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No Vested Interest

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15. Trump's supporters are more like a Fan Club than discerning voters.

Reply to mac56 (Original post)

Fri Nov 18, 2016, 05:46 PM

Nov 2016

Yep, I'm inclined to go along with the "stupid" label, though many Trumpsters are willingly ignorant, i.e., ignorant by choice, i.e., intellectually lazy.

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They got played, but they don't care. [View all] mac56 Nov 2016 OP

Trump was not even a serious primary candidate until he talked about deporting Latinos and building Hoyt Nov 2016 #1

This is what enrages me. duffyduff Nov 2016 #13

It turns out 40% of Americans are racist and another 10% are just plain stoopid. OregonBlue Nov 2016 #2

You are wrong! Elwood P Dowd Nov 2016 #6

Well maybe but I think that there's about 10% like Paris Hilton who voted for Trump OregonBlue Nov 2016 #11

More like 25% n2doc Nov 2016 #14

Yep - they got just what they wanted - not Her. Sad. jmg257 Nov 2016 #3

They don't KNOW yet, elleng Nov 2016 #4

A big BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR goes out to every one of them. lpbk2713 Nov 2016 #5

Give them 6 months to a year and watch their tune change lunatica Nov 2016 #7

LOL Skittles Nov 2016 #9

What so many of us refuse to comprehend is that a huge segment of the Trump Klan .... Buzz Clik Nov 2016 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author duffyduff Nov 2016 #12

This is what they wanted - chaos, excitement, reality tv, drama cbdo2007 Nov 2016 #10

I really think that's a big part of it. deurbano Nov 2016 #16

Trump's supporters are more like a Fan Club than discerning voters. No Vested Interest Nov 2016 #15

They don't care yes...they hated Clinton that much Catherine Vincent Nov 2016 #17

THEY THINK they hated Clinton that much... Raster Nov 2016 #19

An example of not caring . . . I know a Trump Fan who posted this statement on fb . . . Liberal In Red State Nov 2016 #18