Biff_Poindexter
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Donald Trump fans cry betrayal as he rebukes Capitol violence
On Parler and 4chan Trumpists write of feeling ‘like puking’ as president says those who ‘broke law will pay’
www.theguardian.com
"Donald Trump’s belated “concession” to a peaceful and orderly transition of power after the storming of the US Capitol has provoked anger -- On social media channels and chatrooms like Parler and 4chan, there were complaints of betrayal. Trump claimed on Thursday that he was “outraged by the violence, lawlessness and mayhem' -- and said those who “broke the law will pay' --- this prompted an outpouring of anger, grief and denial from his hardline acolytes. “A punch in the gut,” said one. “A stab in the back,” another railed. From a third: “I feel like puking.”
In the span of just hours -- Trumpers on Parler and other digital right wing safe spaces went from attacking Trump and claiming he sold them out -- and when that became too much for them to stomach -- they switched to claiming the video he posted was a coded message to his supporters that his new administration will take office on Jan 20th -- to then claiming the entire video was a fake video made by the Deep State -- Trump's lawyer, Lin Wood is even claiming Ashli Babbit is alive and the whole shooting was a false flag.....
All the GOP has been for the past 30 years has been a party so dedicated to cultivating intellectual rot among their base and relying on that cognitive dissonance and willful ignorance to hang onto to power ABSENT OF ANY REAL POLICIES other than fear and hate and tax cuts for the wealthy -- while performing textbook self projection by claiming everyone else are the cult followers and they are the "illuminated" ones -- then after it is no longer feasible to keep that act going - they ultimately pull out the "I'm an independent card" and claim both sides are the same....then rinse and repeat when the new cult leader takes the reins....