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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(129,963 posts)
Thu Oct 29, 2020, 02:02 PM Oct 2020

In the last days of the campaign, Trump wallows in his contempt for his supporters

Sen. Martha McSally, an Arizona Republican, has paid her bootlicking dues. She's repeatedly gone out of her way to show obeisance to Donald Trump, most famously in January when she yelled "liberal hack" repeatedly at a CNN reporter who asked her if the Senate should consider evidence before rushing to acquit Trump during his impeachment trial.

But despite years of bowing and scraping and, of course, voting to acquit Trump despite his obvious guilt, McSally has earned no loyalty in return from her orange master. She's in a tough race against former astronaut Mark Kelly, a Democrat, and has consistently trailed in the polls. At a recent Arizona rally, Trump didn't bother to hide his disdain for McSally's standard political desire to address her own potential voters.

"Martha, just come up fast. Fast. Fast. Come on. Quick," Trump barked at her. "You got one minute! One minute, Martha! They don't want to hear this, Martha. Come on. Let's go. Quick, quick, quick. Come on. Let's go." It was clear that, as always, Trump resents every moment when the spotlight's not in him, even in the context of helping a sycophant.

That moment went viral, since cringeworthy is the emotional fuel of the internet. It also illustrated of one of the most frustrating aspects of Trumpism: Trump treats his own supporters as a pack of morons, but they don't seem to mind and keep on adoring him anyway.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/in-the-last-days-of-the-campaign-trump-wallows-in-his-contempt-for-his-supporters/ar-BB1avY4p?li=BBnbfcQ&ocid=DELLDHP

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In the last days of the campaign, Trump wallows in his contempt for his supporters (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2020 OP
It's really amazing. The other night, trumpsters behind him just smiled while trump said Hoyt Oct 2020 #1
Was it good for you too Martha? gibraltar72 Oct 2020 #2
And another thing Rorey Oct 2020 #3
But intellectually and emotionally, volstork Oct 2020 #4
Good point NT Rorey Oct 2020 #5
 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
1. It's really amazing. The other night, trumpsters behind him just smiled while trump said
Thu Oct 29, 2020, 02:05 PM
Oct 2020

he really didn't want to be there, just felt it was necessary to beg for votes.

Rorey

(8,514 posts)
3. And another thing
Thu Oct 29, 2020, 02:11 PM
Oct 2020

I watched the clip. Maybe I'm just too sensitive, but I'm appalled when a grown-ass woman calls herself a "girl". "I'm your girl." Ugh.

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