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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
That was kind of my point, she has one error (was it even one???) and we basically got 140+ posts about her shouting down some protesters. Whereas we got basically five posts for Trump saying, amongst other things, that January 6 was bigger than MLK's speech. She farts downwind and it'll cause an uproar, Trump can (and at this probably will) call her the N word and it will mostly be ignored. She just needs a clean three months, can't afford even a minor slip up, and she's in good shape.
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That's always been true though since 2016. Teflon Don, whose support is the least fragile among anyone who's ever run for the Presidency. This isn't news. It's the result of being a cult leader rather than a normal politician. Turns out that having people's undying and unwavering devotion to you, even if you don't in any way deserve it, helps a lot in maintaining your baseline support.
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You basically just described the evangelical right and their views in abortion. They could care less about trump and the fact he’s devoid of morals they should espouse, he’s been effective at one thing. Stacking a court to get what they want on abortion.
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Well, sort of. I mean I also think those people are very dumb, sure, but I think that by and large those voters would likely say that Trump has other policies and benefits they approve of and so they're not exactly holding their noses, and they are also often willing to pretend that the numerous instances in which he's proved he's an awful person are "fake news" or whatever.
The better analogy would be, if the GOP nominated someone who wanted to implement even the most mild, common-sense gun ownership restrictions, there would probably be a bunch of 2nd amendment nuts who would behave the same way.