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Trump Says It's 'Ridiculous' He 'Had to Leave' the White House (www.rollingstone.com)

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Rolling Stone spoke with diehard Trump supporters who waited hours in the snow to watch the former president stump in New Hampshire

Fresh off a historic victory in the Iowa caucuses, former President Donald Trump traveled to New Hampshire and complained to his supporters that he had to leave the White House after losing the 2020 election.

Fans had lined up for hours outside in the snow for a chance to see the presumptive Republican nominee in person — excited over his Iowa win, appearing confident he will once again be president.

During his speech, Trump said it “was ridiculous that we had to leave, but we had to leave, we have to follow the laws of our land.” He quickly doubled down on his 2020 election lies: “They don’t investigate the people that cheated in the election. They investigate the people that understand they cheated and go after them. But they don’t investigate the people who cheated like hell. We have to have fair and free elections.”

Of course, Trump is being prosecuted for attempting to rig the 2020 election and overturn the results in key swing states — and as Rolling Stone has reported, he and his allies are working diligently to predetermine the results of the 2024 election and make sure they favor Trump.

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[-] numbermess@kbin.social 23 points 5 months ago

Everything that seems stupid or outrageous about Trump just clicks into place one you've accepted the mandatory foundational bullshit. These people didn't reason themselves into their position, they were looking for something to believe together. It's just too bad all that faith is wasted on this asshole.

[-] gregorum@lemm.ee 29 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

All faith is wasted. Believing in something without evidence is at best naive and at worst stupid.

[-] Tarquinn2049@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

It's like believing in Cancers ability to take over a whole body and make it "better". Technically Cancer is pretty strong, so a whole body of cancer must be super strong right. Just ignore all the things you know about how that would actually work. Just have faith that it will work how we tell you it will work, it sort of feels like it could be a thing, if you don't think about it.

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