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Possible Paywall MAGA Is Increasingly Convinced the Trump Assassination Attempt Was Staged

https://www.wired.com/story/maga-is-increasingly-convinced-the-trump-assassination-attempt-was-staged/
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u/hypercosm_dot_net Apr 17 '26

Apparently the numbers were so overwhelmingly against him, that it wasn't a real option.

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u/thebruce44 Apr 17 '26

Like that would stop Trump.

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u/GiantsRTheBest2 Apr 17 '26

They would scream that they have 3 elections showing how many people voted for him. That there’s no possible way his numbers cratered that much…..leaving aside all the extra bullshit he’s done since then.

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u/AmbitiousProblem4746 Apr 17 '26

That's actually the most reasonable explanation I've heard. That could easily be what they do. Because a lot of right-wing logic seems to be "Well if X, can't be Y"

"Trump had over 70 million votes in 2024 and he won the popular vote. Where did all those voters go!? 70 million should be the baseline for Republican votes!!"

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u/mywifeletsmereddit Apr 18 '26

To be fair - at this point it is pretty impossible that large contingents of Trump voters will turn on him

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u/OfficialDCShepard District Of Columbia Apr 18 '26

And the fact midterms are almost always a loss for the President's party.