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Would the maga base even care if they found out they were supporting a pedophile?
Much like everything else, he just needs to own it.
If he put out a message saying "Women are peak when they're 13 and Jeff was the only guy who really knew that RIP" and dropped the file at the same time he could skate...
But he won't say it because he's spent years demonizing the Dems about the list while he's on it. So since "the list" is bad and he's on the list, it can't come out, but since he's in charge of releasing it and he has told his base to care they do. He could even say "I'm just on the list because Obama put me on there!" and he'd skate.
I don't get it, honestly, but there's too many scenarios where he gets off fine. His friends just don't want it to come out because they're not him and they won't get off free.
The initial QAnoners were already rationalizing it away since 2019-2020 or so saying he went there undercover "to save the children".
Right... and he'll do it any day now...
I mean, no, because we've known that he is one for decades.
Isn't that why they support him?
It seems like this could be a turning point in Trump's popularity with his base. I welcome it.