{"id":61017,"date":"2024-04-14T12:37:25","date_gmt":"2024-04-14T19:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=61017"},"modified":"2024-04-14T12:37:25","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T19:37:25","slug":"its-a-cult-gop-governor-still-embraces-trump-after-hearing-a-summary-of-his-lies-and-crimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=61017","title":{"rendered":"IT&#8217;S A CULT: GOP Governor Still Embraces Trump After Hearing a Summary of His Lies and Crimes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The political support for Donald Trump has always been centered on his tabloid celebrity status as a fake real estate magnate and reality TV game show host. The willful ignorance of his supporters matched his own reckless abandon of knowledge and facts, in favor of silly slogans and the shameless exploitation ultra-rightist wedge issues.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=IT'S A CULT: GOP Governor Still Embraces Trump After Hearing a Summary of His Lies and Crimes%0D&#038;url=https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=61017\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to Tweet this article<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-qanon-shaman-fox.jpg\" alt=\"Donald Trump, Fox News, QAnon\" width=\"550\" height=\"296\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-49654\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As a result, what Trump calls the <em>&#8220;MAGA movement&#8221;<\/em> has devolved into a full blown cult of personality. His glassy-eyed disciples don&#8217;t bother to pretend that they have any interest in the substance of his positions or concern for his abhorrent behavior. They view his words and actions as divinely inspired no matter how far removed they are from the ethical doctrine they profess to believe. And they have a Media Ministry that molds their skewed perceptions to a faux reality, enabling them to maintain their craven <em>&#8220;faith&#8221;<\/em> in Trump.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE THIS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=60814\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fox News Hack Joins the Trump Cult Choir Proclaiming that \u2018We\u2019ve Always Seen Honesty with Trump\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An example of the disturbing depths of devotion to the Trump cult was provided during an interview on ABC&#8217;s <em>&#8220;This Week with George Stephanopoulos&#8221;<\/em> of the Republican governor of New Hampshire, Chris Sununu. Stephanopoulos tried several times to get Sununu to explain how he could continue to support Trump for president even after conceding that Trump had committed serious breaches of ethics and the law. Finally Stephanopoulos sought to condense the question in order to elicit a straight answer. Suffice to say that Sununu failed the test despite the clearly defined summation of Trump&#8217;s treachery&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Stephanopoulos:<\/strong> Just to sum up. You support Trump for president even if he&#8217;s convicted in the classified documents case. You support him for president even though you believe he contributed to an insurrection. You support him for president even though you believe he&#8217;s lying about the last election. You support him for president even if he&#8217;s convicted in the Manhattan case. I just want to say, the answer to that is yes, correct?<br \/>\n<strong>Sununu:<\/strong> Yeah. Me and 51 percent of America.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Watch as what was left of Chris Sununu\u2019s soul leaves his body on live tv.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2UwbPWjVXg\">pic.twitter.com\/2UwbPWjVXg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jo (@JoJoFromJerz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoJoFromJerz\/status\/1779541836333277331?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>So Sununu, like the rest of the Trump cult, will continue to back Trump even if he violated the Espionage Act, incited a deadly insurrection, is a pathological liar, and a convicted felon. Stephanopoulos left out that their support also continues after Trump has been found liable for financial fraud, and has been adjudicated as a rapist.<\/p>\n<p>It is also notable that Sununu&#8217;s response, in addition to being nauseating, is patently false. It is not true that <em>&#8220;51 percent of America&#8221;<\/em> supports Trump. His polling average is consistently in the low 40&#8217;s. And much of that is just support for the Republican candidate, not for Trump. Recent polls <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/biden-has-marginal-1-point-lead-over-trump-reutersipsos-poll-shows-2024-03-14\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">show President Biden beating Trump<\/a><\/strong>. And on the eve of the start of Trump&#8217;s election interference trial in New York, a majority of Americans say that <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/04\/13\/trump-crimes-poll-voters-00152110\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trump has committed serious crimes<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s more, the alleged popularity of Trump is irrelevant to the question of whether he should be supported or not. Would Sununu continue to support Trump if were found to have committed rape? Oh, wait&#8230; What if he had stolen classified documents? Oh, wait&#8230; What if his university and charity were shuttered due to fraud? Oh, wait&#8230; What if he shot someone on 5th Avenue? That&#8217;s the ticket. He hasn&#8217;t done that yet. He&#8217;s only bragged about being able to.<\/p>\n<p>This is how cults work. Members are not permitted to have independent thoughts. They must believe only Dear Leader. Everyone else must be considered to be lying to them. Everything that Dear Leader does is sanctified, no matter how repulsive. And Sununu, just like the rest of the Trump cult, is cool with that.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED STORIES:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=57795\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">IT\u2019S A CULT! 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The willful ignorance of his supporters matched his own reckless abandon of knowledge and facts, in favor of silly slogans and the shameless exploitation ultra-rightist wedge issues. 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