commentator. And there are probably even fewer still who not only consider him a 'reliable commentator' but would also be influenced by him.

But, as the old saying goes, Every vote counts. The last election was decided by just a handful of votes in a few swing states. (Not even a statistically significant number of voters made the difference.) If it causes even a tiny number of voters to re-examine their choices, it will be a good thing.

If I remember, The Mooch didn't start to seriously criticize Stubby McBonespurs until long after his hiring/firing as press secretary.
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I sort of know who Scarmucci is. Wasn't he Trump's press secretary for about two minutes?
 
...called President Donald Trump an “unfit conman” and a “racial arsonist”
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I don’t know, he seems like a pretty fit conman to me. An unfit president without a doubt, but a fit conman.
 
Ladewig said:
I don’t know, he seems like a pretty fit conman to me. An unfit president without a doubt, but a fit conman.
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Trump, fit? Have you seen him in his golf shirt? He gets more exercise lifting hamburgers to his mouth than he does anything else.

Now, you could say he's an able con-man. But even then I'd have reservations. Yes, he managed to scam himself all the way to the presidency, but so much of his success has been built on certain advantages that he's had... born into a wealthy family, protected by Republicans...all that helped him with his particular 'cons'. Not sure if he'd be as successful if he had started out with nothing and had to scam his way to the top.
 
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