The former president found a supportive audience at the Republican Jewish Coalition gathering even after his Hezbollah comments.
The former president found a supportive audience at the Republican Jewish Coalition gathering even after his Hezbollah comments.
He recently called Hamas very smart. I'm probably being naive but I honestly thought that might erode his support among Jewish Republicans. I was surprised they gave him such a boisterous welcome. It could all be astroturf though.
Anyone that still supports him isn't going to stop now.
I know people that voted for him in 2016 but voted for Biden in 2020. I think there's at least one person who voted for him twice but won't this time.
Well, if it gets to the point where his goons have arrested little d's son in law for being Jewish (and Ivanka for being a race traitor) and they are rounding up Jews all around the country, maybe then they might think twice about their support for this fascist.
Nah, it's a cult and he's their messiah. He can literally do no wrong in their eyes.
It's fairly common for conservatives to suddenly have an epiphany if something affects themselves or their immediate family.
I think a lot of right wing POC, immigrants, women, lgtbtq, Jews, etc., think that they'll be considered one of the "good ones" and won't ever face any bad outcomes as a result of their own support for the Republicans.
If the cons seize power, they'll eventually get around to the purity tests, of that I'm certain.
I remember a story about a trump supporter whose husband was undocumented and guess what happened? He got deported.
Here's the article in case you'd like to read it.
I remember that. It was a total "I didn't think the Face Eating Leopards were going to eat MY face" moment.
Say what you want about Trump, but he didn't even try to hide his intentions towards immigrants. It's not like he came in saying "I love immigrants" and then suddenly turned. He was quite clear that he hated every immigrant and would deport as many as he could. For this woman to hear that and add "except for my husband" in her head was crazy.
I didn't look into what they're doing now but I know they had children and ran a business. It's ridiculous that she though trump actually cared about her and her family.
Maybe she thought she would get just tax cuts that would especially benefit her (and her non-deported husband?). I swear there are some conservatives that would load their own mothers onto boxcars if they thought they'd get a tax cut though.
As a Jew whose parents support Trump (and Republicans in general), it won't erode his support. They'll make excuses as to what he really meant while saying "he's not anti-semitic because he supports Israel."
Of course, Israel isn't American Jewery. Trump "supports Israel" because his evangelicals need Jews running Israel for Jesus to return. He doesn't care at all about Jews and the Republican party is going all in on "this is a Christian nation and any citizen who isn't Christian can pound sand." (They also like Israel because it gives them a place they can say they'll deport all Jews to.)
But my parents are blinded by "supports Israel" and so they ignore everything else surrounding this.
Oh that makes me sad. I'm going to keep hoping that at least a few people realize that he's just a conman.