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19. Trump got millions fewer votes than Romney or McCain

Thu May 9, 2019, 11:33 PM

May 2019

The base was not energized in any significant way, just 66,000 votes flipped/suppressed in the Rust Belt.

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BREAKING:***Impeach Nixon 43% ... Impeach Trump 45%*** [View all] uponit7771 May 2019 OP

+1, somethings not right ... uponit7771 May 2019 #2

45.1% of this country is bat shit crazy nt doc03 May 2019 #4

Because most people made up their minds about Trump years ago. TwilightZone May 2019 #6

K & R SunSeeker May 2019 #3

Recommended. H2O Man May 2019 #7

I honestly do not understand why he hasn't died yet. ProudLib72 May 2019 #14

Oh my......be best is right....... a kennedy May 2019 #15

Well, a kennedy, you are NOT alone ! Haggis for Breakfast May 2019 #20

So what if impeachment energizes his base... world wide wally May 2019 #10

Faulty logic Fiendish Thingy May 2019 #11

There's no reason to believe impeachment would demoralize Trump's base. TwilightZone May 2019 #12

Trump got millions fewer votes than Romney or McCain Fiendish Thingy May 2019 #19

All the better! world wide wally May 2019 #13

He's got to be weakened by death by a thousand cuts kimbutgar May 2019 #16

Do I smell toast? dchill May 2019 #17

LOCK . . . HIM . . .UP Maru Kitteh May 2019 #18