Yes, there's a long history of this. I guess I still think there's something new(er) here, in that such an outlook has now subsumed virtually all of the party, rather than being one significant current within it.
Trump supporters don't need conspiracy theories. We have Horwitz's Inspector General Report (2018), we have the Durham report (2023) and judge Alvin Daughty's Western District of Louisiana ruling in Missouri v Biden. I would point you to the "Executive Summary" of the Durham report, under the subheading: "The Opening of Crossfire Hurricane." The first paragraph lays out the treasonous behavior of, in this case, the FBI. The intelligence agencies picked our last president and tried, but failed, to do the same in 2016.
The average Trump supporter is much better informed than you imagine. They no longer rely on the corrupted mainstream media (that includes Fox News). The actual documentary evidence is instantly available to everyone. As well as the work of real journalists like Glenn Greenwald and Matt Tiabbi. They know for a fact that Trump has suffered weathering attacks since he announced his run in 2015. Those millions and millions of supporters see the recent indictments, etc. as more of the same. That is why with each selective prosecution his numbers increase as does his fundraising .
Republicans and conspiracy theories go way back. Joe McCarthy and all the commies in the State Department and elsewhere. Nixon’s paranoia. The John Birch fringe that helped move Goldwater, then Reagan, to the center of the party. Obsessions with Cuba and Nicaragua and Iran and Iraq, out all proportion to any actual threat. Not to mention fear of blacks, women, and homosexuals. All it took was liberal Republicans to be driven out of the party by the end of the solidly Democratic South. That meant the Republican Party got all the crazies when the realignment was complete.
Apparently we are commenters for rival Slovakian publications :-). I'm a regular in Pravda. https://spravy.pravda.sk/svet/clanok/573840-expert-trumpa-by-mali-odvolat/
John,
Yes, there's a long history of this. I guess I still think there's something new(er) here, in that such an outlook has now subsumed virtually all of the party, rather than being one significant current within it.
Trump supporters don't need conspiracy theories. We have Horwitz's Inspector General Report (2018), we have the Durham report (2023) and judge Alvin Daughty's Western District of Louisiana ruling in Missouri v Biden. I would point you to the "Executive Summary" of the Durham report, under the subheading: "The Opening of Crossfire Hurricane." The first paragraph lays out the treasonous behavior of, in this case, the FBI. The intelligence agencies picked our last president and tried, but failed, to do the same in 2016.
The average Trump supporter is much better informed than you imagine. They no longer rely on the corrupted mainstream media (that includes Fox News). The actual documentary evidence is instantly available to everyone. As well as the work of real journalists like Glenn Greenwald and Matt Tiabbi. They know for a fact that Trump has suffered weathering attacks since he announced his run in 2015. Those millions and millions of supporters see the recent indictments, etc. as more of the same. That is why with each selective prosecution his numbers increase as does his fundraising .
Republicans and conspiracy theories go way back. Joe McCarthy and all the commies in the State Department and elsewhere. Nixon’s paranoia. The John Birch fringe that helped move Goldwater, then Reagan, to the center of the party. Obsessions with Cuba and Nicaragua and Iran and Iraq, out all proportion to any actual threat. Not to mention fear of blacks, women, and homosexuals. All it took was liberal Republicans to be driven out of the party by the end of the solidly Democratic South. That meant the Republican Party got all the crazies when the realignment was complete.