Has anyone had a MAGAt defend Trump in the last couple of weeks?

[Under The Radar]

I am in the heart of red states and none of them have Defended trump but in the last week all of them have admitted to being very concerned, and not able to find a way to blame democrats has them really confused. Most of them seem to agree that this isn’t getting better and the news coming out of Washington is misleading.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

1. I've been pretty isolated, so I can't say.

Right-wing online political sites seem more focused on shifting blame elsewhere, though.

China, the WHO, etc.

My evangelical sister hasn’t replied to my last two texts after I shared a video of how FOX News has backtracked on their “hoax” claims.

She doesn’t watch it, but her husband watches it constantly.

[Captain Zero]

2. About 10 days ago I heard week support

Expressed in a veiled way that well the travel bans should take care of most of it. He meant the travel bans of people coming into the US

[flibbitygiblets]

3. I don't know any MAGAts, but I know people who do

Word is, they're starting to openly criticize him, finally. Only took 4 years and looks like maybe a quarter million Americans dead...if we're "lucky".

Well, they sure "owned the libs", didn't they?

[Skittles]

4. very weakly

I bite their fucking heads off

[SunSeeker]

11. Me too. No mercy. They brought this hell on us.

[Skittles]

16. I will NEVER stop giving them grief

I'll never forgive them for TRASHING AMERICA.

[Grokenstein]

5. Had one tell me "I just thought we needed a businessman" last week.

Because this was at work, I refrained from tearing off my mask and screaming all things I wanted to scream in his face along with a cloud of potentially-lethal particles. (I'm hardly-working in an airport bagroom because I'm 'essential.' ) I just pointed out that every business his precious "businessman" ran, he ran into the ground and left it to others to take the blame and clean up the mess, and he knew that. He bobbled his head up and down and immediately returned to repeating the "I just thought" line like a broken record.

He was lying.

He wanted the obnoxious teevee celebrity to get in there and destroy people's lives for his entertainment while he giggled and clapped like a small child watching his first cartoon. He never dreamed there would be consequences for him. And when the dust settles, he'll tell himself it he'll be safe this time and he'll vote like an asshole again.

Oh, and there was the dimbulb in the breakroom--playing dominoes masks-free with her buddies who don't wash their hands before leaving the men's room--who was bellowing that "Democrats were holding up" the oversight-free relief bill. Doesn't read, doesn't know, doesn't care; just wants the money and repeats whatever FOXNews tells her without question. "Loudest" means "right."

[pnwest]

6. Yes - just today I had a FB argument

and was told “Trump is a leader who loves his country. He is serving us and has given up much in order to do that. That is not selfish. If our president had approached this differently or quicker you likely would have found another thing to fault him for.”

There’s no facts there, no critical thinking, just brainwashed FoxSpeak.

[DFW]

7. None, but there zero MAGAts in my state. Not one. Literally!

Of course, my state is NRW. You folks back in North America don't have it quite as easy as I do.

[Totally Tunsie]

8. Fortunately, I haven't been close enough to one to find out.

There's something to be said for isolation, after all.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

9. I've been happier in isolation.

It’s much less stressful than dealing with a bunch of Trump supporting factory workers, doing stuff like cough in my face as a “joke” because I was warning them it wasn’t a “hoax” weeks ago.

[SunSeeker]

10. My right wing in-laws here in CA are still in denial, still blame all the bad press on "fake news."

It's mind boggling.

[DFW]

15. As a southerner, I know the type well.

If there is an earthquake, and their house collapses around them, they'll call it fake nature.

(But they'll demand that the government help them out, all the same)

[DeSmet]

12. Dear lord

I'm swimming in Trump Toadies who are still in the same denial Trump was in those critical seven weeks. They blame China, Governors, Obama, and their number one response is get this... "Well you hate trump. TDS."

[GaYellowDawg]

31. Tell them it's TAS.

Trump Accountability Syndrome.

[DeSmet]

33. I've gone with

TBC. Trump Before Country

[GaYellowDawg]

36. Well played.

It's be nice if they could be moved at all, wouldn't it?

[Chellee]

44. I agree on moving them.

Venus is nice this time of year.

[barbtries]

13. yep.

2 days ago. it's not his fault, he's doing his best.
i didn't know this lifelong friend had started watching fox news.

[leftyladyfrommo]

32. That's what I hear, too. nt

[babylonsister]

14. Oh yes.

On my local nextdoor digest, someone was complaining about her dolt45 sign being stolen. The magats came out of the woodwork singing his praises. East coast FL-in denial.

[no_hypocrisy]

17. A long-time friend who used his praise for his son to promote Trump.

Here it is:

"19 years ago today, i got my son, this kid’s my world, happy Birthday JT! Donald Trump is gunna save the world very soon, hang in there buddy."

I don't believe he was being ironic or sarcastic.

[Fyrefox]

18. Deflecting blame is a constant tool...

I find that Trumpers will always find a way to blame Nancy Pelosi for almost everything, and they despise her with a passion...

[kentuck]

19. They are just waiting for him to do something they can defend him for....

It doesn't mean they have given up on him.

[MaryMagdaline]

20. They've started to go silent just as they did after Katrina

My right wing cousins have been posting prayers for the president and the nation, which I take as a sign this is not going well for them. My worst RW cousin has said “we’d all be dead under Hillary.” I take that to mean “my guy is doing so poorly I have to distract with some Hillary bashing.”

Our office has been using WhatsAP as joint communication such as letting each other know of glitches in logging in, etc and it’s sort of turned into the office water cooler. The RW employees have had to tolerate a lot of anti-Trump memes and have not said anything in his defense. I thought about telling everyone to tamp down the politics (we actually need to keep spirits up, even for our trumpster employees) but I just thought Naa, Let them feel it.

[Jamastiene]

38. Don't cut them any slack.

I can tell you from first hand experience what they are like where I am. They would never think to tamp down the politics or the extremist Christian Identity preaching while they are at it. I usually have to face these assholes alone, because I'm in a small, very small minority that is not anti-gay, anti-women, and pro-racist. I have to hear their crap all the time, because they run things in this entire county. If you dare even disagree with them, they will come after you tooth and nail and the cops and mental health will help them when they claim you are mentally ill for not being right wing Christian where I am from. There so much more to it too.

You are worried about memes offending them. I say don't cut them any slack. They would be coming after your jugular vein if they were the majority. I know from firsthand experience what they are like.

[MaryMagdaline]

45. For your sake, I won't

Several of my siblings live in red states, too. I’ll keep all of you in mind when dealing with the trumpsters.

[oswaldactedalone]

21. Yes

Go to any message board and you will see tRump defenders up in arms if you dare speak against der tRumpster. I post on a sports board and the tRumpanzees will rip you for posting straight out facts about him.

[Windy City Charlie]

24. No doubt

The Trump defenders are by far the most triggered group of people I have ever seen. The hypocrisy of it all is they call the Trump criticizers "snowflakes".

[UTUSN]

22. Nope, radio silence on SHITLER.

[Wounded Bear]

23. Oh hell yes...

throw in the constant both siderism of the "independents" and it is really fucking tiresome.

[SMC22307]

25. Yes! Wacko Southern Evangelical neighbor and another neighbor in her '70s...

who keeps saying "I heard, blah, blah, blah" then cleary quotes Trump. We tend to meet up out in the street while dog walking, social distancing at least 12' apart. They're definitely blaming Cuomo, so no one should be lulled into any sense that they're not blaming Democrats. Conservative high school "friends" commenting on Facebook back that up.

[Windy City Charlie]

26. Case in point

I had one yesterday when the unemployment numbers came out saying Trump's economy is still strong, and that the media needs to point out that all those people that caused the unemployment numbers to skyrocket will be back at their jobs in a couple of weeks. They just don't get it.

[Roland99]

27. All over local FB groups

[janterry]

28. they are arguing that it's the states that were supposed to act and take care of

their citizens.

not the feds/trump.

(idiots)

[PAMod]

29. Mostly the old stand-by, "Now is not the time to place blame - what is wrong with you people!!!11"

Eff that noise.

[lark]

30. I saw some hate filled posts by trumpers celebrating liberals dying in blue states.

So yeah the ones that follow him out of sympatico hate are still just as hate filled and disgusting as ever. Repugs that have a shred of sense and just voted for him out of party loyalty are turning on him and hard, we have 3 friends/acquaintances in that category. The question is how many of them are the violent haters and how many voted for him for the opportunity to steal from us? The 2nd category are also all in because they think they are getting their rw fascist dreams of a government that does zero for the people and steals all their Social Security & Medicare funds for the oligarchs and ends public school, ends all labor and environmental laws. end all birth control for women (except the rich will of course still get it as desired), all housing laws and make us poor, sick and stupid people who will work for pennies and die young. That is the fascists dream and Cheetolini is doing his best to implement this fever dream, profit immensely, and hurt and kill millions of working class and poor people.

[brewens]

34. Just yesterday on FB a woman Trumper friend was STILL claiming the shutdown was all

media hype and blamed democrats. I pointed out that even Trump was no longer saying it's just like the flu, it will just flow on through, there will be a miracle and it will just go away. It was hard to believe.

[Jamastiene]

35. Yes, I live in a county in southern central NC.

They are praising Trump and Jesus as usual here. Nothing has changed.

[Dan]

37. Death, and the threat of death - clears your mind.

[Under The Radar]

39. For normal thinking people, yes

[Dan]

42. Laughter,

Even for the stupid.

[GreenEyedLefty]

40. Yes, and I told them to stop defending HIM. His actions are indefensible.

Then they give some lame "we all have to practice hand washing and social distancing."

[ooky]

41. I no longer talk to magats. It's a waste of time, and they infuriate me.

As much as they have already defended/ignored I have no use for them, and no longer care what the selfish, mindless little shits think. They are not rational people and are no longer part of my life.

If I do happen to find myself in the presence of one ever again I will simply get up and leave.

[Wellstone ruled]

43. Oh friggin yes.

Wednesday mid day. Brother,and it wrecked the balance of the week. Had to call him out and just hung up on him. Done with the neo-NAZI bullshit.

[Duppers]

46. Yes! Neighbor

2 doors down. Hubs was walking our dogs by his house this afternoon; the neighbor was in the yard and begin a conversation. Just out of the blue he said that "Cuomo is just a whinner." Major trigger. Hubs went off on him. This neighbor then even defended tRump.

I've been telling the hubs that the neighbor is a Fux-bot.

FUX "news" IS THE PROBLEM. RW RADIO IS THE PROBLEM. We will not turn the tide until the FCC reenact the Fairness Doctrine.

[sarcasmo]

47. My MAGAt in-laws quit watching the news. Take the positive where I can these days.

[renate]

48. I bought some things from someone on Poshmark who's a MAGAt

I didn't realize it when I bought them, only later when I went to accept the package. And TBH, if it weren't for the fact that one of the items was stained, I'd probably have regretted not buying them just because she's a loon. I wouldn't want a MAGAt in my house but I don't mind getting a deal from one.

But anyway, when I looked more closely at her profile, I could see all these fervid pro-Trump messages to and from her. Recent ones. It's mindboggling. But Texas hasn't been hit too hard yet, so maybe that's subject to change.

[DesertRat]

49. Yes, my next door neighbors think he's doing a great job

I spoke to her a couple of days ago. They are both mid-70's. He's a retired pharmacist and she's a retired RN.