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The thing that always drives me nuts, is why??? why, did they hook their horse to this wagon??? They could have gotten rid of him and he would be gone, and he would whine and complain, but the GOP would have remained intact. But, they sold their souls to this orange devil. Who, I hope drops dead!! They have capitulated to this orange menace, and for that very small group of MAGA supporters, what are they so afraid of. I think the silver lining for us here, is that his supporters only love Trump, why?? will be a study is psychology for decades to come, but they won't come out for anyone else, and they don't like Musk, that is evident in the Pennsylvania special election in a ruby red district that Trump won by 15 points, they went to the democrat!! Florida and Wisconsin will be the bell weather of where we are going and where the country is, if we are truly MAGA or are we sane!!

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...because they are afraid of him, his bully tactics, and the network of thugs he can command. They are afraid of physical harm to themselves and their families, as well as political harm to their reelection chances if they cross him. Instructive is Liz Cheney's book. And Thom Hartmann's piece on Dark Enlightenment. It's no mystery, really.

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If they're afraid of him and his MAGAs, who can be flattened by a tank, how will they react to a Russian, etc. takeover? The Founders, with the last line of the Declaration of Independence, "mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor".

https://michaelwsmith.com/the-sacrifices-made-by-the-declaration-signers/ Five were captured and tortured, others lost family members, lost their homes, lost their fortunes, etc. This crop of cowards are afraid of tweets and bullying. They selling not only their honor, but the country as well.

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I think the Founders were in it for something other than themselves, a rare find these days in politics with the exception of a few. It's more about how much is in it for me. As for Trump, like Sarah Kendzior says "you can't vote out the Mafia", and unbelievably 77 million people voted for that.

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Easy answer to your why? Powe and money at first. Now as many have pointed out, fear of losing that power and money.

Some, the Christian Nationalists, Cruz, Johnson, are in it to replace the Constitution with the Bible.

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I believe they support him because he supports their hatred for POC, for Jews, for anyone who isn't a white, Christian nationalist. The less educated support him because long go they were sucked into the cult. It doesn't take much to convince those lacking critical thinking skills that supporting him will make their lives better...just promise them what they don't have, i.e. money, jobs, healthcare, etc. And when the cult leader doesn't deliver they are too deep down the rabbit hole to see the light of day.

MOC are a different breed. Many have skeletons in their closets that the 🟠💩 uses to blackmail them into obedience. Others are drunk with power (many Dems are too, which is why the refuse to step aside for a new generation of leaders) and others are racists SOB's. And some, like MTG, don't realize how ignorant they really are. 222

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