As Critics Assail Trump, His Supporters Dig In Deeper Image

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By Jeremy W. Peters at the N.Y. Times

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/06/23/us/politics/republican-voters-trump.html#click=https://t.co/xWRFjqwLgd

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LEESBURG, Va. — Gina Anders knows the feeling well by now. President Trump says or does something that triggers a spasm of outrage. She doesn’t necessarily agree with how he handled the situation. She gets why people are upset.

But Ms. Anders, 46, a Republican from suburban Loudoun County, Va., with a law degree, a business career, and not a stitch of “Make America Great Again” gear in her wardrobe, is moved to defend him anyway.

“All nuance and all complexity — and these are complex issues — are completely lost,” she said, describing “overblown” reactions from the president’s critics, some of whom equated the Trump administration’s policy of separating migrant children and parents to history’s greatest atrocities.

“It makes me angry at them, which causes me to want to defend him to them more,” Ms. Anders said.

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[lpbk2713]

1. Functional idiot.

What does it take to make some people see the forest in spite of the trees?

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

2. I guess she thinks there are "good people on both sides" of locking babies and children in jail.

In many situations there are shades of grey that be analyzed and discussed. Universal health care, the effects of tax cuts on the economy, and the overall immigration problem are examples.

When babies and children are thrown in jail and possibly separated from their parents forever -- whatever nationality -- it's clear there are only two choices: the situation is either right or it's wrong. Even more so than Charlottesville, there are no "good people" on the side that wants to lock babies up.

[JI7]

3. She is full of hatred and bigotry that's why her reaction is to defend him

instead of being angry at what he is doing.

[Takket]

4. cool story NY Times

When is the interview with clinton voters to talk about how they feel about drumpf now? oh that's right, only drumpf voters get a voice in the press

[C_U_L8R]

5. Doubling down on dumb

What Rumsfeld would call 'Dead Enders'

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

6. These stories make it sound like

the country is evenly divided on dt support. It's not. 1/3 to 2/3rds at least. Maybe a wider gap. dt supporters are digging in their heels? Oh no. Not the heels. Their times coming.
Keep defending him ya co-dependent. You need treatment, not a sympathetic ear. (re the article...hot the poster.)