skews13
Diamond Member
- Mar 18, 2017
- 9,431
- 11,842
- 2,265
Make no mistake, their relationship with Trump was quid pro quo… Every one of them spent political capital they didn’t have hoping to get the result they all wanted. It’s gonna cost them everything, including their freedom…Trump successfully convinced many of his followers that unless they acted, and acted fast, their very way of life was about to come to an end,” James Horgan, head of the Georgia State University’s Violent Extremism Research Group, told the news outlet. “He presented a catastrophic scenario whereby if the election was — for him — lost, his followers would suffer as a result. He made action not just imperative, but urgent, convincing his followers that they needed to do everything they could now, rather than later, to prevent the ‘enemy’ from claiming victory.”
In total, the former president saw over $200 million in political contributions following his electoral defeat last year.
NBC News
They Traded Their Lives, Their Fortunes, And Their Sacred Honor For A Lie - Trump Made About $207.5M
I don’t totally buy the story that Trump’s minions were sold a bill of goods. Looks to me a lot like the insurrectionists commissioned the lie they used as an excuse to storm the Capitol. The ...
m.dailykos.com
There was nothing honorable about the whole sordid affair. From the start of the campaign, four years in office, a landslide loss, the pardoning of the most corrupt criminals on the planet, followed by treason against the country. Only to end with a ship of fools giving their money and freedom to a clown that would just as soon piss on them.