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TexasTowelie

(128,150 posts)
Tue Jul 15, 2025, 12:02 PM Jul 2025

Enten: 'Trump would not have won the presidency in 2024' without QAnon believers - CNN



CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten on President Trump's reliance on conspiracy believers. "Trump swam in the conspiracy theorist waters for years, and now, finally, the sharks in those waters are coming to try and get him."
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Enten: 'Trump would not have won the presidency in 2024' without QAnon believers - CNN (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jul 2025 OP
Um no...... Lovie777 Jul 2025 #1
Did you watch the video? ShazzieB Jul 2025 #2
? Nt Quixote1818 Jul 2025 #4
Well, yeah. They're called Republicans. After the last 10 years, you'd be hard-pressed to find a single US conservative Karasu Jul 2025 #3

ShazzieB

(22,882 posts)
2. Did you watch the video?
Tue Jul 15, 2025, 03:37 PM
Jul 2025

Just wondering, because I thought Enten made a pretty strong case for the idea that a lot of Trump's support has come from conspiracy theorists in general and QAnon in particular.

In addition, Qanon's very visible presence at the January 6 insurrection hints at a strong presence in Trump's base. I don't know if Enten is overstating the case or not, but I'm not sure he's wrong.

Karasu

(2,070 posts)
3. Well, yeah. They're called Republicans. After the last 10 years, you'd be hard-pressed to find a single US conservative
Tue Jul 15, 2025, 03:56 PM
Jul 2025

who does NOT believe in at least one of the many, many related conspiracy theories. They shit them out like fucking nothing in response to anything that could remotely incriminate their party, to the point that they now have an entire fucking mythology of religionesque nonsense built around the idea that Dems are evil pedophiles. It's downright cartoonish.

People do not fucking understand that this is mainstream in that party and has been for a while. They are that fucking delusional and divorced from reality.

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