Could the J/6 hearings be enough to prick the consciences of Trump voters? Fox News clearly fear so

[kpete]

.....clearly Fox News is worried about this possibility. Its content is, of course, all irrelevant noise built on a foundation of lies. It’s the purpose of it that is so fascinating: To convince viewers to stay as far as possible away from absorbing the information offered by the January 6 committee. Clearly, the Fox News producers are worried that even a small amount of attention paid to the facts will stoke doubts in their viewers and weaken their resolve to keep supporting trump.

…Should they be worried? From one perspective, the answer is a big, fat no. After all, as the committee demonstrated last night, Republican members of Congress were directly threatened by trump’s violence, were afraid for their lives, and begged him to stop. If people he nearly killed can handle the cognitive dissonance to stay by his side, certainly voters who are at a physical remove can.

And certainly, the past six years suggest trump voters are plenty aware that he’s a sociopathic monster. That’s why they like him. They’re motivated by the same thing that causes Republican politicians to stick by trump: They want power, no matter what the cost, and think that trump is the vehicle to get it. They don’t “believe” the Big Lie, so much as embrace it as a way to achieve the overall goal, which is for their tribe to control all the reins of power, democracy be damned. For most trump voters, Fox News exists mostly as a rationalization-generator more than a source of genuine confusion. They could, after all, change the channel — but they don’t.

Still, even if most trump voters are immovable in their faith, as the numbers show, all you need is a couple of percentage points to change their minds and it would dramatically undermine the GOP hold on power…”

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https://www.salon.com/2022/07/22/fox-news-desperate-distraction-circus-anything-to-have-viewers-ignore-the-january-6-hearings/

[tanyev]

1. I doubt many Trump voter consciences are being pricked.

But there may be a good number who decide that Trump is too narcissistic and incompetent to successfully usher in the authoritarianism they want and that DeSantis would be a better bet.

The only way that's a silver lining is if Trump and DeSantis go after each other.

[Deminpenn]

2. Economists used to think the demand for gasoline

was completely inelastic, meaning no matter how high the price got, demand wouldn't change. That turned out not to be true when gas hit $4/gal and up. Demand did decrease.

I think it's the same way with the Trump cult. There is a point where "demand" for him will decrease. Jmho, but we are likely hitting that "price" point.

[quaint]

3. The Guardian: "It's a kangaroo court": in key state, Trump backers dismiss January 6 hearings

Agree, we only need a few, but we aren't helped by MSM.

[Girard442]

4. In 2016 we thought voters would flee trump when they saw what he was like.

Let's face it. They know exactly what he is. They've known for a long time.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

5. We're talking about people who'd pick owning an AK- 47 over their kids' lives

[gulliver]

6. "Fox News exists mostly as a rationalization-generator"

Yep, Republicans just need someone to tell them to do what they already want to do.

[PortTack]

7. The hard core cult have no conscience to prick