The senator said he has "a hard time understanding" why Trump's legal issues don't "seem to be moving the needle" with more voters.

The senator said he has “a hard time understanding” why Trump’s legal issues don’t “seem to be moving the needle” with more voters.

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) called out the majority of Iowa Republican caucus voters who baselessly believe that President Joe Biden did not win the 2020 election legitimately.

“I think a lot of people in this country are out of touch with reality and will accept anything Donald Trump tells them,” Romney, who announced in September that he is not seeking reelection, told CNN journalist Manu Raju on Wednesday.

About 65% of Iowa caucusgoers said they believe former President Donald Trump’s lie that the 2020 election was “stolen” from him, according to entrance poll data.

  • RubberDuck@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    I cannot understand how conservatives in the us that do not buy in to the maga talking points can still vote for their party.

    They have seen the checks and balances in action so all they need to do is stay home one election cycle to give a clear signal… this is not the direction they want. This will force the Republican party to face the maga extremists and go back to their normal ways. Which still is not good but at least not beholden to a narcissist wannabe dictator.

    • the post of tom joad@sh.itjust.works
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      10 months ago

      all they need to do is stay home one election cycle to give a clear signal

      Perhaps they too have constant messaging from their party to hold their noses and vote for him this time or joe “will destroy their way of life”

    • Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      The problem is that this didn’t start with Trump. He is just the perfect type of candidate to harness the lightning.

      That mentality started with Lee Atwater and has slowly mutated into what it is today. All of the signs were there. It’s why John McCain had such a hard time and why he had to have a “firebrand” as a running mate

      The group at the center of a lot of the mutation is Fox News. Without their dedication to creating an alternate universe of reality, I don’t think things would be as bad.

      There’s a pretty good documentary on Lee Atwater called Boogey Man and it’s on Prime right now.