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NEW CBS POLL: nearly all strong supporters of President Trump say they trust him for accurate information, while only 11 percent trust the mainstream media https://cbsn.ws/2NSJrDq
Link to tweet
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-backers-stand-by-president-in-face-of-russia-criticism-cbs-poll/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab7b&linkId=54882667
Can we say his supporters are part of a CULT now ?
The Blue Flower
(5,433 posts)There's nothing sane, adult, or rational about it.
JDC
(10,114 posts)donkeypoofed
(2,187 posts)handmade34
(22,756 posts)have sorely failed us
Mike Nelson
(9,943 posts)
were home-schooled, or did not graduate.
Mike Nelson
(9,943 posts)
they think the media is made up of mostly "Deep State" conspirators a and Obama is plotting a coup.
manor321
(3,344 posts)As there are fewer and fewer self-described Trump supporters, they now start telling us what "strong supporters" of Trump think.
The press endlessly talks to them and asks them what they think, ignoring everyone else in the country.
sprinkleeninow
(20,212 posts)💙🇺🇸🌊
Sneederbunk
(14,277 posts)Nonhlanhla
(2,074 posts)CatMor
(6,212 posts)Its hard to believe there are people that stupid in our country.
spanone
(135,790 posts)he's the jim jones of his base
dameatball
(7,394 posts)Most of the Trump lovers in my extended family are as educated as I am, if not more so. But yes, many are just dim bulbs also.
Doodley
(9,036 posts)dameatball
(7,394 posts)33taw
(2,436 posts)We need to focus on those who are more centrists.
Different Drummer
(7,602 posts)instead of Mainstream Media being the third choice, it was Fox "News" instead.
lame54
(35,262 posts)What is it they believe?
miyazaki
(2,239 posts)This should declare a national mental health emergency.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,738 posts)That one out of three Trump supporters are just as stupid as the other two.
Lindsay
(3,276 posts)Me.
(35,454 posts)And we pay attention to Ed O'Keefe's polls why? I've always found them skewed.
oasis
(49,325 posts)No surprise.
Downtown Hound
(12,618 posts)Kablooie
(18,608 posts)kimbutgar
(21,055 posts)Algernon Moncrieff
(5,781 posts)Goes back to Goldwater.
Cattledog
(5,910 posts)lunasun
(21,646 posts)Alwaysna
(574 posts)"If you think education is expensive try ignorance ". I think it is from Mark Twain.
appleannie1943
(1,303 posts)eternity together?
Docreed2003
(16,850 posts)"It's a wonder that they still know how to breath"
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Vinca
(50,236 posts)PSPS
(13,579 posts)It's like saying, "nearly all strong supporters of beef like to eat steak."
keithbvadu2
(36,654 posts)Would believe Trump over Jesus for credibility
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2017/11/21/trump_voter_if_jesus_christ_came_down_from_the_cross_and_told_me_trump_was_with_russia_i_wouldnt_believe_him.html
About 2:55 on the timeline.
"Let me tell you," he continued. "If Jesus Christ gets down off the cross and told me Trump is with Russia, I would tell him, hold on a second, I need to check with the president if it is true. That is how confident I feel in the president."