Most Republicans aren’t aware of Trump’s various legal issues
Most Republicans aren’t aware of Trump’s various legal issues
There is an assumption, probably particularly among those who cover the news and those who read it, that Donald Trump’s legal travails are common knowledge. We talk about things like the potential effects of a Trump conviction on the 2024 presidential election with the assumption that this would be an event that rose to the nation’s consciousness, triggering a response from both his supporters and detractors.
But this is a sort of vanity: Just because it is interesting to us certainly doesn’t mean it is interesting to others. Polling released by CNN on Thursday shows that only a quarter of voters seek out news about the campaign; a third pay little to no attention at all.
As it turns out, even major developments often fly under the average American’s radar. New polling conducted by YouGov shows that only a bit over half of the country on average is aware of the various legal challenges Trump faces. And among those Republicans on whose political support he depends? Consistently, only a minority say they are aware of his lawsuits and charges.
You're talking about people who believe to their core that a fancy lad born to real estate wealth who revels in his class privilege to a cartoonish degree, to the point of having a reality show where the central conceit was "kiss my ass for half an hour because I'm so rich," Represents their interests.
They are willfully, belligerently ignorant in order to protect their false beliefs. They have been trained to reject any and all information inconvenient to the positions of their tribe.
Donald Trump could literally rape a typical Republican's mother in front of them while laughing about it and flipping them off, and their mind would either pretend it isn't happening, or declare that Biden is doing it. They've fully embodied the Orwellian nightmare:
"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."
I don't buy it. He talks about it himself nonstop. I'm pretty sure people just ignore it because they don't care and they're voting for him either way
Think of it this way. Plenty of people love Captain America or Superman. They might watch a movie once a year, and never buy the comics, but they have a sincere love of the character and feel excitement when they see a cartoon or meme of their hero.
That's what it's like for many Trump supporters. Just knowing he's out there scaring the Libs is enough for them.
Yes, I know these people personally. They don't watch the news, and they don't even know what Trump sounds like. They still believe the lies they bought into decades ago about the Republicans cutting taxes for them and fighting off the trans movement that they think is just brainwashed kids. All they know of Trump is they liked The Apprentice when it was on TV, which rarely featured him in order to make him seem like an important and dominant figure. That's good enough for them. They have 0 interest in actual events or facts.
If you check r/conservative these won't even appear in the TL, so I wouldn't be surprised if many of them aren't exposed to these news.
You have to understand that conservative media right now barely features anything that Trump actually has said or done. It's all made up bullshit and mythology about him and how great his is. My own mother consumes this media all the time and has told me that Trump looks healthier and stronger than ever. That's what these people are being fed.
Maybe she's seen some of ben garrison's cartoons, where he draws the orange lardass as an adonis bc he really really wants some of that floppy micropeen all up inside him.
The Republican view of the world, probably
I hope Biden is all outta bubblegum
The Saudis and Israelis seem to be giving him some, unfortunately
I don't think it's that they're completely unaware, Trump talks about them all the time.
It's that they buy the line that they're politically motivated.
Republicans are ill informed
there, fixed that for you
They won't believe it if you told them. If you pointed out Trump being a criminal, they'll just plug their ears and scream their misinformation, claiming Biden is too.
There is no educating the unwilling.
Aren't aware, willfully ignorant: Same difference, right?
Different difference. There was an almost depressingly apt comment upthread that's worth a read.
Fair point, however there are definitely a good number of supporters who just don't care that he's shitty because, in their minds, he's their guy and he's got their backs (even though the reality is, he doesn't give a fuck about anyone but himself).
"The man who never looks into a newspaper is better informed than he who reads them" Thomas Jefferson
Newspapers were a very different beast in Jefferson's day.
Same shit, different wrapping.
My guess is that they think anything negative about Trump is a conspiracy. He seems to blame the world and is always sharing his opinion.
My guess is that they think
Nope.
Well, his trials are literally going on in reality, not in Rachel Maddow’s extended universe. So most republicans are aware of basic reality? Sounds about right.
They're too busy consuming media that tells them that he's basically the second coming of Jesus.
Huh. Almost as if republicans have their heads all the way up their ass. Who’d have guessed that?
La la la im not believing it!