For the last six years now, we’ve watched Donald Trump and over and over thought, “Okay, that’s surely the new low. He can’t sink lower than that.” And then he does. And we all think, “Okay, surely that’s the new low. How could he sink lower?” And then he does.
We watch his cult and wonder, “Will that be the thing that will break some supporters away from him?” And we know it won’t, but then the new low comes, and we think, “Surely they won’t put up with that.” And they do.
So now it appears that Trump had nuclear secrets in his basement, was asked to return them and refused, was subpoenaed to return them and refused. Surely this is the new low. Surely this — just shy of espionage at best — is the breaking point.
Of course, it isn’t.
“Surely, Donald Trump stealing nuclear secrets will be enough to break away Republicans from him.”
if y’all haven’t learned this lesson now you never will.
The man can eat a live baby on national television and not a single Republican voter would give a shit.
Rick Wilson
Lestje B. Juddged elucidated it:
If it’s anything shy of the ACTUAL launch codes, then Fox et. al. will minimize it to the point where the rank and file cultist can buy into it.
And even if it IS actual launch codes, it’s still 90/10 that it doesn’t move the needle a single bit.
Lestje B. Juddged
Tristan Snell framed the significance succinctly:
He did not take a few innocent items for memorabilia. He took the Crown Jewels of classified government documents to his home in Florida.
Tristan Snell
The GOP’s reaction will be predictable, and it will show that the party has become a threat to national security.
I offer this hope: we had a primary for the GOP candidate to run against our D governor. One candidate was Trump endorsed (Michels), the other was Pence backed (Kleefisch). Michels won with 46.8% of the vote. That means that more than 50% of Wisconsin Republican voters went with candidates NOT endorsed by Trump. That’s a huge shift. SO the hope is that even as it’s not a massive abandonment, it’s a slow trickle away from that walking time-bomb. But I do agree, each low seems like you could go no lower. Then — surprise! He proves us wrong.
But will that slow trickle be enough to affect the 2024 primary? Can you imagine what that man would do if he got back into the White House?
I haven’t THE faith, but I have faith in that he wont. The number of T believers hasn’t grown. (For that matter, neither has the number of those OTHER believers. You gotta keep the faith! Well, not THE faith, just faith in the long term arch toward decency and justice.)