A Washington Post analyst said Thursday he's had it with calls for MAGA voter empathy following the Jan. 6 Capitol riots, the first criminal conviction of a former president and promises of "dictatorship" to come.Political columnist Matt Bai professed himself fed up with calls from top Democrats and...

I have not heard such a thing from left leaning folks, but I’d quickly shut them down if they were suggesting pity for these people.

  • MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world
    642·
    4 months ago

    Their last chance was 2020. I could theoretically understand their vote in 2016. If you still support Trump it’s because you agree with what he stands for, and are therefore a trash human being. It’s not because “the Democrats aren’t good either”, it’s because you’re an authoritarian boot licker. End of story.

    • magnetosphere@fedia.io
      131·
      4 months ago

      Yup. I can imagine a lot of uninformed voters supporting Trump back then simply because he had an R next to his name. He certainly can’t count on that this time.