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Summary

A genuine backlash to Trump’s ethno-nationalist authoritarianism may be starting to take shape on its own terms.

The Washington Post-ABC News poll shows “Trump slipping underwater on immigration, which has been his best issue,” with 56% of independents disapproving of his handling.

Only 21% of independents want wrongfully deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia to remain imprisoned. These policies “raise basic issues of fundamental fairness, due process, and the rule of law.”

Trump’s lawlessness across the board is clearly a problem, reinforcing the view he’s engaged in rampant extralegal abuses of power.

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 day ago (5 children)

What a mamby pamby headline -- "trump is killing the economy, turning the country into a police state regime and independents kinda are noticing"

WTF ?? 40+ % agree with him? How can this country be like that?

ANYONE who supported him or voted for him or helped him get elected is a racist, a bigot and/or a misogynist--- I don't go for this "oh, a lot of people didn't know what he would do" bullsh!t.

This is why I tell people MAKE A LIST of everyone you know or know of that helped this madman, soon enough a lot of them are going to try and pretend they didn't and we can't let them.

I want to see the Latino community take revenge of these morons who helped him get elected. I want the families of these people snatched off the streets confronting them. I want to see these morons who helped him get elected because Joe Biden wasn't reacting the way they wanted on Gaza to go to Gaza and explain to them that they had to show Biden who was boss and help a man who wants to see them all dead become President.

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[–] [email protected] 110 points 1 day ago (13 children)

How fucking stupid were these independents 6 months ago?

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They have the memory of a goldfish, but they aren't evil.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

the view

Fucking… it’s not a view. He IS.

[–] [email protected] 64 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Only 21% of independents want wrongfully deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia to remain imprisoned.

Translation: 21% of independents are a**holes.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You're allowed to curse on the Internet

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Independents are not a homogeneous group. A fairer statement is that 100% of assholes are assholes.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

With all the constitution and laws I find it scary that america cannot (or does not want to) stop the monster they hired for their president.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 day ago

The Constitution and laws are just letters written on paper. They don't actually do anything unless enough people take real risks and sacrifices to act on them.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It makes sense, he doesn't need independents anymore. In fact, if he holds on to power past 2028, he won't need any votes at all to do it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Because he's insane?

[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Damn, OP. Stop giving me false hope!

[–] [email protected] 145 points 1 day ago (8 children)

How was anyone expecting the guy who openly tried to steal an election after losing to be anything but lawless?

[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You don't even have to think that hard into it. The man is litterally a convicted felon. The only reason he isn't in jail is Biden's DoJ wasn't as aggressive as it could have been.

[–] [email protected] 61 points 1 day ago

Biden's DOJ: People will respect us for being non-partisan

People: See, if Trump did any real crimes he'd be in prison but he's not because Biden's DOJ was just playing politics

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

It wasn't his fault. You might as well blame gunmakers for school shootings.

Trump had nothing to do with January 6, and the fact that he's pardoned so many of the people who were there shows how compassionate he is!

No /s because that's what the MAGats will tell you

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

It was "aspirational"

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

Tried? He and Melon definitely did so.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

BuT RoSs UlBrIcHt aNd CrYpTo!

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