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TheGuySwann | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 It’s a promise which obviously has the potential to be bullshit. But it seems less likely than not. He did pardon numerous people that he said he would, and more specifically he has repeated this one on numerous occasions to the point that it would make him look really stupid if he didn’t do it.

I think he will do it simply to protect his ego and image. That’s what the bet would be on. And regardless, what would be the alternative? The same shit that would’ve happened anyway. It’s not like any other issue in any way shape or form will matter. But in the case of Ross, it’s literally “maybe he will do it,” or nothing will happen, which is exactly what will happen in literally every other option or path available.
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BitcoinBelle | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Yeah. I wasn’t going to vote originally but if it’s a sliver of a possibility that he will make good on this. It’s worth it… and if he makes himself out to be a liar then it’s back to feeling like my votes irrelevant 😂😂
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Bill Cypher | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 His cult will never admit he has a fault and everyone else already hates him. There is no face to save anymore.

This is precisely what makes Trump so dangerous. The Dem fanbois are capable of turning on their leaders at least, even if their threshold for doing it is far too high.
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TheGuySwann | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 I have literally less than zero faith that the left will turn on the govt, they've gone so ASTOUNDINGLY in the opposite direction that I cannot even begin to entertain that. Even the left leaning people in my personal life frighten me the degree of "do EVERYTHING the state says and if you don't you should be imprisoned" that they thoughtlessly and immediately adopted.

The Trump supporters have completely lost the plot and miss *entirely* that everything that happened in 2020 was not only explicitly done under Trump, but that he has continuously endorsed and even BRAGGED about that shitshow. They won't admit the absurd failures that he has overseen because all they see is that he is some sort of hero because the MSM hates him, and that's apparently enough to exclaim that everything he does is perfect.
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Chris Liss | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 not so -- most people voting for Trump are doing it eyes open, routinely criticize his horrendous handling of covid and his doing zero against the deep state the first time. 

There are *some* zealots, of course, but it is not nearly as symmetrical as you present.