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In reply to the discussion: *****BREAKING*****WAPO- Trump considering pardoning himself and criminal associates [View all]Awsi Dooger
(14,565 posts)There is no reason to believe otherwise. Don't underestimate the stupidity and blind loyalty of his followers. My Republican aunt today told me that Democrats were "subhuman" for failing to allow Trump to do his job and fix the country. I've never even heard her use that word but today it applied to all Democrats.
After we argued briefly about that she changed the subject and wanted to talk about O.J. Simpson being released from prison. We live in Miami so local news continues to cover the possibility that O.J. might return here. That O.J talk was even more unbelievable. She said she read on her smart phone that O.J. never would have gone to jail except for Mark Fuhrman. Somehow she thought he was related to the second O.J. trial, not the first. When I tried to correct her on that she snapped at me and said, "Oh sure. I'm wrong again. You know everything."
Then she hung up in disgust.
That's the caliber we're dealing with. The Republicans in congress have zero risk in pretending Trump has done nothing wrong. The legions will willingly look away and with right wing media help pretend Mueller was at fault. The billionaire GOP supporters will fuel it further with relentless ad campaigns, on television and all the online sources.
Rachel can uncover the truth every weeknight but it leads nowhere.