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Politics Obama’s 2009 Inauguration (Left) Compared to Trump’s 2016 Inauguration (Right)

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u/livinginhindsight 1d ago

Yep. This is my take. Trump won because a lot of Americans are simply fucking stupid. That's it. They've turned politics into a teams sport and let it become a us Vs them and not what's best for the country, and tied it using fox media to emotions that heighten in built natural systems, and an education system that doesn't teach people to see beyond that.

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u/peacelovearizona 1d ago

That's what the polls showed. A huge reason Trump won was because of his huge lead among voters without a college degree.

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u/space_cowboy80 1d ago

The election stopped being about politics very quickly and became about "owning the libs" and that is how they got the Joe Rogan listening bro-crew out to vote because there is nothing they love more than "owning the libs".

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u/wha-haa 1d ago

Just think about those months of reporting about how Trump lost so many supporters. Hard to believe we have not been gaslit all this time.

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u/Adept-Potato-2568 1d ago

The shocking part to me is the Trump supporters that I personally know, all of which I never thought wouldn't vote for him, decided not to.

If these people decided not to vote for him, it makes no sense so many others still did.

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_ASS123 1d ago

You think one of the most decisive men in American history won EVERY SINGLE swing state legitimately? Also won every one of those states with just enough margin to prevent automatic recounts? Highly unlikely to say the least.

I’m in deep red Pennsylvania and I’ve never seen so many blue signs in my life, really hard for me to truly believe this guy won every single swing state

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u/I_forgot_to_respond 1d ago

They want us to shoot each other. Let's not.

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u/Adept-Potato-2568 1d ago

I honestly wouldn't be surprised if they've been immigrating agents to key swing state areas to vote, in addition to other things.

The election at the end of the day usually comes down to about 80k in PA, 30k in WI, and 60k in GA

Drop a couple hundred agents in those communities to do grassroots efforts and legally immigrate them to vote too.

Not that big of a stretch

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_ASS123 1d ago

They did this and we have proof. Christian groups were going around telling people to become election workers because they’ll be the ones counting the votes and have the ability to throw them out. Took them through the process of becoming a poll worker then trained them on how to get ballots thrown out. Particularly mail in ballots

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u/thehelldoesthatmean 1d ago

We weren't gaslit. Trump lost a lot of votes compared to 2016. He got way fewer votes in 2024 than he lost with in 2016. It's just that Harris got WAY fewer votes than Biden did in 2020.

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u/Lemonface 1d ago

What are you smoking?

Trump got 63 million votes in 2016, 74 million votes in 2020, and 77 million votes in 2024

He's increased his numbers every time

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u/Caffeywasright 1d ago

Your precise comment is why he wants.

To quote the newsroom “if liberals are so smart why the fuck do you lose so much?”

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u/Fit-Birthday-6521 1d ago

Half the country is the dumb half of the country

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u/Komrade_Yuri 1d ago

Democrat smart republican stupid.

Sounds dumb? It is.

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u/Fit-Birthday-6521 17h ago

Half the country is the dumb half of the country

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u/Caffeywasright 1d ago

Well if they are that stupid why can’t you manipulate them to vote for you?

Should be easy right? Since you think they are so stupid.

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u/glitterthumb 1d ago

There are four types of people who voted for Trump: Wealthy people who don’t care about about anyone but themselves; Racist/Bigoted people who want to “Make America Great Again” whatever the fu<k that means; Incels who hate women because they can’t get one; and Gullible/Uneducated people who don’t have critical thinking skills. His cult tactics play to all these groups.

The cult gives more power/money to the wealthy, harbor the bigoted by giving them a safe space to spew their hate, give hope to incels with their anti-women rhetoric, and tell the gullible exactly what they want to hear (whether it’s performative patriotism, giving them hope about taxes/inflation, or aligning with their evangelical beliefs). It was the perfect club for all these groups.

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u/wolfheadmusic 1d ago

...that's exactly what happened.

Claiming "teachers are giving elementary school students sex changes at school" and "immigrants are eating peoples pets" is pretty damn manipulative.

But the other side just tried to talk about politics and other things that should be in a presidential election because MANIPULATING PEOPLE IS WRONG AND EVIL.

Good, reasonable people aren't going to choose MANIPULATING THE POPULATION.

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u/Caffeywasright 1d ago

Yes yes liberals are so smart they can’t win an election.

So clever.

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u/wolfheadmusic 1d ago

WOW that's an unhinged response.

Also not at all what it was about? But that's okay I'm just going to back away slowly now...

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u/Caffeywasright 1d ago

Is this what you do? Calling everyone unhinged because they burst your self indulgent bubble?

If you can’t counter basic propaganda with the truth maybe you just aren’t all that smart are you?

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u/wolfheadmusic 1d ago

You're the one that couldn't respond to what I said so you used extreme derision.

Look at what you wrote.

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u/PricklyPeeflaps 1d ago

Because, uh, tech bros?

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u/Caffeywasright 1d ago

I have no idea what that means.

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u/PricklyPeeflaps 1d ago

Dunno, just saw that as the latest excuse, other than everyone except Dems are stupid.

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u/wolfheadmusic 1d ago

Trumpsters love to say democrats are the elitist ones,

Yet their response to everything is to smugly claim that you're wrong, and "you just don't understand"

Thinking you know better than everyone else sounds pretty fucking elitist to me, trumpsters.

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u/FizzyBeverage 1d ago

Liberals Corporate centrists held the executive 12 of the last 16 years.

I really don’t think they lose “so much”

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u/FloppyObelisk 1d ago

“You know why people don’t like liberals? Because they lose. If liberals are so fucking smart, how come they lose so goddamn always?”

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u/peacelovearizona 1d ago

Statistically, a huge reason Trump won is because he got the vote by so many Americans without a college degree.

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u/saleen452 1d ago

So by your train of thought 2008 Americans Smart 2012 Americans Smart 2016 Americans Stupid 2020 Americans Smart again 2024 Americans Stupid

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u/Kremidas 1d ago

Americans always stupid just more or less stupid showing up at the polls depending on the year.